DV Cleared Contracts in England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 62 178
Rank change year-on-year +38 +116 -45
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,301 1,801 1,183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.18% 3.53% 1.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.73% 12.74% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,659 1,398 895
10th Percentile £410 £415 £413
25th Percentile £510 £512 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £665
90th Percentile £788 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £563
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 66 11
10th Percentile £50.13 £55.94 £63.30
25th Percentile £56.82 £64.06 £66.03
Median hourly rate £68.24 £75.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £79.19 £76.38
90th Percentile £87.53 £87.63 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.38% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,665 14,133 15,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.34% 27.74% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,191 9,450 10,116
10th Percentile £300 £325 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 771 698
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £55.82
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £40.93
% change year-on-year -26.31% +32.62% +6.31%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 East +15 842 £605 +5.22% 86
South West +2 800 £570 -8.80% 118
London +127 469 £648 +9.75% 54
Midlands +11 84 £550 -8.33% 26
East of England -20 58 £650 +6.12% 33
North of England +55 50 £582 -5.75% 21
West Midlands +28 49 £550 -15.38% 21
East Midlands -7 35 £575 -2.69% 5
Yorkshire +38 23 £616 +13.03% 6
North West +15 17 £550 -10.93% 14
North East +31 10 £575 +10.58% 1
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UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 74 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.04%) Confluence
3 42 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.48%) Apache
6 9 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
8 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.087%) IIS
10 2 (0.087%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.087%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (0.043%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.043%) nginx
Applications
1 78 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.35%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.22%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.22%) Simulink
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 24 (1.04%) Primavera
2 18 (0.78%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.35%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.13%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.043%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.043%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.043%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 240 (10.43%) Azure
2 171 (7.43%) AWS
3 48 (2.09%) PaaS
4 45 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (1.91%) SaaS
6 35 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (1.52%) IaaS
7 34 (1.48%) Azure Stack
8 32 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.00%) Entra ID
10 17 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (0.74%) GCP
11 16 (0.70%) Power Platform
12 15 (0.65%) Azure Storage
13 14 (0.61%) OCI
13 14 (0.61%) OpenShift
14 12 (0.52%) Serverless
15 11 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (0.43%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 225 (9.78%) Firewall
2 86 (3.74%) LAN
3 83 (3.61%) WAN
4 81 (3.52%) Network Security
5 78 (3.39%) DNS
6 64 (2.78%) BGP
7 56 (2.43%) DHCP
8 47 (2.04%) SAN
8 47 (2.04%) SSL
9 46 (2.00%) TCP/IP
10 42 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
11 34 (1.48%) VoIP
12 25 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
12 25 (1.09%) PBX
13 24 (1.04%) OSPF
13 24 (1.04%) VSAN
14 20 (0.87%) EIGRP
15 18 (0.78%) DMVPN
16 15 (0.65%) HTTP
17 13 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 59 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
3 29 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (1.22%) Big Data
5 21 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.43%) Power BI
10 9 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.30%) Metadata
12 7 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
13 6 (0.26%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.22%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.22%) MySQL
15 4 (0.17%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 71 (3.09%) JIRA
2 59 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 33 (1.43%) GitLab
4 32 (1.39%) Git
5 23 (1.00%) TestRail
6 20 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
7 10 (0.43%) JUnit
7 10 (0.43%) Selenium
8 9 (0.39%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.17%) Checkstyle
11 3 (0.13%) MSI
11 3 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.087%) HP UFT
12 2 (0.087%) JMeter
12 2 (0.087%) LoadRunner
General
1 401 (17.43%) Social Skills
2 399 (17.34%) Public Sector
3 162 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (5.00%) Finance
5 97 (4.22%) Telecoms
6 70 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
7 67 (2.91%) Military
7 67 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 55 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 46 (2.00%) Electronics
10 41 (1.78%) Marketing
11 22 (0.96%) Aerospace
12 19 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (0.78%) Police
14 13 (0.56%) Aviation
15 12 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.43%) Local Government
17 9 (0.39%) Law
18 7 (0.30%) Digital Economy
18 7 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 508 (22.08%) Architect
2 241 (10.47%) Analyst
3 141 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
4 119 (5.17%) Consultant
5 116 (5.04%) Senior
6 115 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 94 (4.09%) Lead
8 89 (3.87%) Network Engineer
9 82 (3.56%) Administrator
10 74 (3.22%) Systems Administrator
11 73 (3.17%) Project Manager
12 71 (3.09%) Network Architect
13 67 (2.91%) Security Architect
14 62 (2.69%) Developer
14 62 (2.69%) SOC Analyst
15 60 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
16 57 (2.48%) Infrastructure Architect
17 54 (2.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
17 54 (2.35%) Service Architect
18 44 (1.91%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (1.56%) React
2 34 (1.48%) Spring
3 25 (1.09%) Spring Boot
3 25 (1.09%) Web Services
4 24 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
5 22 (0.96%) REST
6 21 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (0.83%) .NET
8 18 (0.78%) ARM Templates
9 12 (0.52%) Itk
10 10 (0.43%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.39%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.39%) Hibernate
11 9 (0.39%) JPA
11 9 (0.39%) PySpark
12 8 (0.35%) YAML
13 7 (0.30%) JSON
13 7 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (0.30%) RESTful
13 7 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (7.69%) PKI
2 110 (4.78%) Data Centre
3 102 (4.43%) Cyber Defence
4 95 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
5 89 (3.87%) Management Information System
6 63 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 58 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 55 (2.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 40 (1.74%) CSOC
9 40 (1.74%) Driving Licence
10 32 (1.39%) Product Ownership
11 30 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
13 26 (1.13%) Replication
13 26 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (0.91%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.74%) Distributed Applications
15 17 (0.74%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.61%) Clustering
16 14 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 428 (18.60%) Windows
2 280 (12.17%) Linux
3 171 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 92 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 88 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 85 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 52 (2.26%) Windows 7
8 50 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 47 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (0.91%) Ubuntu
10 21 (0.91%) Windows NT
11 20 (0.87%) Unix
12 17 (0.74%) Debian
13 13 (0.56%) Apple iOS
14 12 (0.52%) Windows XP
15 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.39%) Android
17 6 (0.26%) CentOS
17 6 (0.26%) Solaris
17 6 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (14.95%) Agile
2 318 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
3 263 (11.43%) ITIL
4 246 (10.69%) SIEM
5 220 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (9.00%) DevOps
7 190 (8.26%) Service Management
8 161 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 148 (6.43%) Project Management
10 117 (5.08%) Security Operations
10 117 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 112 (4.87%) CI/CD
12 104 (4.52%) Information Security
13 102 (4.43%) Threat Intelligence
14 98 (4.26%) Project Delivery
15 93 (4.04%) Network Management
16 92 (4.00%) Security Architecture
17 90 (3.91%) Incident Response
18 89 (3.87%) Customer Service
18 89 (3.87%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 167 (7.26%) Python
2 146 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 110 (4.78%) Java
4 75 (3.26%) SQL
5 63 (2.74%) C#
6 58 (2.52%) JavaScript
7 55 (2.39%) C
8 34 (1.48%) Bash
9 33 (1.43%) VBScript
10 23 (1.00%) C++
11 18 (0.78%) Bicep
12 17 (0.74%) Go
12 17 (0.74%) TypeScript
13 15 (0.65%) VB
14 8 (0.35%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.17%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
17 3 (0.13%) Perl
17 3 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,301 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 533 (23.16%) SC Cleared
3 189 (8.21%) Degree
4 51 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (1.83%) CCNP
6 31 (1.35%) CISSP
7 30 (1.30%) ISTQB
8 25 (1.09%) CCNA
8 25 (1.09%) CISM
9 24 (1.04%) SANS
10 23 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 22 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.83%) APMP
12 19 (0.83%) PMP
13 18 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 17 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
15 16 (0.70%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.65%) HND
16 15 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.39%) NIST
2 63 (2.74%) QA
3 53 (2.30%) PMO
4 51 (2.22%) NIST 800
5 46 (2.00%) SLA
6 45 (1.96%) NCSC
7 34 (1.48%) Government Security Classifications
8 26 (1.13%) RMADS
9 22 (0.96%) GDPR
10 21 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 14 (0.61%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.30%) P3O
14 3 (0.13%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.087%) COBIT
15 2 (0.087%) GRC
15 2 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.043%) IFRS
System Software
1 208 (9.04%) Active Directory
2 131 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (3.61%) Docker
4 56 (2.43%) VMware NSX
5 53 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
6 40 (1.74%) Firmware
7 32 (1.39%) vSphere
8 29 (1.26%) Hyper-V
9 28 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.13%) iptables
12 2 (0.087%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.043%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.043%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.043%) KVM
13 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.043%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.043%) UAG
13 1 (0.043%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 122 (5.30%) SCCM
2 101 (4.39%) Terraform
3 100 (4.35%) Ansible
4 90 (3.91%) Kubernetes
5 58 (2.52%) SCOM
5 58 (2.52%) WSUS
6 43 (1.87%) vCenter Server
7 40 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 25 (1.09%) Puppet
9 22 (0.96%) Prometheus
10 21 (0.91%) FortiGate
10 21 (0.91%) Sysprep
11 20 (0.87%) Grafana
11 20 (0.87%) Progress Chef
12 19 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
13 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
14 17 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 16 (0.70%) NetBackup
15 16 (0.70%) vRealize
16 15 (0.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 450 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 234 (10.17%) VMware
3 129 (5.61%) Cisco
4 113 (4.91%) Juniper
5 84 (3.65%) Dell
6 83 (3.61%) SAP
7 64 (2.78%) HP
8 52 (2.26%) Palo Alto
9 49 (2.13%) Red Hat
10 48 (2.09%) Veeam
11 44 (1.91%) Atlassian
12 32 (1.39%) Oracle
13 22 (0.96%) EMC
14 21 (0.91%) Fortinet
15 17 (0.74%) ServiceNow
16 16 (0.70%) ArcSight
16 16 (0.70%) IBM
16 16 (0.70%) Symantec
17 14 (0.61%) Splunk
18 13 (0.56%) Nokia