BPSS Clearance Jobs in the West Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 228 258
Rank change year-on-year +226 +30 +23
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1,055 22 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.62% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.78% 1.16% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 20 22 8
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £64,438 £31,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £83,125
90th Percentile - £64,108 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.76% +6.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 1,903 2,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.53% 26.28% 41.16%
Number of salaries quoted 572 1,277 969
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,097 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire - 691 £88,000 - 3
Coventry +38 176 - - 18
Birmingham +135 171 £64,500 +33.39% 10
Worcestershire - 6 £65,000 - 1
Solihull - 3 £35,000 -
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 25 (2.37%) Confluence
2 1 (0.095%) CMS
2 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 136 (12.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 16 (1.52%) Azure
2 14 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (1.33%) GitHub
2 14 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
3 9 (0.85%) SaaS
4 8 (0.76%) AWS
4 8 (0.76%) IaaS
4 8 (0.76%) PaaS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.095%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.095%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.095%) Contentful
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.095%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.28%) LAN
1 3 (0.28%) WAN
1 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.71%) MySQL
1 18 (1.71%) Relational Database
2 6 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.57%) Redis
3 1 (0.095%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.095%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.095%) Power BI
3 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (3.89%) JIRA
2 25 (2.37%) Rational DOORS
3 24 (2.27%) Git
4 18 (1.71%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.33%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.095%) ERwin
General
1 193 (18.29%) Automotive
2 136 (12.89%) Aerospace
3 102 (9.67%) Law
4 67 (6.35%) Social Skills
5 57 (5.40%) Telecoms
6 34 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
6 34 (3.22%) Legal
7 18 (1.71%) Manufacturing
8 15 (1.42%) Public Sector
9 9 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.095%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.095%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 734 (69.57%) Principal Engineer
2 588 (55.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 232 (21.99%) Systems Engineer
4 197 (18.67%) Senior
5 126 (11.94%) Security Engineer
6 99 (9.38%) Integration Engineer
6 99 (9.38%) System Verification Engineer
6 99 (9.38%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 99 (9.38%) Validation Engineer
7 98 (9.29%) Principal Security Engineer
8 82 (7.77%) Requirements Engineer
9 74 (7.01%) Software Engineer
10 66 (6.26%) Development Engineer
10 66 (6.26%) Software Development Engineer
11 60 (5.69%) Analyst
11 60 (5.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 59 (5.59%) Principal Security Analyst
12 59 (5.59%) Product Analyst
12 59 (5.59%) Security Analyst
13 54 (5.12%) Principal Modelling Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.80%) .NET
2 8 (0.76%) ARM Templates
2 8 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
3 6 (0.57%) Django
3 6 (0.57%) FastAPI
3 6 (0.57%) Flask
3 6 (0.57%) GraphQL
3 6 (0.57%) Keycloak
3 6 (0.57%) OAuth
3 6 (0.57%) pytest
3 6 (0.57%) RESTful
3 6 (0.57%) SQLAlchemy
3 6 (0.57%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.095%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.095%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 14 (1.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.095%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.71%) Linux
1 18 (1.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (79.15%) Systems Engineering
2 407 (38.58%) Validation
3 330 (31.28%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 257 (24.36%) Collaborative Working
5 203 (19.24%) Agile
6 197 (18.67%) SysML
7 189 (17.91%) Verification and Validation
8 184 (17.44%) Software Testing
9 183 (17.35%) Project Planning
10 180 (17.06%) Mathematics
11 162 (15.36%) Physics
12 134 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
12 134 (12.70%) Software Engineering
13 126 (11.94%) Risk Management
14 107 (10.14%) Project Management
14 107 (10.14%) Systems Thinking
15 102 (9.67%) Chemistry
15 102 (9.67%) Logistics
16 99 (9.38%) Information Security
17 98 (9.29%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 136 (12.89%) MATLAB
2 19 (1.80%) C#
3 7 (0.66%) Python
3 7 (0.66%) SQL
4 1 (0.095%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 617 (58.48%) Degree
2 99 (9.38%) Chartered Engineer
2 99 (9.38%) ISTQB
3 98 (9.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 98 (9.29%) CISM
3 98 (9.29%) CISSP
4 18 (1.71%) Numerate Degree
4 18 (1.71%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.38%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.28%) CCNA
6 3 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.095%) APMG
7 1 (0.095%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.095%) CITP
7 1 (0.095%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.095%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.095%) PMP
7 1 (0.095%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 99 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 98 (9.29%) JSP 440
3 98 (9.29%) NIST
3 98 (9.29%) RMADS
4 8 (0.76%) NCSC
5 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.095%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (2.46%) Ansible
2 14 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.76%) Terraform
4 6 (0.57%) Grafana
4 6 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (4.55%) Siemens
2 18 (1.71%) Atlassian
3 9 (0.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.095%) Databricks
4 1 (0.095%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.095%) ServiceNow