BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Tonbridge

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Kent > Tonbridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tonbridge with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tonbridge 6.90% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 33.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27,713 - -
25th Percentile £31,219 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,325 - -
75th Percentile £48,919 - -
90th Percentile £53,318 - -
Kent median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tonbridge

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Tonbridge.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tonbridge 20.69% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £26,063 - £35,313
25th Percentile £26,750 - £35,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 - £36,625
75th Percentile £32,250 - £37,531
90th Percentile £44,250 - £38,038
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -27.27% +62.96% -31.12%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Tonbridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tonbridge.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Tonbridge

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Tonbridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Tonbridge over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Tonbridge

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tonbridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens