BPSS Clearance Contracts in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 247 343
Rank change year-on-year +10 +96 +10
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 365 516 549
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.00% 1.07% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.25% 3.89% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 340 329
10th Percentile £200 £355 £363
25th Percentile £421 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £613
90th Percentile £675 £721 £661
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -6.82% +1.85% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 30 26
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.08 £19.68
25th Percentile - £14.25 £27.81
Median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.30% -33.32% +23.38%
75th Percentile £30.75 £58.88 £55.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.75 £65.27
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £25.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -35.76% -47.37% +76.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,227 13,261 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.86% 27.52% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,936 8,905 10,075
10th Percentile £313 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 968 682 681
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.31 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.06 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +47 114 £500 -7.49% 19
North of England -9 71 £625 +13.64% 39
South West +21 63 £450 -25.00% 38
North West -7 50 £625 +13.64% 34
Midlands +10 37 £475 - 22
South East -60 36 £550 - 32
West Midlands +6 25 £500 +8.70% 7
East of England +14 18 £230 -61.34% 9
Yorkshire +5 16 £650 +18.18% 1
East Midlands +16 12 £290 -38.95% 15
North East +11 9 £563 +18.42% 4
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.82%) CMS
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.82%) SAS
3 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.55%) Gunicorn
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) CICS
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Mule
4 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.27%) Simulink
6 1 (0.27%) Sketch
6 1 (0.27%) SPSS
6 1 (0.27%) Stata
6 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (3.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.19%) SAP HR
3 7 (1.92%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.23%) Azure
2 31 (8.49%) AWS
3 29 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.48%) Taleo
5 12 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
6 10 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.64%) Boomi
10 5 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.37%) Serverless
11 4 (1.10%) PaaS
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.82%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.82%) GCP
12 3 (0.82%) GitHub
12 3 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.56%) WAN
2 12 (3.29%) VPN
3 9 (2.47%) Firewall
4 8 (2.19%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.19%) LAN
5 7 (1.92%) Wireless
6 6 (1.64%) Internet
6 6 (1.64%) MPLS
6 6 (1.64%) Network Security
7 5 (1.37%) DNS
7 5 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.10%) ADSL
8 4 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.82%) Intranet
9 3 (0.82%) PSTN
9 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.82%) WLAN
10 2 (0.55%) OSPF
10 2 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.85%) Power BI
2 15 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.84%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.19%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.92%) Tableau
6 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.10%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.10%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.82%) Big Data
8 3 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) GIS
9 1 (0.27%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.19%) GitLab
2 6 (1.64%) Git
3 5 (1.37%) JIRA
4 4 (1.10%) Ant
4 4 (1.10%) JMeter
5 2 (0.55%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.27%) CANoe
6 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.23%) Public Sector
3 40 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.12%) Finance
5 18 (4.93%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.74%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.64%) Aviation
10 6 (1.64%) Police
11 4 (1.10%) French Language
11 4 (1.10%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.10%) Legal
12 3 (0.82%) Billing
12 3 (0.82%) Dutch Language
12 3 (0.82%) German Language
12 3 (0.82%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (12.60%) Analyst
2 44 (12.05%) Architect
3 40 (10.96%) Developer
4 28 (7.67%) Solutions Architect
5 26 (7.12%) Business Analyst
5 26 (7.12%) Senior
6 23 (6.30%) Project Manager
7 21 (5.75%) Lead
8 15 (4.11%) Data Engineer
9 14 (3.84%) Consultant
9 14 (3.84%) Technical Support
10 13 (3.56%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.29%) Designer
11 12 (3.29%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
12 10 (2.74%) Technical Engineer
12 10 (2.74%) Technical Support Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.47%) Service Manager
13 9 (2.47%) SQL Developer
14 8 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.56%) Node.js
2 9 (2.47%) HTML
3 8 (2.19%) CSS
4 7 (1.92%) .NET
4 7 (1.92%) REST
4 7 (1.92%) RESTful
4 7 (1.92%) Web Services
5 4 (1.10%) Kafka
5 4 (1.10%) Vue
6 3 (0.82%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.82%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.82%) Flask
7 2 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.55%) D3.js
7 2 (0.55%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.55%) jQuery
8 1 (0.27%) OAuth
8 1 (0.27%) SOAP
8 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.97%) Onboarding
2 14 (3.84%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.47%) CMDB
5 6 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.64%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.37%) iPad
7 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.82%) iPhone
7 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.82%) Solar Power
7 3 (0.82%) Tandem
8 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.55%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.85%) Windows
2 9 (2.47%) Linux
2 9 (2.47%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.64%) Unix
4 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.82%) Android
5 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.55%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.55%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (18.36%) Agile
2 53 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (9.59%) ITIL
4 28 (7.67%) PLM
5 26 (7.12%) Data Protection
5 26 (7.12%) DevOps
6 25 (6.85%) Decision-Making
7 24 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (6.58%) Migration
8 23 (6.30%) Project Management
8 23 (6.30%) Service Management
9 21 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (5.21%) Data Modelling
12 18 (4.93%) Data Migration
12 18 (4.93%) Project Delivery
12 18 (4.93%) Scrum
13 16 (4.38%) Roadmaps
14 15 (4.11%) ITSM
15 14 (3.84%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 30 (8.22%) SQL
2 19 (5.21%) Python
3 11 (3.01%) Java
3 11 (3.01%) JavaScript
3 11 (3.01%) PL/SQL
4 10 (2.74%) C#
5 9 (2.47%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.64%) Bash
7 5 (1.37%) Bourne shell
7 5 (1.37%) Korn
7 5 (1.37%) R
8 4 (1.10%) C++
9 3 (0.82%) C
9 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.55%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.55%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 210 (57.53%) Security Cleared
2 174 (47.67%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.15%) Degree
4 10 (2.74%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.64%) BC Cleared
6 6 (1.64%) CCNP
6 6 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.64%) ISEB
6 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.64%) PMP
7 5 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.82%) CCSA
9 3 (0.82%) CEH
9 3 (0.82%) CISSP
9 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.82%) JNCIA
9 3 (0.82%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.40%) SLA
2 22 (6.03%) QA
3 8 (2.19%) PMO
4 7 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.55%) GPG13
7 2 (0.55%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.27%) ISO17020
System Software
1 24 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.84%) Terraform
2 10 (2.74%) SCCM
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.82%) Ansible
4 3 (0.82%) Kibana
4 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.82%) logstash
4 3 (0.82%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.55%) Grafana
5 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.27%) Istio
6 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.27%) vMotion
6 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 76 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.85%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.58%) SAP
4 13 (3.56%) Cisco
5 11 (3.01%) Oracle
5 11 (3.01%) Remedy
6 9 (2.47%) BT
7 8 (2.19%) Dell
8 7 (1.92%) Micro Focus
9 6 (1.64%) Sparx
9 6 (1.64%) Twitter
10 5 (1.37%) Juniper
11 4 (1.10%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.10%) Siemens
11 4 (1.10%) VMware
12 3 (0.82%) Blue Coat
12 3 (0.82%) BMC
12 3 (0.82%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.82%) IFS
12 3 (0.82%) Openreach