DV Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 19 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 +43 +32
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 390 253 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.54% 8.79% 3.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.04% 25.82% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 171 109
10th Percentile £213 £360 £385
25th Percentile £464 £459 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £640
90th Percentile £716 £721 £700
South East median daily rate £605 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +6.14% +3.64% +17.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 20 0
10th Percentile £49.45 £54.56 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £61.34 -
Median hourly rate £70.39 £72.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% - -
75th Percentile £87.46 £76.00 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.19 -
South East median hourly rate £71.17 £72.40 £63.00
% change year-on-year -1.70% +14.91% +27.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

DV Cleared 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,082 980 1,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.34% 34.06% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 627 734
10th Percentile £250 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £619 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 48 28
10th Percentile £20.62 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £45.19 £25.69 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £75.68 £75.17 £50.31
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £80.81
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £62.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% +37.78% +8.43%

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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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 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
Berkshire +21 323 £605 -0.82% 64
Buckinghamshire +5 65 £550 +10.00% 2
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 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 25 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (4.36%) SAP QM
2 12 (3.08%) Primavera
3 9 (2.31%) Teamcenter
4 8 (2.05%) SAP EWM
5 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.26%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 80 (20.51%) Azure
2 40 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (5.90%) Entra ID
4 21 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
4 21 (5.38%) Azure Storage
5 14 (3.59%) OCI
6 8 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.03%) AWS
8 2 (0.51%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.51%) PaaS
8 2 (0.51%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 86 (22.05%) Firewall
2 44 (11.28%) DHCP
2 44 (11.28%) DNS
3 28 (7.18%) Intrusion Detection
4 25 (6.41%) LAN
5 20 (5.13%) SAN
6 16 (4.10%) WAN
7 11 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (2.82%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (2.82%) Network Security
8 8 (2.05%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.51%) BGP
9 2 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.51%) MPLS
9 2 (0.51%) PBX
9 2 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.51%) VoIP
9 2 (0.51%) VSAN
10 1 (0.26%) CATAPAN
10 1 (0.26%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.03%) Oracle Database
2 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.51%) Metadata
3 2 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.03%) InstallShield
1 4 (1.03%) MSI
1 4 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.77%) Robot Framework
2 3 (0.77%) Selenium
3 2 (0.51%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 96 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 87 (22.31%) Public Sector
3 31 (7.95%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (4.36%) Military
6 11 (2.82%) Finance
7 9 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.03%) Aviation
8 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.51%) Electronics
9 2 (0.51%) Marketing
10 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (15.13%) Senior
2 58 (14.87%) Architect
3 38 (9.74%) Active Directory Support
4 33 (8.46%) Consultant
4 33 (8.46%) Security Architect
5 30 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
6 29 (7.44%) Administrator
6 29 (7.44%) Support Specialist
6 29 (7.44%) Systems Administrator
7 27 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (6.92%) Support Engineer
8 26 (6.67%) Active Directory Specialist
8 26 (6.67%) Azure Specialist
8 26 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 21 (5.38%) Project Manager
10 17 (4.36%) Analyst
10 17 (4.36%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 16 (4.10%) SAP QM Consultant
12 15 (3.85%) Windows Build Engineer
12 15 (3.85%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.38%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.08%) Itk
3 3 (0.77%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.51%) ATL
4 2 (0.51%) Fluent Bit
4 2 (0.51%) Loki
5 1 (0.26%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.92%) PKI
2 26 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (6.15%) Driving Licence
4 20 (5.13%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.31%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.05%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.54%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.28%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.77%) iPad
10 3 (0.77%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.51%) CSOC
11 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.51%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.51%) Robotics
12 1 (0.26%) iPhone
12 1 (0.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 107 (27.44%) Windows
2 67 (17.18%) Windows Server
3 62 (15.90%) Windows 10
4 58 (14.87%) Linux
4 58 (14.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 58 (14.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 30 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (6.41%) Windows 7
7 15 (3.85%) Windows NT
8 14 (3.59%) Windows XP
9 10 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.79%) Debian
11 6 (1.54%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (24.36%) ITIL
2 73 (18.72%) DevOps
3 63 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (15.38%) Agile
5 49 (12.56%) Customer Service
6 45 (11.54%) Release Management
7 42 (10.77%) Service Management
7 42 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (9.74%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (9.74%) Project Management
9 33 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (6.67%) PLM
11 24 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (5.90%) Analytics
12 23 (5.90%) Change Management
12 23 (5.90%) CI/CD
12 23 (5.90%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (5.38%) Identity Management
13 21 (5.38%) Roadmaps
13 21 (5.38%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.10%) PowerShell
2 29 (7.44%) VBScript
3 21 (5.38%) Bicep
3 21 (5.38%) C#
3 21 (5.38%) VB
4 18 (4.62%) Python
5 9 (2.31%) C
6 5 (1.28%) C++
7 3 (0.77%) Bash
8 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 390 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 127 (32.56%) SC Cleared
3 58 (14.87%) Degree
4 26 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (6.41%) CCNP
6 21 (5.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (3.85%) CCNA
8 5 (1.28%) CISM
9 3 (0.77%) APMP
9 3 (0.77%) ISEB
9 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.77%) PMP
9 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.51%) RIBA
10 2 (0.51%) VCAP
10 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.10%) QA
2 6 (1.54%) PMO
3 3 (0.77%) SLA
4 1 (0.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 76 (19.49%) Active Directory
2 32 (8.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.18%) Firmware
4 23 (5.90%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.51%) Docker
8 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.51%) vSphere
9 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 78 (20.00%) SCCM
2 50 (12.82%) WSUS
3 36 (9.23%) SCOM
4 24 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (5.90%) Kubernetes
6 21 (5.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (3.85%) Sysprep
8 14 (3.59%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (3.59%) NetBackup
8 14 (3.59%) vCenter Server
9 10 (2.56%) Nessus
10 5 (1.28%) Ansible
11 2 (0.51%) Argo
11 2 (0.51%) Grafana
11 2 (0.51%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.51%) Terraform
12 1 (0.26%) Endace
Vendors
1 144 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.77%) VMware
3 40 (10.26%) HP
4 39 (10.00%) Juniper
5 38 (9.74%) Cisco
6 34 (8.72%) SAP
7 25 (6.41%) Palo Alto
8 19 (4.87%) Oracle
9 15 (3.85%) Veeam
10 14 (3.59%) 3PAR
10 14 (3.59%) Dell
10 14 (3.59%) EMC
10 14 (3.59%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (3.59%) Symantec
11 11 (2.82%) ScienceLogic
12 8 (2.05%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.03%) Apple
13 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.51%) ArcSight
14 2 (0.51%) NEC