DV Cleared Contracts

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 64 215
Rank change year-on-year +33 +151 -41
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,430 1,981 1,180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.66% 3.53% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.92% 12.95% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 1,423 861
10th Percentile £425 £415 £425
25th Percentile £515 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 104 13
10th Percentile £50.80 £54.00 £47.92
25th Percentile £56.65 £62.25 £63.30
Median hourly rate £71.00 £70.00 £66.66
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +5.01% +33.32%
75th Percentile £85.65 £78.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £90.00 £76.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.00 £75.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year -5.33% +10.29% +36.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

DV Cleared 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,842 15,296 19,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.93% 27.24% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,004 10,201 12,637
10th Percentile £310 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,092 756 774
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.91 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +24.36% +22.71%
75th Percentile £62.13 £68.75 £57.94
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.47 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.02% +50.00% +7.69%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

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Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +31 2,334 £600 - 418
UK excluding London +15 1,908 £600 - 354
South East +15 900 £605 +6.14% 127
South West +1 785 £570 -7.32% 132
Work from Home +64 458 £605 +0.83% 126
London +87 440 £650 +8.33% 66
Midlands +5 91 £575 -4.17% 35
East of England -15 75 £550 -1.12% 24
West Midlands +19 65 £575 -8.00% 26
North of England +23 58 £600 - 30
Yorkshire +26 31 £675 +53.41% 3
Scotland +29 29 £700 +33.33% 7
East Midlands -22 26 £563 -4.81% 9
North West -1 22 £550 -12.00% 26
Northern Ireland - 12 £588 - 8
North East +14 5 £600 +15.38% 1
Wales +10 2 - -

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 67 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (1.81%) Confluence
4 31 (1.28%) SharePoint Server
5 14 (0.58%) Apache
6 9 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.16%) CMS
8 4 (0.16%) IIS
8 4 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.082%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.082%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.041%) nginx
10 1 (0.041%) SAS
10 1 (0.041%) WildFly
Applications
1 70 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.74%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.21%) Siemens NX
7 5 (0.21%) Simulink
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) InVision
8 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.041%) Sketch
8 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (0.99%) SAP QM
2 22 (0.91%) Primavera
3 9 (0.37%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 7 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.041%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 275 (11.32%) Azure
2 182 (7.49%) AWS
3 60 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (2.02%) PaaS
5 45 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (1.85%) SaaS
6 34 (1.40%) Entra ID
6 34 (1.40%) IaaS
7 32 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (1.23%) Azure Stack
9 22 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (0.91%) GCP
10 21 (0.86%) Power Platform
11 20 (0.82%) Azure Storage
11 20 (0.82%) OpenShift
12 16 (0.66%) OCI
13 12 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (0.49%) GitHub
13 12 (0.49%) Serverless
14 11 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 232 (9.55%) Firewall
2 95 (3.91%) Network Security
3 84 (3.46%) DNS
4 82 (3.37%) WAN
5 76 (3.13%) LAN
6 64 (2.63%) DHCP
7 56 (2.30%) BGP
8 47 (1.93%) SSL
9 46 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
10 43 (1.77%) SAN
11 40 (1.65%) TCP/IP
12 36 (1.48%) VoIP
13 27 (1.11%) PBX
13 27 (1.11%) VSAN
14 24 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
15 22 (0.91%) OSPF
16 18 (0.74%) DMVPN
16 18 (0.74%) EIGRP
17 17 (0.70%) VPN
18 16 (0.66%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 43 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
3 40 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (1.44%) Big Data
5 31 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 23 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.49%) Power BI
9 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.29%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.29%) Metadata
11 7 (0.29%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (0.29%) MySQL
12 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.21%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.16%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.16%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 75 (3.09%) JIRA
2 66 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 45 (1.85%) Git
4 36 (1.48%) GitLab
5 21 (0.86%) JUnit
6 19 (0.78%) TestRail
7 18 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
8 11 (0.45%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.41%) Artifactory
9 10 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.41%) Maven
9 10 (0.41%) Selenium
9 10 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.37%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.33%) MSI
12 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.16%) Checkstyle
13 4 (0.16%) Gradle
13 4 (0.16%) InstallShield
14 3 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 429 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 405 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 190 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (5.68%) Finance
5 104 (4.28%) Telecoms
6 66 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (2.67%) Military
8 60 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 59 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (1.98%) Electronics
11 47 (1.93%) Marketing
12 20 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 12 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (0.49%) Police
14 10 (0.41%) Aviation
14 10 (0.41%) Local Government
15 9 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.33%) Law
17 7 (0.29%) Digital Economy
18 6 (0.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 544 (22.39%) Architect
2 229 (9.42%) Analyst
3 137 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
4 135 (5.56%) Senior
5 129 (5.31%) Consultant
6 121 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 105 (4.32%) Lead
8 95 (3.91%) Administrator
9 91 (3.74%) Network Engineer
10 83 (3.42%) Project Manager
11 81 (3.33%) Network Architect
12 76 (3.13%) Security Architect
12 76 (3.13%) Systems Administrator
13 72 (2.96%) Developer
14 71 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
15 59 (2.43%) SOC Analyst
16 58 (2.39%) Infrastructure Architect
17 56 (2.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 55 (2.26%) Software Engineer
19 54 (2.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.14%) Spring
2 50 (2.06%) Spring Boot
3 46 (1.89%) REST
4 44 (1.81%) React
5 34 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
5 34 (1.40%) Web Services
6 31 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
7 23 (0.95%) ARM Templates
8 20 (0.82%) .NET
9 18 (0.74%) Hibernate
9 18 (0.74%) JPA
10 12 (0.49%) Itk
11 11 (0.45%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.37%) .NET Core
12 9 (0.37%) PySpark
13 8 (0.33%) Node.js
13 8 (0.33%) RESTful
13 8 (0.33%) YAML
14 7 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 185 (7.61%) PKI
2 113 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
3 111 (4.57%) Cyber Threat
3 111 (4.57%) Data Centre
4 97 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 75 (3.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 59 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 50 (2.06%) Private Cloud
8 40 (1.65%) CSOC
9 38 (1.56%) Product Ownership
10 33 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
12 22 (0.91%) Client/Server
13 21 (0.86%) Distributed Applications
13 21 (0.86%) Replication
14 18 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (0.70%) Virtual Team
16 15 (0.62%) Clustering
17 14 (0.58%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 463 (19.05%) Windows
2 298 (12.26%) Linux
3 190 (7.82%) Windows Server
4 93 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 84 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 84 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 53 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 46 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 40 (1.65%) Windows 7
9 27 (1.11%) Unix
10 21 (0.86%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.70%) Ubuntu
11 17 (0.70%) Windows NT
12 14 (0.58%) Android
12 14 (0.58%) Windows XP
13 12 (0.49%) Debian
14 10 (0.41%) Solaris
15 9 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.25%) CentOS
16 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (15.43%) Agile
2 321 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
3 247 (10.16%) DevOps
4 239 (9.84%) ITIL
5 237 (9.75%) SIEM
6 234 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
7 177 (7.28%) Service Management
8 168 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 160 (6.58%) Project Management
10 135 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 122 (5.02%) CI/CD
12 119 (4.90%) Information Security
13 117 (4.81%) Security Operations
14 111 (4.57%) Project Delivery
15 110 (4.53%) Threat Intelligence
16 109 (4.49%) Incident Response
17 107 (4.40%) Software Engineering
18 106 (4.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
19 93 (3.83%) Use Case
20 92 (3.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 180 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 177 (7.28%) Python
3 136 (5.60%) Java
4 82 (3.37%) SQL
5 72 (2.96%) C#
6 62 (2.55%) JavaScript
7 56 (2.30%) C
8 40 (1.65%) VBScript
9 35 (1.44%) Bash
10 26 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 24 (0.99%) Bicep
12 20 (0.82%) VB
13 19 (0.78%) Go
14 18 (0.74%) C++
15 6 (0.25%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.21%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.16%) Perl
17 4 (0.16%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
18 3 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,430 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 564 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 180 (7.41%) Degree
4 48 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (1.65%) CCNP
6 31 (1.28%) APMP
7 28 (1.15%) CISSP
8 26 (1.07%) ISTQB
9 24 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (0.99%) SANS
10 23 (0.95%) CCNA
11 20 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 19 (0.78%) CISM
12 19 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 17 (0.70%) PMP
13 17 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.62%) HND
14 15 (0.62%) PMI Certification
15 12 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.91%) NIST
2 68 (2.80%) QA
3 62 (2.55%) NIST 800
3 62 (2.55%) PMO
4 51 (2.10%) SLA
5 30 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
6 29 (1.19%) NCSC
7 21 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 20 (0.82%) GDPR
9 16 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.37%) JSP 440
10 9 (0.37%) RMADS
11 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.29%) P3O
12 6 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.25%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.082%) COBIT
13 2 (0.082%) GRC
13 2 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.041%) WCAG
System Software
1 215 (8.85%) Active Directory
2 139 (5.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (4.16%) Docker
4 78 (3.21%) VMware NSX
5 64 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (2.06%) Hyper-V
7 35 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (1.36%) vSphere
9 32 (1.32%) Firmware
10 24 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.16%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.12%) iptables
13 3 (0.12%) VMFS
14 2 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.082%) UAG
15 1 (0.041%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.041%) KVM
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 125 (5.14%) Terraform
2 119 (4.90%) Ansible
3 115 (4.73%) Kubernetes
4 103 (4.24%) SCCM
5 71 (2.92%) WSUS
6 57 (2.35%) SCOM
7 45 (1.85%) vCenter Server
8 38 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 24 (0.99%) Grafana
10 24 (0.99%) Kibana
10 24 (0.99%) Prometheus
10 24 (0.99%) Puppet
11 23 (0.95%) FortiGate
12 21 (0.86%) logstash
13 20 (0.82%) Progress Chef
14 18 (0.74%) NetBackup
15 17 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (0.70%) Sysprep
16 14 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 467 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 266 (10.95%) VMware
3 122 (5.02%) Cisco
4 119 (4.90%) Juniper
5 87 (3.58%) Dell
5 87 (3.58%) SAP
6 53 (2.18%) Palo Alto
7 52 (2.14%) Red Hat
8 51 (2.10%) HP
9 43 (1.77%) Atlassian
10 42 (1.73%) Veeam
11 37 (1.52%) Oracle
12 27 (1.11%) F5
13 20 (0.82%) EMC
13 20 (0.82%) Fortinet
14 18 (0.74%) Symantec
15 17 (0.70%) ArcSight
16 16 (0.66%) IBM
17 15 (0.62%) Nokia
18 14 (0.58%) NetApp