DV Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 18 57
Rank change year-on-year +14 +39 +26
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 410 267 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.32% 9.23% 3.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.58% 26.49% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 209 113
10th Percentile £210 £332 £365
25th Percentile £449 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £716 £721 £650
South East median daily rate £605 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 16 0
10th Percentile £51.30 £55.25 -
25th Percentile £56.58 £61.34 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £85.65 £75.89 -
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 -
South East median hourly rate £70.39 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +8.29% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,091 1,008 1,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.75% 34.84% 28.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 683 677
10th Percentile £213 £320 £260
25th Percentile £413 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £621 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 45 31
10th Percentile £18.20 £20.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £19.63
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.24% -
75th Percentile £70.39 £74.79 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.28 £80.25 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.97% +30.00% +12.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire +22 332 £575 -7.26% 26
Buckinghamshire +2 77 £550 +12.18% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 24 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.46%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.22%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (5.12%) Primavera
2 17 (4.15%) SAP QM
3 8 (1.95%) SAP EWM
4 7 (1.71%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.73%) SAP PLM
5 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 70 (17.07%) Azure
2 27 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.63%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (4.15%) Azure Storage
5 14 (3.41%) OCI
6 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.98%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (20.24%) Firewall
2 46 (11.22%) DNS
3 44 (10.73%) DHCP
4 34 (8.29%) LAN
5 28 (6.83%) Intrusion Detection
6 24 (5.85%) SAN
7 20 (4.88%) WAN
8 16 (3.90%) TCP/IP
9 12 (2.93%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (2.93%) Cisco ISE
9 12 (2.93%) Network Security
10 6 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.98%) Skype
12 3 (0.73%) BGP
13 2 (0.49%) CATAPAN
13 2 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (0.49%) PBX
13 2 (0.49%) VoIP
13 2 (0.49%) VPN
13 2 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.49%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Robot Framework
1 3 (0.73%) Selenium
2 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 127 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 81 (19.76%) Public Sector
3 41 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (2.93%) Aviation
7 11 (2.68%) Military
8 8 (1.95%) Finance
9 6 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.46%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.49%) Electronics
11 2 (0.49%) Environmental Health
11 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (16.83%) Architect
2 56 (13.66%) Senior
3 35 (8.54%) Consultant
4 34 (8.29%) Security Architect
5 33 (8.05%) SAP Consultant
5 33 (8.05%) Support Specialist
6 28 (6.83%) Active Directory Support
7 27 (6.59%) Azure Specialist
8 26 (6.34%) Active Directory Specialist
8 26 (6.34%) Administrator
8 26 (6.34%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 26 (6.34%) Systems Administrator
9 24 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (5.37%) Support Engineer
11 21 (5.12%) Analyst
11 21 (5.12%) Build Engineer
11 21 (5.12%) Windows Build Engineer
11 21 (5.12%) Windows Engineer
12 18 (4.39%) Desktop Engineer
13 17 (4.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.90%) ARM Templates
2 12 (2.93%) Itk
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.24%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.29%) Driving Licence
2 25 (6.10%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.10%) PKI
3 22 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.20%) Private Cloud
5 8 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.71%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.46%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.73%) iPad
9 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) CSOC
10 2 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.49%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.49%) Robotics
11 1 (0.24%) Clustering
11 1 (0.24%) iPhone
11 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.24%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 120 (29.27%) Windows
2 78 (19.02%) Windows 10
3 71 (17.32%) Windows Server
4 59 (14.39%) Linux
5 58 (14.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 58 (14.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (8.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 34 (8.29%) Windows 7
8 21 (5.12%) Windows NT
9 14 (3.41%) Windows XP
10 11 (2.68%) Debian
11 10 (2.44%) Ubuntu
12 9 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (27.32%) ITIL
2 74 (18.05%) Customer Service
3 71 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (16.59%) DevOps
5 61 (14.88%) Agile
6 47 (11.46%) Service Management
7 46 (11.22%) Release Management
8 41 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (9.02%) Project Management
10 29 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
11 26 (6.34%) Service Delivery
12 25 (6.10%) Project Delivery
13 22 (5.37%) PLM
14 21 (5.12%) Configuration Management
14 21 (5.12%) Deployment Automation
14 21 (5.12%) Security Architecture
15 20 (4.88%) Customer Requirements
15 20 (4.88%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.49%) PowerShell
2 24 (5.85%) VBScript
3 19 (4.63%) Python
4 17 (4.15%) C#
4 17 (4.15%) VB
5 16 (3.90%) Bicep
6 9 (2.20%) C
7 8 (1.95%) SQL
8 5 (1.22%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
Qualifications
1 410 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 128 (31.22%) SC Cleared
3 67 (16.34%) Degree
4 30 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (7.07%) CCNP
6 17 (4.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (3.66%) CCNA
8 7 (1.71%) CISM
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.73%) PMP
11 2 (0.49%) ISEB
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.49%) MCSE
11 2 (0.49%) VCAP
11 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.24%) CCDP
12 1 (0.24%) CISSP
12 1 (0.24%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.37%) QA
2 7 (1.71%) SLA
3 5 (1.22%) PMO
4 3 (0.73%) NCSC
5 2 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 83 (20.24%) Active Directory
2 38 (9.27%) Firmware
3 32 (7.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (4.39%) Hyper-V
5 17 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.98%) Docker
8 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.49%) vSphere
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 98 (23.90%) SCCM
2 52 (12.68%) WSUS
3 36 (8.78%) SCOM
4 21 (5.12%) Sysprep
5 20 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (4.39%) EMC NetWorker
7 17 (4.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (4.15%) Kubernetes
8 14 (3.41%) NetBackup
8 14 (3.41%) vCenter Server
9 11 (2.68%) Nessus
10 3 (0.73%) Ansible
11 1 (0.24%) Endace
Vendors
1 151 (36.83%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.17%) HP
3 53 (12.93%) VMware
4 43 (10.49%) Juniper
5 42 (10.24%) Cisco
6 38 (9.27%) SAP
7 26 (6.34%) Palo Alto
8 24 (5.85%) Oracle
9 18 (4.39%) EMC
10 16 (3.90%) Veeam
11 14 (3.41%) 3PAR
11 14 (3.41%) Dell
11 14 (3.41%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (3.41%) Symantec
12 13 (3.17%) ServiceNow
13 12 (2.93%) Red Hat
13 12 (2.93%) ScienceLogic
14 7 (1.71%) Citrix
15 5 (1.22%) Siemens
16 3 (0.73%) Apple