BPSS Clearance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 579 630
Rank change year-on-year +286 +51 -47
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 662 179 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.89% 0.31% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 0.83% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 527 102 153
10th Percentile £24,807 £30,000 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,375 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +10.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,720 21,566 23,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.65% 37.13% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 8,030 10,534
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +145 295 £52,500 +10.53% 37
East of England +139 184 £55,000 -31.25% 17
South East +59 69 £48,500 -37.42% 43
Midlands +15 45 £43,750 -35.19% 14
North of England +32 41 £28,422 -28.95% 41
North West -1 30 £28,000 -30.00% 27
West Midlands +20 24 £60,000 +9.09% 6
East Midlands -5 21 £24,811 -63.24% 8
Wales +6 13 £41,067 -12.93% 7
Scotland -62 13 £24,240 -51.52% 11
North East -3 6 £65,000 -13.33% 6
Northern Ireland - 6 £28,000 - 2
Yorkshire +67 5 £78,273 -7.91% 8
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 76 (11.48%) Confluence
2 18 (2.72%) Exchange Server 2010
2 18 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (6.19%) Simulink
2 19 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.91%) Trello
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.60%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.15%) 1Password
8 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.15%) InDesign
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (3.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (1.36%) Primavera
3 5 (0.76%) Maximo
4 1 (0.15%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (13.29%) Azure
2 51 (7.70%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.80%) AWS
4 39 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (2.27%) GitHub
6 15 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (2.11%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.66%) SaaS
9 10 (1.51%) IaaS
9 10 (1.51%) PaaS
10 7 (1.06%) OCI
11 5 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.76%) Slack
12 4 (0.60%) Serverless
13 3 (0.45%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.30%) Miro
14 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 1 (0.15%) Amazon EKS
15 1 (0.15%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.72%) VPN
3 16 (2.42%) Firewall
4 15 (2.27%) 5G
5 11 (1.66%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.51%) 4G
7 9 (1.36%) MPLS
7 9 (1.36%) WAN
8 8 (1.21%) Software-Defined Radio
9 5 (0.76%) 5G NR
9 5 (0.76%) 802.11
9 5 (0.76%) LTE
9 5 (0.76%) SAN
9 5 (0.76%) Wireless
10 4 (0.60%) DNS
10 4 (0.60%) Internet
11 3 (0.45%) Modbus
11 3 (0.45%) RS-232
11 3 (0.45%) RS-485
11 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.66%) Power BI
2 10 (1.51%) Tableau
3 8 (1.21%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (0.91%) Big Data
5 6 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (0.91%) Star Schema
6 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.60%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.45%) GIS
8 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.15%) OrientDB
9 1 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (12.84%) JIRA
2 84 (12.69%) Git
3 77 (11.63%) Visual Studio
4 75 (11.33%) Bitbucket
5 59 (8.91%) Sourcetree
6 44 (6.65%) Rational Rhapsody
7 42 (6.34%) Rational DOORS
8 13 (1.96%) Rational Team Concert
9 9 (1.36%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.06%) GitLab
11 5 (0.76%) Jenkins
11 5 (0.76%) Subversion
12 4 (0.60%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.30%) JUnit
14 2 (0.30%) Mockito
15 1 (0.15%) Bugzilla
15 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 149 (22.51%) Social Skills
2 86 (12.99%) Games
3 82 (12.39%) Presentation Skills
4 58 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (6.65%) Military
6 41 (6.19%) Manufacturing
7 40 (6.04%) Finance
8 33 (4.98%) Aerospace
9 29 (4.38%) Retail
10 28 (4.23%) Electronics
11 27 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.42%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.81%) French Language
16 7 (1.06%) Italian Language
17 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.60%) German Language
18 4 (0.60%) Law
18 4 (0.60%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 93 (14.05%) Senior
2 92 (13.90%) Developer
3 89 (13.44%) Systems Engineer
4 77 (11.63%) Lead
5 74 (11.18%) 3D Developer
5 74 (11.18%) Games Developer
5 74 (11.18%) Unity 3D Developer
6 73 (11.03%) Architect
7 58 (8.76%) Software Engineer
8 32 (4.83%) Analyst
8 32 (4.83%) Field Engineer
8 32 (4.83%) Mobile Engineer
8 32 (4.83%) Senior Developer
9 30 (4.53%) Senior Games Developer
10 29 (4.38%) Field Service Engineer
11 26 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.78%) Junior
13 23 (3.47%) Senior Field Engineer
13 23 (3.47%) Senior Field Service Engineer
14 20 (3.02%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (11.18%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 30 (4.53%) .NET
3 15 (2.27%) EDI
4 11 (1.66%) Middleware
5 9 (1.36%) ARM Templates
5 9 (1.36%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (1.21%) PyTorch
7 7 (1.06%) SGML
8 5 (0.76%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.60%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.60%) Node.js
9 4 (0.60%) ONNX
9 4 (0.60%) REST
9 4 (0.60%) Spring
9 4 (0.60%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.60%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.45%) Qt
10 3 (0.45%) Windows Identity Foundation
11 2 (0.30%) HTML
11 2 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.08%) Driving Licence
2 78 (11.78%) Virtual Reality
3 51 (7.70%) Self-Motivation
4 45 (6.80%) Algorithms
5 35 (5.29%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.47%) EPoS
7 18 (2.72%) Public Cloud
8 16 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.96%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.51%) FPGA
10 10 (1.51%) VHDL
11 9 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.36%) IoT
12 8 (1.21%) CMDB
12 8 (1.21%) PCIe
13 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.76%) Robotics
13 5 (0.76%) Verilog
14 4 (0.60%) Augmented Reality
14 4 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 78 (11.78%) Windows
2 27 (4.08%) Linux
3 6 (0.91%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.60%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (27.34%) Software Engineering
2 136 (20.54%) UML
3 125 (18.88%) DevOps
4 118 (17.82%) Systems Engineering
5 106 (16.01%) Agile
5 106 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (14.20%) Scrum
7 87 (13.14%) Project Management
7 87 (13.14%) Use Case
7 87 (13.14%) Validation
8 81 (12.24%) Design Patterns
9 73 (11.03%) ITIL
10 57 (8.61%) Mathematics
11 55 (8.31%) Analytics
12 52 (7.85%) Verification and Validation
13 51 (7.70%) Mentoring
14 47 (7.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 44 (6.65%) Asset Management
16 41 (6.19%) Customer Service
17 40 (6.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 100 (15.11%) C#
2 53 (8.01%) C
3 45 (6.80%) Ada
4 36 (5.44%) MATLAB
5 25 (3.78%) Python
6 14 (2.11%) Java
6 14 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.66%) SQL
8 10 (1.51%) R
9 9 (1.36%) C++
10 8 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.60%) VBA
13 3 (0.45%) Rust
13 3 (0.45%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.15%) ProC
15 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 542 (81.87%) Security Cleared
2 247 (37.31%) Degree
3 178 (26.89%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.98%) DBS Check
5 26 (3.93%) TOGAF Certification
6 15 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.81%) CTC Cleared
7 12 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.21%) APMG
9 6 (0.91%) IIBA
10 4 (0.60%) APMP
10 4 (0.60%) PhD
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.45%) HNC
12 2 (0.30%) CEH
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) CSPO
12 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.15%) CISM
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.21%) SLA
2 38 (5.74%) PCI DSS
3 15 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 13 (1.96%) Def Stans
5 12 (1.81%) GDPR
6 10 (1.51%) COSHH
6 10 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.51%) MISRA
7 9 (1.36%) NCSC
8 8 (1.21%) QA
9 6 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.60%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.60%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.45%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 61 (9.21%) Firmware
2 38 (5.74%) KVM
3 13 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.81%) Docker
5 10 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.42%) Ansible
3 15 (2.27%) Terraform
4 10 (1.51%) FortiGate
4 10 (1.51%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 210 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 67 (10.12%) Dell
3 60 (9.06%) IBM
4 36 (5.44%) HP
5 26 (3.93%) Sparx
6 23 (3.47%) NetApp
7 16 (2.42%) Cisco
8 14 (2.11%) Sun
9 11 (1.66%) Oracle
10 9 (1.36%) Darktrace
10 9 (1.36%) Mitel
10 9 (1.36%) NEC
10 9 (1.36%) Ribbon
11 7 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.76%) EMC
12 5 (0.76%) Meraki
13 4 (0.60%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.60%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.60%) SIMUL8
14 3 (0.45%) MuleSoft