BPSS Clearance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 287 565
Rank change year-on-year +284 +278 +82
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7,547 658 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.63% 0.94% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.71% 3.39% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 537 107
10th Percentile £37,574 £24,807 £23,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £51,997 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £60,350 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% -4.35% +9.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,015 19,399 22,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.71% 27.67% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,704 12,235 8,291
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,142 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.59% +0.59%
75th Percentile £63,677 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,022 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% -6.86% +5.45%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +344 3,001 £50,055 +0.11% 170
North West +262 2,781 £50,055 +76.11% 147
Midlands +272 1,791 £47,683 +19.21% 77
South East +315 1,256 £62,000 +18.56% 154
West Midlands +226 1,056 £65,500 +9.17% 64
East Midlands +167 735 £47,683 +92.18% 11
Scotland +264 564 £47,683 +96.71% 27
South West +67 545 £57,500 +15.00% 63
Yorkshire +187 220 £47,683 -39.08% 18
East of England +46 207 £47,683 -17.07% 28
Wales +99 195 £62,000 +42.21% 11
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 124 (1.64%) Confluence
2 93 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 25 (0.33%) Apache
4 2 (0.027%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.027%) CMS
4 2 (0.027%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.027%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.027%) nginx
5 1 (0.013%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.013%) Mule
Applications
1 496 (6.57%) Simulink
2 469 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
3 280 (3.71%) Mathcad
4 214 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 195 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 141 (1.87%) Abaqus
7 48 (0.64%) SOLIDWORKS
8 47 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
9 46 (0.61%) Windchill
10 41 (0.54%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.013%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.013%) Revit
11 1 (0.013%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 473 (6.27%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 49 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 42 (0.56%) Infor LN
5 38 (0.50%) SAP BPC
6 16 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.11%) Primavera
8 1 (0.013%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 49 (0.65%) AWS
2 25 (0.33%) Azure
3 15 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (0.20%) GitHub
3 15 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
4 14 (0.19%) Power Platform
5 10 (0.13%) SaaS
6 9 (0.12%) IaaS
6 9 (0.12%) PaaS
7 6 (0.080%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.066%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.053%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (0.053%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (0.040%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.040%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.027%) Contentful
11 2 (0.027%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.013%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.013%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.30%) Wireshark
2 16 (0.21%) VoIP
3 3 (0.040%) LAN
3 3 (0.040%) WAN
3 3 (0.040%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.027%) SAN
5 1 (0.013%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.68%) Tableau
2 27 (0.36%) MySQL
2 27 (0.36%) Relational Database
3 15 (0.20%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.15%) Power BI
5 7 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.080%) Redis
7 4 (0.053%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.027%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.027%) GIS
8 2 (0.027%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.013%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.013%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 876 (11.61%) Rational DOORS
2 230 (3.05%) JIRA
3 109 (1.44%) LabVIEW
4 43 (0.57%) Git
5 42 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 38 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
7 25 (0.33%) Eclipse
7 25 (0.33%) Eclipse RCP
8 21 (0.28%) eggPlant
9 15 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 15 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 14 (0.19%) MagicDraw
11 5 (0.066%) ClearCase
12 2 (0.027%) Subversion
13 1 (0.013%) ERwin
13 1 (0.013%) GitLab
General
1 1,048 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 835 (11.06%) Aerospace
3 811 (10.75%) Electronics
4 554 (7.34%) Manufacturing
5 537 (7.12%) Automotive
6 524 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
7 320 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
8 285 (3.78%) Finance
9 154 (2.04%) Law
10 143 (1.89%) Avionics
11 133 (1.76%) Aeronautics
12 88 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 78 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 73 (0.97%) Legal
15 59 (0.78%) Military
16 52 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (0.50%) Aviation
17 38 (0.50%) Police
18 32 (0.42%) Agriculture
19 26 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2,877 (38.12%) Senior
2 2,279 (30.20%) Systems Engineer
3 1,951 (25.85%) Principal Engineer
4 1,316 (17.44%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 896 (11.87%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 638 (8.45%) Engineering Manager
7 528 (7.00%) Lead
8 383 (5.07%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 280 (3.71%) Support Engineer
10 276 (3.66%) Project Manager
11 260 (3.45%) Software Support Engineer
12 245 (3.25%) Architect
13 230 (3.05%) Security Engineer
14 229 (3.03%) Software Engineer
15 226 (2.99%) Senior Manager
16 223 (2.95%) Integration Engineer
16 223 (2.95%) Systems Integration Engineer
17 208 (2.76%) Lead Systems Engineer
17 208 (2.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
18 189 (2.50%) Engineering Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (0.62%) .NET
2 39 (0.52%) Middleware
3 38 (0.50%) XML
4 25 (0.33%) CSS
4 25 (0.33%) HTML
4 25 (0.33%) JSP
5 17 (0.23%) ASP.NET
5 17 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
6 15 (0.20%) .NET Core
7 9 (0.12%) ARM Templates
7 9 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (0.093%) RESTful
9 6 (0.080%) Django
9 6 (0.080%) FastAPI
9 6 (0.080%) Flask
9 6 (0.080%) Keycloak
9 6 (0.080%) OAuth
9 6 (0.080%) pytest
9 6 (0.080%) SQLAlchemy
9 6 (0.080%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 472 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 291 (3.86%) Algorithms
3 163 (2.16%) SCADA
4 82 (1.09%) Product Ownership
5 20 (0.27%) Onboarding
6 14 (0.19%) Acoustics
6 14 (0.19%) Embedded Systems
7 13 (0.17%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.080%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (0.066%) CMDB
9 5 (0.066%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.066%) e-Learning
10 4 (0.053%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.040%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.040%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.040%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.027%) Pricing Data
12 2 (0.027%) Smartphone
13 1 (0.013%) CCTV
13 1 (0.013%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 80 (1.06%) Linux
1 80 (1.06%) Windows
2 2 (0.027%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,410 (58.43%) Systems Engineering
2 1,174 (15.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1,137 (15.07%) Agile
4 1,102 (14.60%) Validation
5 1,095 (14.51%) Mathematics
6 1,044 (13.83%) SysML
7 798 (10.57%) Physics
8 734 (9.73%) Verification and Validation
9 729 (9.66%) Project Management
10 721 (9.55%) UML
11 702 (9.30%) Requirements Management
12 629 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
13 610 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 555 (7.35%) Software Engineering
15 532 (7.05%) Coaching
16 514 (6.81%) PLM
17 509 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
18 500 (6.63%) Decision-Making
19 481 (6.37%) Mentoring
20 475 (6.29%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 1,134 (15.03%) MATLAB
2 132 (1.75%) Python
3 118 (1.56%) R
4 105 (1.39%) C#
5 76 (1.01%) Ada
6 43 (0.57%) Java
7 40 (0.53%) SQL
8 37 (0.49%) C
9 22 (0.29%) Rust
10 17 (0.23%) ABAP
11 15 (0.20%) VB
12 9 (0.12%) C++
13 4 (0.053%) Ada 95
14 2 (0.027%) Perl
14 2 (0.027%) PHP
15 1 (0.013%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.013%) JavaScript
15 1 (0.013%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,677 (61.97%) Degree
2 741 (9.82%) Chartered Engineer
3 702 (9.30%) HND
4 546 (7.23%) Master's Degree
5 509 (6.74%) HNC
6 216 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
7 207 (2.74%) CISSP
8 149 (1.97%) CISM
8 149 (1.97%) ISTQB
9 147 (1.95%) CESG Certified Professional
10 113 (1.50%) MBA
11 75 (0.99%) ACCA
11 75 (0.99%) CIMA
12 66 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
13 46 (0.61%) Security Cleared
14 30 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 24 (0.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 24 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 22 (0.29%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 683 (9.05%) IEC 61508
2 576 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 506 (6.70%) Def Stans
4 216 (2.86%) ISO 9001
5 178 (2.36%) DO-254
6 156 (2.07%) ARP4754
7 153 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 152 (2.01%) NIST
9 147 (1.95%) JSP 440
9 147 (1.95%) RMADS
10 112 (1.48%) HAZOP
11 108 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 80 (1.06%) AQAP
13 57 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 47 (0.62%) Data Quality
15 42 (0.56%) IFRS
16 38 (0.50%) GAAP
17 19 (0.25%) QA
18 11 (0.15%) NCSC
19 10 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (0.29%) Firmware
2 16 (0.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.013%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.013%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 135 (1.79%) Functional Safety
2 36 (0.48%) Ansible
3 16 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.13%) Terraform
5 6 (0.080%) Grafana
5 6 (0.080%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.013%) Packer
Vendors
1 465 (6.16%) IBM
2 328 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 219 (2.90%) SAP
4 186 (2.46%) ANSYS
5 185 (2.45%) Siemens
6 132 (1.75%) MathWorks
7 65 (0.86%) Sparx
8 48 (0.64%) Oracle
9 47 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 42 (0.56%) Infor
11 38 (0.50%) Cognos
12 21 (0.28%) Keysight
13 8 (0.11%) NEC
14 7 (0.093%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.080%) Mentor Graphics
16 4 (0.053%) Hyperion
17 3 (0.040%) Salesforce
18 2 (0.027%) Alteryx
18 2 (0.027%) Dell
18 2 (0.027%) EMC