BPSS Clearance Contracts in the West Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 76 91 157
Rank change year-on-year +15 +66 -33
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 35 38 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.71% 1.72% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.12% 6.47% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 15
10th Percentile £284 £283 £247
25th Percentile £398 £388 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% - +84.21%
75th Percentile £504 £598 £606
90th Percentile £578 £625 £680
England median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £13.40 £11.07 -
25th Percentile £13.63 £11.99 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £13.75 -
90th Percentile - £14.20 -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -25.47% +10.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 684 587 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.50% 26.53% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 355 506
10th Percentile £298 £313 £266
25th Percentile £363 £421 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £563
90th Percentile £693 £700 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 27 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.60 £11.10
25th Percentile £21.81 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +37.93% -9.38%
75th Percentile £46.88 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £20.86
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Solihull - 11 £470 - 5
Shropshire 0 9 £500 -8.26%
Birmingham -1 7 £650 +35.42% 2
Warwickshire -2 6 £355 +116.46%
Coventry +10 1 £400 -42.86%
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (2.86%) CICS
1 1 (2.86%) SAS
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.86%) CANalyzer
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Figma
3 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Ethernet
2 3 (8.57%) Internet
2 3 (8.57%) MPLS
2 3 (8.57%) WAN
3 2 (5.71%) ADSL
3 2 (5.71%) PSTN
4 1 (2.86%) DWDM
4 1 (2.86%) FlexRay
4 1 (2.86%) SDH
4 1 (2.86%) SONET
4 1 (2.86%) VPN
4 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) DB2
1 1 (2.86%) IDMS
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.86%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Ant
2 1 (2.86%) CANoe
2 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Automotive
4 3 (8.57%) Electronics
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Architect
2 9 (25.71%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (17.14%) Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Technical Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.71%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.71%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Lead
6 2 (5.71%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) IT Architect
7 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.57%) Infotainment
3 1 (2.86%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Android
2 7 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 6 (17.14%) Windows
4 5 (14.29%) Unix
5 3 (8.57%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.86%) Linux
6 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.86%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Agile
2 6 (17.14%) Architectural Design
2 6 (17.14%) Change Control
2 6 (17.14%) Scrum
2 6 (17.14%) TOGAF
3 5 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 5 (14.29%) System Testing
4 4 (11.43%) ITIL
4 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.43%) Zachman Framework
5 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.57%) Order Management
5 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.57%) Use Case
5 3 (8.57%) Validation
5 3 (8.57%) Workflow
6 2 (5.71%) Data Entry
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Bash
1 5 (14.29%) Bourne shell
1 5 (14.29%) Korn
1 5 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 5 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) CLIST
2 1 (2.86%) COBOL
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) REXX
2 1 (2.86%) SELCOPY
2 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 3 (8.57%) BC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.86%) MCSE
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) SCCM
2 7 (20.00%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.86%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) Apple
3 6 (17.14%) Oracle
3 6 (17.14%) Samsung
4 3 (8.57%) Cisco
4 3 (8.57%) VMware
5 2 (5.71%) BT
5 2 (5.71%) Citrix
5 2 (5.71%) Openreach
5 2 (5.71%) SAP
6 1 (2.86%) Adobe
6 1 (2.86%) Denodo
6 1 (2.86%) IBM
6 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.86%) Syncsort