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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 294 577
Rank change year-on-year +291 +283 +40
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7,622 664 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.36% 0.89% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.77% 3.35% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,338 528 103
10th Percentile £39,500 £24,807 £27,550
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -0.48% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £51,645 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +10.00%

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 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +355 2,855 £50,055 +76.11% 234
North West +267 2,645 £50,055 +78.77% 173
Midlands +283 1,760 £47,683 +0.39% 124
South East +326 1,572 £65,000 +34.02% 224
West Midlands +228 1,041 £65,000 +8.33% 73
East Midlands +175 719 £47,683 +92.18% 43
Scotland +258 503 £47,683 +96.71% 39
South West +74 496 £48,918 -6.82% 112
Wales +106 244 £65,000 +58.28% 31
Yorkshire +186 210 £47,683 -39.08% 44
East of England +19 198 £47,683 -13.30% 77
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
1 105 (1.38%) Confluence
2 95 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 25 (0.33%) Apache
4 5 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.026%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.026%) CMS
5 2 (0.026%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.013%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.013%) Mule
6 1 (0.013%) WordPress
Applications
1 506 (6.64%) Simulink
2 493 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 223 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 216 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 202 (2.65%) Mathcad
6 109 (1.43%) Abaqus
7 47 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
8 26 (0.34%) Mathematica
9 8 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.079%) Windchill
11 1 (0.013%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.013%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.013%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.013%) Revit
11 1 (0.013%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 445 (5.84%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 49 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 42 (0.55%) Infor LN
4 42 (0.55%) SAP BPC
5 16 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.10%) Primavera
7 1 (0.013%) Maximo
7 1 (0.013%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.013%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 24 (0.31%) AWS
2 21 (0.28%) Azure
3 13 (0.17%) Power Platform
4 9 (0.12%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (0.12%) GitHub
4 9 (0.12%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (0.092%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.092%) SaaS
6 6 (0.079%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (0.079%) IaaS
6 6 (0.079%) PaaS
7 3 (0.039%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.026%) Contentful
8 2 (0.026%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.026%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.026%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.013%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.013%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.013%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.30%) Wireshark
2 16 (0.21%) VoIP
3 4 (0.052%) Intranet
4 2 (0.026%) SAN
5 1 (0.013%) LAN
5 1 (0.013%) WAN
5 1 (0.013%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.013%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (0.67%) Tableau
2 28 (0.37%) Relational Database
3 27 (0.35%) MySQL
4 20 (0.26%) SQL Server
5 10 (0.13%) Power BI
6 4 (0.052%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.052%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.039%) Redis
8 2 (0.026%) GIS
8 2 (0.026%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.013%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.013%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.013%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.013%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1,018 (13.36%) Rational DOORS
2 228 (2.99%) JIRA
3 69 (0.91%) LabVIEW
4 44 (0.58%) Git
5 42 (0.55%) 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
10 14 (0.18%) MagicDraw
11 9 (0.12%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.066%) ClearCase
13 4 (0.052%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.026%) Subversion
15 1 (0.013%) ERwin
15 1 (0.013%) GitLab
General
1 1,061 (13.92%) Social Skills
2 1,031 (13.53%) Electronics
3 895 (11.74%) Aerospace
4 628 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
5 567 (7.44%) Automotive
6 518 (6.80%) Manufacturing
7 289 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
8 247 (3.24%) Finance
9 163 (2.14%) Avionics
9 163 (2.14%) Law
10 153 (2.01%) Aeronautics
11 123 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 121 (1.59%) Legal
13 89 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 41 (0.54%) Military
15 38 (0.50%) Aviation
15 38 (0.50%) Police
16 36 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
17 32 (0.42%) Agriculture
18 12 (0.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2,659 (34.89%) Systems Engineer
2 2,651 (34.78%) Senior
3 1,926 (25.27%) Principal Engineer
4 1,246 (16.35%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1,008 (13.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 673 (8.83%) Engineering Manager
7 554 (7.27%) Lead
8 297 (3.90%) Architect
9 284 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 271 (3.56%) Software Engineer
11 266 (3.49%) Project Manager
12 260 (3.41%) Software Support Engineer
13 247 (3.24%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 230 (3.02%) Security Engineer
15 227 (2.98%) Senior Manager
16 224 (2.94%) Senior Electrical Engineer
17 194 (2.55%) Team Leader
18 187 (2.45%) Requirements Manager
19 184 (2.41%) Software Assurance Engineer
20 176 (2.31%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (1.18%) Middleware
2 53 (0.70%) .NET
3 38 (0.50%) XML
4 29 (0.38%) CSS
4 29 (0.38%) HTML
5 25 (0.33%) JSP
6 17 (0.22%) ASP.NET
6 17 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
7 15 (0.20%) .NET Core
8 9 (0.12%) RESTful
9 6 (0.079%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.079%) Azure Blueprints
10 5 (0.066%) XSD
11 4 (0.052%) Jest
11 4 (0.052%) Node.js
11 4 (0.052%) React
11 4 (0.052%) Vue
12 3 (0.039%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.039%) Keycloak
12 3 (0.039%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 476 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 451 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 85 (1.12%) Product Ownership
4 44 (0.58%) SCADA
5 14 (0.18%) Acoustics
5 14 (0.18%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (0.17%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (0.13%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.10%) e-Learning
9 6 (0.079%) Analogue Electronics
9 6 (0.079%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.052%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.039%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.039%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.026%) Pricing Data
12 2 (0.026%) Smartphone
13 1 (0.013%) CCTV
13 1 (0.013%) Graphic Design
13 1 (0.013%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.013%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 84 (1.10%) Windows
2 83 (1.09%) Linux
3 4 (0.052%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.013%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,604 (60.40%) Systems Engineering
2 1,383 (18.14%) Agile
3 1,177 (15.44%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1,128 (14.80%) SysML
5 1,071 (14.05%) Validation
6 1,046 (13.72%) Mathematics
7 936 (12.28%) UML
8 864 (11.34%) Physics
9 770 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
10 700 (9.18%) Requirements Management
11 688 (9.03%) Project Management
12 678 (8.90%) Verification and Validation
13 626 (8.21%) Software Engineering
14 595 (7.81%) MODAF
15 546 (7.16%) Coaching
16 540 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
17 527 (6.91%) Mentoring
18 525 (6.89%) Signal Processing
19 521 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
20 501 (6.57%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1,271 (16.68%) MATLAB
2 132 (1.73%) Python
3 120 (1.57%) Ada
4 118 (1.55%) R
5 105 (1.38%) C#
6 46 (0.60%) Ada 95
7 43 (0.56%) Java
8 42 (0.55%) SQL
9 38 (0.50%) C
10 22 (0.29%) Rust
11 17 (0.22%) ABAP
12 15 (0.20%) VB
13 10 (0.13%) C++
14 5 (0.066%) JavaScript
14 5 (0.066%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.052%) Perl
15 4 (0.052%) PHP
16 1 (0.013%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.013%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.013%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4,609 (60.47%) Degree
2 808 (10.60%) Chartered Engineer
3 669 (8.78%) HND
4 542 (7.11%) Master's Degree
5 461 (6.05%) HNC
6 207 (2.72%) CISSP
7 149 (1.95%) CISM
8 147 (1.93%) CESG Certified Professional
9 142 (1.86%) Numerate Degree
10 113 (1.48%) MBA
11 99 (1.30%) ISTQB
12 81 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
13 76 (1.00%) ACCA
13 76 (1.00%) CIMA
14 66 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
15 41 (0.54%) Security Cleared
16 24 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 24 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 22 (0.29%) CEH
18 18 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 749 (9.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 570 (7.48%) IEC 61508
3 416 (5.46%) Def Stans
4 182 (2.39%) ISO 9001
5 178 (2.34%) DO-254
6 156 (2.05%) ARP4754
7 153 (2.01%) NIST
8 152 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 152 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 147 (1.93%) JSP 440
9 147 (1.93%) RMADS
10 112 (1.47%) HAZOP
11 80 (1.05%) AQAP
12 68 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 48 (0.63%) Data Quality
14 42 (0.55%) IFRS
15 38 (0.50%) GAAP
16 22 (0.29%) QA
17 8 (0.10%) NCSC
18 4 (0.052%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (0.29%) Firmware
2 14 (0.18%) Docker
3 3 (0.039%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.013%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 112 (1.47%) Functional Safety
2 33 (0.43%) Ansible
3 10 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.092%) Terraform
5 3 (0.039%) Grafana
5 3 (0.039%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.013%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.013%) Packer
6 1 (0.013%) SCCM
Vendors
1 622 (8.16%) IBM
2 353 (4.63%) Microsoft
3 224 (2.94%) SAP
4 206 (2.70%) ANSYS
5 194 (2.55%) Siemens
6 141 (1.85%) MathWorks
7 65 (0.85%) Sparx
8 53 (0.70%) Oracle
9 47 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 42 (0.55%) Infor
11 38 (0.50%) Cognos
12 21 (0.28%) Keysight
13 8 (0.10%) Hyperion
13 8 (0.10%) NEC
14 7 (0.092%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.079%) EMC
15 6 (0.079%) Mentor Graphics
16 3 (0.039%) Dell
17 2 (0.026%) Alteryx
17 2 (0.026%) Salesforce