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 29 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 93 161
Rank change year-on-year +11 +68 -43
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 31 33 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.51% 1.49% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.50% 5.67% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 16
10th Percentile £216 £368 £175
25th Percentile £380 £400 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +10.53% +12.09%
75th Percentile £489 £625 £556
90th Percentile £511 - £631
England median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £13.40 £10.86 -
25th Percentile £13.63 £11.48 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £44.33 £40.00
% change year-on-year -63.77% +10.82% +1.91%

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 689 582 742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.58% 26.25% 20.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 361 511
10th Percentile £289 £313 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +6.74%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £571
90th Percentile £712 £725 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 18 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.10
25th Percentile £21.81 £12.80 £13.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.35 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.03% +40.36% -9.38%
75th Percentile £46.88 £33.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.86
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -22.73% +32.53% +22.95%

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 29 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 29 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 - 12 £470 - 1
Warwickshire +2 7 £360 -
Birmingham -7 6 £535 +18.23% 1
Shropshire 0 4 £394 -24.95%
Coventry +14 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 (3.23%) CICS
1 1 (3.23%) SAS
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.45%) CANalyzer
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) Figma
3 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Ethernet
2 3 (9.68%) Internet
2 3 (9.68%) MPLS
2 3 (9.68%) WAN
3 2 (6.45%) ADSL
3 2 (6.45%) PSTN
4 1 (3.23%) DWDM
4 1 (3.23%) FlexRay
4 1 (3.23%) SDH
4 1 (3.23%) SONET
4 1 (3.23%) VPN
4 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) DB2
1 1 (3.23%) IDMS
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.23%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) CANoe
2 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
2 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Automotive
4 3 (9.68%) Electronics
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Architect
2 9 (29.03%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Technical Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Coordinator
5 2 (6.45%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Lead
5 2 (6.45%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (6.45%) SCCM Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Infotainment
2 1 (3.23%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (3.23%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Android
2 8 (25.81%) Apple iOS
3 6 (19.35%) Windows
4 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.23%) Linux
5 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Architectural Design
1 7 (22.58%) Change Control
1 7 (22.58%) TOGAF
2 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
2 5 (16.13%) Zachman Framework
3 4 (12.90%) Agile
3 4 (12.90%) ITIL
3 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
4 3 (9.68%) Order Management
4 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
4 3 (9.68%) Use Case
4 3 (9.68%) Validation
4 3 (9.68%) Workflow
5 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.45%) Product Strategy
5 2 (6.45%) Prototyping
5 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery Management
5 2 (6.45%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) CLIST
1 1 (3.23%) COBOL
1 1 (3.23%) Python
1 1 (3.23%) REXX
1 1 (3.23%) SELCOPY
1 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) SC Cleared
1 20 (64.52%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.13%) Degree
3 3 (9.68%) BC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.23%) MCSE
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) SLA
2 2 (6.45%) QA
3 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) SCCM
2 8 (25.81%) AirWatch
3 2 (6.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) Apple
3 7 (22.58%) Samsung
4 3 (9.68%) Cisco
4 3 (9.68%) VMware
5 2 (6.45%) BT
5 2 (6.45%) Citrix
5 2 (6.45%) Openreach
5 2 (6.45%) SAP
6 1 (3.23%) Adobe
6 1 (3.23%) Denodo
6 1 (3.23%) IBM
6 1 (3.23%) Oracle
6 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.23%) Syncsort