BPSS Clearance Job Trends in West Sussex

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 42 56
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.76% 0.33% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.95% 1.54% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £42,190 - -
25th Percentile £43,000 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,998 - £47,500
75th Percentile £55,000 - £51,250
90th Percentile £73,420 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £63,856
% change year-on-year - -13.87% +11.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 88 65 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 22.11% 21.17% 43.92%
Number of salaries quoted 51 37 89
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,400 £31,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £74,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +0.96%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in West Sussex

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in West Sussex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in West Sussex

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Chichester +3 6 £45,998 - 2
BPSS Clearance
South East

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Commissioning Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Safety Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) HNC
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 1 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft