DV Cleared Contracts in Berkshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 24 93
Rank change year-on-year +20 +69 -18
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 314 128 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.43% 7.34% 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.56% 23.53% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 73 37
10th Percentile £205 £500 £288
25th Percentile £438 £538 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £610 £562
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +8.62% +25.85%
75th Percentile £608 £700 £650
90th Percentile £678 £721 £727
South East median daily rate £605 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +6.14% +3.64% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 17 0
10th Percentile £50.80 £54.56 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £74.79 -
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 -
South East median hourly rate £70.39 £64.84 -
% change year-on-year +8.56% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 836 544 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 43.75% 31.19% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 304 376
10th Percentile £213 £330 £322
25th Percentile £430 £431 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +12.82% +3.72%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £720 £672
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 37 14
10th Percentile £41.40 £21.60 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £54.56 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +209.16% -0.12%
75th Percentile £75.24 £75.75 £63.88
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £59.45 £44.75
% change year-on-year -3.54% +32.85% +7.83%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Reading +13 230 £595 -2.86% 41
Maidenhead - 7 - -
Bracknell - 4 £500 - 1
Slough - 2 - -
Thatcham - 1 £625 -
Newbury - 1 £250 -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 19 (6.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (14.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.59%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (7.01%) Primavera
2 17 (5.41%) SAP QM
3 8 (2.55%) SAP EWM
4 7 (2.23%) Teamcenter
5 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.75%) Azure
2 22 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.73%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (5.41%) Azure Storage
5 14 (4.46%) OCI
6 7 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (23.25%) Firewall
2 40 (12.74%) DNS
3 39 (12.42%) DHCP
4 31 (9.87%) LAN
5 28 (8.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (5.73%) WAN
7 14 (4.46%) SAN
8 5 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.96%) BGP
10 2 (0.64%) CATAPAN
10 2 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.64%) MPLS
10 2 (0.64%) Skype
10 2 (0.64%) VPN
11 1 (0.32%) IPsec
11 1 (0.32%) Junos
11 1 (0.32%) OSPF
11 1 (0.32%) PBX
11 1 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
2 3 (0.96%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Robot Framework
1 3 (0.96%) Selenium
2 1 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 111 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.25%) Public Sector
3 30 (9.55%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.50%) Aviation
6 6 (1.91%) Military
7 4 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.64%) Environmental Health
10 1 (0.32%) Finance
10 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (17.20%) Architect
2 48 (15.29%) Senior
3 33 (10.51%) Security Architect
4 31 (9.87%) Consultant
4 31 (9.87%) Support Specialist
5 30 (9.55%) SAP Consultant
6 28 (8.92%) Active Directory Support
7 26 (8.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 26 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.96%) Active Directory Specialist
8 25 (7.96%) Azure Specialist
9 24 (7.64%) Administrator
9 24 (7.64%) Systems Administrator
10 20 (6.37%) Support Engineer
11 19 (6.05%) Build Engineer
11 19 (6.05%) Windows Build Engineer
11 19 (6.05%) Windows Engineer
12 16 (5.10%) SAP QM Consultant
13 15 (4.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 15 (4.78%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.41%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.82%) Itk
3 3 (0.96%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.64%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.55%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.01%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.05%) PKI
4 8 (2.55%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.23%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.96%) iPad
8 2 (0.64%) CSOC
8 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.64%) Robotics
9 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 103 (32.80%) Windows
2 69 (21.97%) Windows 10
3 66 (21.02%) Windows Server
4 57 (18.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 57 (18.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 42 (13.38%) Linux
6 33 (10.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (9.55%) Windows 7
8 19 (6.05%) Windows NT
9 14 (4.46%) Windows XP
10 8 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.75%) ITIL
2 67 (21.34%) DevOps
3 58 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (17.52%) Customer Service
5 39 (12.42%) Release Management
6 37 (11.78%) Service Management
7 35 (11.15%) Agile
8 34 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (9.24%) Project Management
10 27 (8.60%) User Acceptance Testing
11 23 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (6.69%) Security Architecture
13 19 (6.05%) Analytics
13 19 (6.05%) Deployment Automation
14 18 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (5.73%) PLM
14 18 (5.73%) Service Delivery
15 17 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (5.41%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.74%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.64%) VBScript
3 17 (5.41%) Bicep
3 17 (5.41%) C#
3 17 (5.41%) VB
4 9 (2.87%) C
5 8 (2.55%) Python
6 7 (2.23%) SQL
7 5 (1.59%) C++
8 1 (0.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 314 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 68 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 59 (18.79%) Degree
4 17 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.78%) CCNA
6 15 (4.78%) CCNP
7 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.32%) CCDP
8 1 (0.32%) HNC
8 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.32%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.32%) RIBA
8 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.37%) QA
2 6 (1.91%) SLA
3 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 70 (22.29%) Active Directory
2 34 (10.83%) Firmware
3 29 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.69%) Hyper-V
5 17 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (4.46%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.64%) Docker
8 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 89 (28.34%) SCCM
2 50 (15.92%) WSUS
3 34 (10.83%) SCOM
4 19 (6.05%) Sysprep
5 17 (5.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (5.41%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (5.10%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (4.46%) NetBackup
7 14 (4.46%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.32%) Endace
Vendors
1 115 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 49 (15.61%) HP
3 33 (10.51%) SAP
4 31 (9.87%) VMware
5 29 (9.24%) Juniper
6 28 (8.92%) Cisco
7 21 (6.69%) Oracle
8 16 (5.10%) EMC
9 14 (4.46%) 3PAR
9 14 (4.46%) Dell
9 14 (4.46%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (4.46%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.46%) Symantec
9 14 (4.46%) Veeam
10 7 (2.23%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.59%) Siemens
12 3 (0.96%) Citrix
13 1 (0.32%) ArcSight
13 1 (0.32%) F5
13 1 (0.32%) Red Hat