BPSS Clearance Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 163 205
Rank change year-on-year -7 +42 +4
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 244 361 393
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.57% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.30% 4.80% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 242 241
10th Percentile £170 £363 £361
25th Percentile £421 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £711 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £548 £540
% change year-on-year -6.39% +1.39% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 29 26
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.90 £19.06
25th Percentile - £14.25 £25.92
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.76% -39.39% +65.00%
75th Percentile £33.00 £57.76 £55.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.50 £65.27
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -33.32% +82.83%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,404 7,527 8,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.48% 32.71% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,312 5,028 5,210
10th Percentile £270 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £422 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £709 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 598 524
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.91 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.11
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
North of England -3 71 £625 +13.64% 39
South West +20 63 £450 -25.00% 32
North West -5 50 £625 +13.64% 32
Midlands +7 37 £475 -0.52% 20
South East -43 36 £550 +2.80% 40
West Midlands +4 25 £500 +4.17% 6
East of England +6 18 £230 -58.18% 14
Yorkshire +5 16 £650 +19.27% 3
East Midlands +17 12 £290 -38.95% 14
Scotland +15 11 £523 -0.48% 8
North East +13 9 £563 +18.42% 4
Northern Ireland +8 5 £650 - 2
Wales +14 4 £633 +11.95% 5
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 8 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.23%) SAS
3 1 (0.41%) CICS
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.41%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.41%) Simulink
5 1 (0.41%) Sketch
5 1 (0.41%) SPSS
5 1 (0.41%) Stata
5 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (4.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.28%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.82%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.20%) Taleo
2 18 (7.38%) Azure
3 17 (6.97%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.33%) AWS
5 12 (4.92%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (2.46%) Boomi
6 6 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.82%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.82%) Figma
8 2 (0.82%) GCP
8 2 (0.82%) PaaS
8 2 (0.82%) SaaS
8 2 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.92%) WAN
2 9 (3.69%) VPN
3 8 (3.28%) LAN
4 7 (2.87%) Ethernet
4 7 (2.87%) Wireless
5 6 (2.46%) Firewall
6 5 (2.05%) Internet
6 5 (2.05%) MPLS
7 4 (1.64%) ADSL
7 4 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.64%) Network Security
7 4 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (1.23%) DNS
8 3 (1.23%) PSTN
8 3 (1.23%) WLAN
9 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.41%) 5G
10 1 (0.41%) FlexRay
10 1 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.15%) Power BI
2 8 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.87%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.87%) Tableau
4 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.41%) DB2
5 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.41%) IDMS
5 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.41%) Ingres
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.41%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 8 (3.28%) GitLab
2 5 (2.05%) Git
3 4 (1.64%) Ant
4 3 (1.23%) JMeter
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) CANoe
5 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.97%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.56%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.74%) Finance
6 10 (4.10%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.46%) Aviation
9 6 (2.46%) Police
10 5 (2.05%) Legal
11 4 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Billing
12 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Electronics
12 2 (0.82%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Automotive
13 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 33 (13.52%) Architect
2 28 (11.48%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (9.84%) Analyst
3 24 (9.84%) Developer
4 17 (6.97%) Senior
5 15 (6.15%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.74%) Technical Support
7 13 (5.33%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.33%) Lead
7 13 (5.33%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.10%) Consultant
8 10 (4.10%) Technical Engineer
8 10 (4.10%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.87%) Data Migration Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Migration Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Senior Developer
10 7 (2.87%) Service Manager
11 6 (2.46%) Field Engineer
11 6 (2.46%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.69%) Node.js
2 7 (2.87%) RESTful
3 3 (1.23%) Web Services
4 2 (0.82%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) .NET
5 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.41%) CSS
5 1 (0.41%) D3.js
5 1 (0.41%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.41%) Flask
5 1 (0.41%) LDAP
5 1 (0.41%) OAuth
5 1 (0.41%) OpenID
5 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) Sass
5 1 (0.41%) Spring
5 1 (0.41%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.61%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.28%) CMDB
2 8 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.23%) iPad
5 3 (1.23%) iPhone
5 3 (1.23%) PKI
5 3 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.23%) Solar Power
6 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.82%) Tandem
6 2 (0.82%) VHDL
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.41%) Clustering
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.41%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.41%) NHS
7 1 (0.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.02%) Windows
2 9 (3.69%) Linux
3 6 (2.46%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.05%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (17.62%) Agile
2 36 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (12.30%) ITIL
4 29 (11.89%) PLM
5 22 (9.02%) Data Protection
6 21 (8.61%) Decision-Making
7 20 (8.20%) Service Management
8 18 (7.38%) Project Management
9 16 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (6.15%) Scrum
11 14 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (5.33%) ITSM
13 12 (4.92%) Migration
13 12 (4.92%) Roadmaps
14 11 (4.51%) Customer Service
14 11 (4.51%) DevOps
14 11 (4.51%) Line Management
15 10 (4.10%) CI/CD
15 10 (4.10%) Logistics
15 10 (4.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.61%) SQL
2 10 (4.10%) T-SQL
3 7 (2.87%) Bash
3 7 (2.87%) Java
4 6 (2.46%) Python
5 5 (2.05%) Bourne shell
5 5 (2.05%) C#
5 5 (2.05%) Korn
5 5 (2.05%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.64%) C++
7 3 (1.23%) C
8 2 (0.82%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.82%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.82%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.82%) R
9 1 (0.41%) Bicep
9 1 (0.41%) CLIST
9 1 (0.41%) SELCOPY
9 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 148 (60.66%) Security Cleared
2 126 (51.64%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.34%) Degree
4 7 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.46%) ISEB
6 5 (2.05%) BC Cleared
6 5 (2.05%) CCNP
6 5 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.23%) CCSA
8 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.23%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.23%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.82%) APMP
9 2 (0.82%) CCENT
9 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.82%) MCSE
9 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.25%) SLA
2 13 (5.33%) QA
3 6 (2.46%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (2.46%) PMO
4 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.41%) ISO17020
System Software
1 21 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.64%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) Firmware
4 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.69%) Terraform
2 8 (3.28%) SCCM
3 3 (1.23%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.41%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
5 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.41%) vMotion
5 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.25%) ServiceNow
3 19 (7.79%) SAP
4 12 (4.92%) Cisco
5 11 (4.51%) Remedy
6 9 (3.69%) BT
7 7 (2.87%) Micro Focus
8 6 (2.46%) Dell
8 6 (2.46%) Oracle
8 6 (2.46%) Twitter
9 4 (1.64%) Juniper
9 4 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.64%) VMware
10 3 (1.23%) Blue Coat
10 3 (1.23%) BMC
10 3 (1.23%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.23%) Citrix
10 3 (1.23%) IFS
10 3 (1.23%) Openreach
11 2 (0.82%) Symantec