BPSS Clearance Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 160 200
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 253 336 405
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.19% 1.48% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.31% 4.55% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 218 265
10th Percentile £170 £362 £300
25th Percentile £394 £420 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +0.19% +0.96%
75th Percentile £633 £616 £615
90th Percentile £675 £704 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 27 28
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.40 £20.70
25th Percentile - £14.25 £34.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.76% -42.86% +68.40%
75th Percentile £24.00 £56.87 £53.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £63.75 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.30% -29.61% +73.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
South West +27 70 £467 -22.12% 52
North of England -24 64 £615 +11.82% 26
Midlands +19 49 £470 -5.53% 17
North West -14 45 £627 +14.00% 16
West Midlands +15 35 £470 -10.48% 10
South East -70 27 £475 -3.06% 43
East of England +9 19 £230 -58.18% 16
East Midlands +12 14 £355 -25.26% 7
Scotland +31 11 £523 +4.50% 4
Yorkshire 0 11 £650 +20.37% 3
North East +8 8 £513 +7.89% 7
Wales +20 6 £650 +36.13% 10
Northern Ireland - 6 £650 -
South Coast - 1 - -
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 9 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.19%) SAS
3 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.40%) CICS
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.40%) Smallworld
Applications
1 39 (15.42%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.40%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.40%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.40%) Simulink
5 1 (0.40%) Sketch
5 1 (0.40%) SPSS
5 1 (0.40%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (4.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.19%) SAP GTS
3 3 (1.19%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.19%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.79%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.91%) Taleo
2 18 (7.11%) Azure
3 17 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.16%) SuccessFactors
5 6 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.19%) AWS
7 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.79%) Figma
7 2 (0.79%) GCP
7 2 (0.79%) SaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.40%) Serverless
8 1 (0.40%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) WAN
2 9 (3.56%) VPN
3 7 (2.77%) LAN
4 6 (2.37%) Ethernet
4 6 (2.37%) Firewall
4 6 (2.37%) Wireless
5 5 (1.98%) Internet
6 4 (1.58%) MPLS
6 4 (1.58%) Network Security
6 4 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.19%) ADSL
7 3 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.19%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (1.19%) DNS
7 3 (1.19%) WLAN
8 2 (0.79%) DWDM
8 2 (0.79%) PSTN
8 2 (0.79%) SDH
8 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.40%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.93%) Power BI
2 8 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.77%) Tableau
4 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (2.37%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.40%) DB2
5 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.40%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) IDMS
5 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.40%) Ingres
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.40%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Git
2 4 (1.58%) Ant
3 3 (1.19%) JMeter
4 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.40%) CANoe
4 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 90 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.72%) Public Sector
3 17 (6.72%) Telecoms
4 15 (5.93%) Aerospace
4 15 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.35%) Finance
6 8 (3.16%) Aviation
6 8 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Police
8 5 (1.98%) Legal
8 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Automotive
9 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
10 2 (0.79%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (16.60%) Architect
2 34 (13.44%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (9.49%) Analyst
4 19 (7.51%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.53%) Consultant
5 14 (5.53%) Lead
5 14 (5.53%) Technical Support
6 13 (5.14%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.14%) Developer
6 13 (5.14%) Support Engineer
7 10 (3.95%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (3.95%) Technical Support Engineer
8 9 (3.56%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (3.16%) Senior
10 7 (2.77%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.77%) Data Migration Engineer
10 7 (2.77%) Migration Engineer
10 7 (2.77%) Service Manager
11 6 (2.37%) Field Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) HTML
2 2 (0.79%) CSS
2 2 (0.79%) Node.js
2 2 (0.79%) Web Services
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.40%) D3.js
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) Flask
3 1 (0.40%) LDAP
3 1 (0.40%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.40%) REST
3 1 (0.40%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.91%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.77%) CMDB
2 7 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.37%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.58%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (1.58%) Solar Power
5 3 (1.19%) Infotainment
5 3 (1.19%) iPad
5 3 (1.19%) iPhone
5 3 (1.19%) PKI
6 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.79%) VHDL
6 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.40%) IoT
7 1 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.88%) Windows
2 9 (3.56%) Android
3 8 (3.16%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.77%) Linux
5 6 (2.37%) Unix
5 6 (2.37%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.37%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (15.02%) Agile
3 30 (11.86%) ITIL
4 28 (11.07%) PLM
5 26 (10.28%) Project Management
6 22 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 21 (8.30%) Data Protection
8 19 (7.51%) Service Management
9 18 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (6.72%) Roadmaps
11 15 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (5.14%) ITSM
12 13 (5.14%) Migration
12 13 (5.14%) Scrum
13 12 (4.74%) Validation
14 11 (4.35%) Customer Service
14 11 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (3.95%) Data Migration
16 9 (3.56%) Software Testing
16 9 (3.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.11%) SQL
2 8 (3.16%) Python
3 7 (2.77%) T-SQL
4 6 (2.37%) Bash
5 5 (1.98%) Bourne shell
5 5 (1.98%) Korn
5 5 (1.98%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.98%) R
6 4 (1.58%) C++
7 3 (1.19%) C
7 3 (1.19%) C#
7 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.79%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.79%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.79%) Java
8 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) ABAP
9 1 (0.40%) COBOL
9 1 (0.40%) REXX
Qualifications
1 155 (61.26%) Security Cleared
2 132 (52.17%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.02%) Degree
4 8 (3.16%) BC Cleared
5 6 (2.37%) ISEB
5 6 (2.37%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.58%) CCNP
7 4 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.58%) PhD
7 4 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.19%) CCSA
8 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.19%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.19%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.19%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.79%) APMP
9 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.70%) SLA
2 11 (4.35%) QA
3 6 (2.37%) PMO
4 4 (1.58%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 22 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.79%) Firmware
4 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) SCCM
2 7 (2.77%) AirWatch
3 3 (1.19%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.79%) Terraform
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.40%) Grafana
5 1 (0.40%) IBM BigFix
5 1 (0.40%) Kibana
5 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.40%) vMotion
5 1 (0.40%) WSUS
5 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.70%) SAP
2 22 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 12 (4.74%) Remedy
4 10 (3.95%) Cisco
5 9 (3.56%) Apple
6 8 (3.16%) BT
6 8 (3.16%) Twitter
7 7 (2.77%) Micro Focus
8 6 (2.37%) Oracle
8 6 (2.37%) Samsung
8 6 (2.37%) VMware
9 4 (1.58%) Juniper
9 4 (1.58%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.19%) Blue Coat
10 3 (1.19%) BMC
10 3 (1.19%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.19%) Citrix
10 3 (1.19%) IFS
11 2 (0.79%) Openreach