BPSS Clearance Contracts in London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 317 429
Rank change year-on-year +38 +112 -45
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 114 174 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.65% 0.68% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.76% 3.11% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 108 108
10th Percentile £400 £360 £364
25th Percentile £416 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £625 £713 £650
England median daily rate £500 £539 £525
% change year-on-year -7.19% +2.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.25 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - £28.38
90th Percentile - - £29.50
England median hourly rate £16.06 £23.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -30.17% -42.50% +3.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,131 5,587 6,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.59% 21.96% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,824 3,835 4,698
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 85 146
10th Percentile £14.49 £18.89 £23.84
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Central London +3 13 £496 -8.36% 1
South London +10 4 £550 -4.35%
East London -4 4 £569 -23.56%
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (2.63%) CMS
2 2 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.75%) Gunicorn
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Mule
3 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.79%) Azure
2 16 (14.04%) AWS
3 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.63%) Serverless
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.75%) GCP
7 2 (1.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.75%) PaaS
7 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.88%) Figma
8 1 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.51%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) DNS
2 3 (2.63%) VPN
3 2 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.88%) Broadband
4 1 (0.88%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.88%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.88%) Internet
4 1 (0.88%) Intranet
4 1 (0.88%) IPsec
4 1 (0.88%) MPLS
4 1 (0.88%) PPP
4 1 (0.88%) SDH
4 1 (0.88%) SNMP
4 1 (0.88%) TACACS
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) VoIP
4 1 (0.88%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.28%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) Power BI
4 3 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.63%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.63%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (1.75%) Big Data
5 2 (1.75%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) GitLab
2 1 (0.88%) JMeter
2 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 26 (22.81%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.91%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.40%) Finance
4 9 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.63%) Publishing
6 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.88%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Electronics
7 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (16.67%) Analyst
2 18 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 15 (13.16%) Developer
4 13 (11.40%) Architect
5 12 (10.53%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 11 (9.65%) Designer
6 11 (9.65%) Senior
7 9 (7.89%) Lead
8 8 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (7.02%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Content Designer
9 7 (6.14%) Project Manager
10 6 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (4.39%) Consultant
12 4 (3.51%) Lead Business Analyst
12 4 (3.51%) Security Architect
12 4 (3.51%) Service Designer
12 4 (3.51%) SQL Developer
12 4 (3.51%) Technical Writer
13 3 (2.63%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) Kafka
2 4 (3.51%) .NET
2 4 (3.51%) CSS
2 4 (3.51%) HTML
3 2 (1.75%) Bazel
3 2 (1.75%) Flask
3 2 (1.75%) jQuery
3 2 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.75%) Node.js
3 2 (1.75%) REST
3 2 (1.75%) Web Services
4 1 (0.88%) ADO
4 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (0.88%) D3.js
4 1 (0.88%) Middleware
4 1 (0.88%) SOAP
4 1 (0.88%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.88%) Vue
4 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.68%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.63%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.75%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.75%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.75%) iPad
4 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.75%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.88%) CMDB
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Tandem
5 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.51%) Windows
2 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.75%) Unix
3 2 (1.75%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.75%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.44%) Agile
2 14 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.40%) DevOps
4 12 (10.53%) Migration
5 11 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (8.77%) Data Migration
6 10 (8.77%) Data Modelling
6 10 (8.77%) Requirements Management
6 10 (8.77%) Supplier Management
7 7 (6.14%) Computer Science
7 7 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (6.14%) User Experience
7 7 (6.14%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (5.26%) Open Source
8 6 (5.26%) Physical Data Model
8 6 (5.26%) Project Delivery
8 6 (5.26%) Scrum
9 5 (4.39%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (4.39%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.77%) SQL
2 9 (7.89%) Python
3 6 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.26%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.63%) C#
4 3 (2.63%) Java
5 2 (1.75%) ABAP
5 2 (1.75%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.88%) Ruby
6 1 (0.88%) Scala
6 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (45.61%) Security Cleared
2 40 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.89%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.39%) Degree
5 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.63%) PMP
6 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.88%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.88%) CCDP
7 1 (0.88%) CCIP
7 1 (0.88%) CCNA
7 1 (0.88%) CCNP
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) QA
2 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.63%) NIST
3 2 (1.75%) GPG13
3 2 (1.75%) NCSC
3 2 (1.75%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Terraform
2 4 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.63%) SCCM
4 2 (1.75%) Grafana
4 2 (1.75%) Istio
4 2 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.26%) Sparx
3 5 (4.39%) Oracle
4 3 (2.63%) SAP
5 2 (1.75%) Dell
5 2 (1.75%) Google
5 2 (1.75%) HP
5 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.88%) Adobe
6 1 (0.88%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) ESRI
6 1 (0.88%) Informatica
6 1 (0.88%) Juniper
6 1 (0.88%) Nokia
6 1 (0.88%) Okta
6 1 (0.88%) Pega
6 1 (0.88%) TIBCO