BPSS Clearance Contracts in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 92 85 90
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 50 77 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.87% 2.51% 2.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.28% 8.25% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 64 51
10th Percentile £523 £413 £363
25th Percentile £550 £500 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £615
90th Percentile - £648 £650
England median daily rate £509 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -7.50% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 4
10th Percentile - £39.55 £40.88
25th Percentile - £42.35 £45.94
Median hourly rate £16.06 £48.49 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.88% -7.64% +174.01%
75th Percentile - £53.17 £58.44
90th Percentile - £55.11 £62.38
England median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -33.32% +23.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 796 933 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.85% 30.39% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 622 599
10th Percentile £300 £330 £275
25th Percentile £425 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 68 67
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.75 £23.14
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.54 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -1.98% -0.95%
75th Percentile £38.43 £50.17 £58.35
90th Percentile £70.83 £67.90 £77.40
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the North West.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Lancashire +26 28 £625 +35.14% 7
Manchester -14 14 £625 +9.89% 9
Merseyside +9 4 £650 +25.00%
Cheshire -3 4 £525 -6.75% 13
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Taleo
2 7 (14.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.00%) Azure
4 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) Firewall
1 1 (2.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.00%) Billing
3 1 (2.00%) Legal
3 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (18.00%) Senior
2 8 (16.00%) Developer
3 7 (14.00%) Architect
3 7 (14.00%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Java Developer
5 4 (8.00%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.00%) Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Node.js Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) Node.js
2 6 (12.00%) RESTful
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (2.00%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.00%) Sass
3 1 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.00%) Tandem
2 1 (2.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Android
1 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
1 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 20 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 7 (14.00%) Microservices
2 7 (14.00%) PLM
3 6 (12.00%) Agile
3 6 (12.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (12.00%) Design Patterns
4 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (8.00%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (6.00%) ITIL
6 3 (6.00%) User Stories
7 2 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (4.00%) Project Management
7 2 (4.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (4.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (4.00%) User Experience
8 1 (2.00%) Business Case
8 1 (2.00%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (2.00%) Bicep
2 1 (2.00%) C#
2 1 (2.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (42.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (32.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (2.00%) ISO17020
2 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (14.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) ServiceNow
2 21 (42.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.00%) Symantec
4 1 (2.00%) Veeam
4 1 (2.00%) VMware