BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Yorkshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 156 209
Rank change year-on-year -22 +53 +31
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 16 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.23% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 0.52% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £50,517 £54,931 -
25th Percentile £51,292 £55,139 £74,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,511 £56,176 £78,273
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -28.23% +9.86%
75th Percentile £61,950 £57,905 £81,786
90th Percentile £70,320 £58,528 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,660 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.31% +1.20% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,212 1,544 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 17.56% 44.96% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 468 364 702
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £26,275
25th Percentile £33,188 £30,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,675 £81,786
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.93%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
West Yorkshire - 10 £57,300 - 6
Humberside -10 4 £62,950 -
North Yorkshire +6 1 - -
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Legal
3 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 4 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) QA Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Podcast
1 5 (31.25%) Virtual Team
1 5 (31.25%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (18.75%) SFIA
4 3 (18.75%) User Stories
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) MODAF
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (12.50%) SysML
5 2 (12.50%) Test Planning
5 2 (12.50%) UML
6 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
6 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.25%) CAPA
6 1 (6.25%) Line Management
6 1 (6.25%) Logistics
6 1 (6.25%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft