DV Cleared Contracts in the UK excluding London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 32 103
Rank change year-on-year +18 +71 -36
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 1,868 1,465 793
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.04% 6.07% 2.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.40% 18.30% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,355 1,143 605
10th Percentile £410 £425 £413
25th Percentile £507 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +8.11% +11.00%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £658
90th Percentile £776 £738 £706
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £569
% change year-on-year - +5.49% +13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 54 9
10th Percentile £50.80 £57.16 £47.05
25th Percentile £57.33 £63.14 £63.30
Median hourly rate £68.67 £75.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +8.62% +38.10%
75th Percentile £85.00 £79.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £92.48 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £67.81 £70.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year -3.13% +1.38% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,656 8,004 8,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.06% 33.19% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,393 5,368 5,274
10th Percentile £263 £275 £250
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £720 £706 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 677 542
10th Percentile £13.56 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.45 £20.00 £16.31
Median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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 +17 849 £605 +5.22% 102
South West +2 805 £568 -9.20% 111
Midlands +3 87 £550 -8.33% 29
East of England -22 60 £625 +2.04% 34
North of England +51 57 £582 -5.75% 23
West Midlands +27 52 £550 -14.23% 22
Scotland +62 47 £625 +19.05% 4
East Midlands -4 35 £575 -2.41% 7
Yorkshire +40 27 £616 +40.00% 4
North West +5 20 £550 -10.93% 18
North East +29 10 £575 +10.58% 1
Wales +16 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 - 2
DV Cleared
UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 65 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.52%) Confluence
3 40 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.87%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 4 (0.21%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.054%) nginx
Applications
1 79 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
4 23 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.70%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.27%) Siemens NX
7 5 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.23%) Primavera
2 17 (0.91%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.43%) SAP EWM
4 7 (0.37%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.16%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.054%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.054%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.054%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 207 (11.08%) Azure
2 104 (5.57%) AWS
3 42 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (2.25%) PaaS
4 40 (2.14%) SaaS
5 34 (1.82%) Azure Stack
6 32 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
7 31 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 29 (1.55%) IaaS
9 18 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 16 (0.86%) Azure Storage
11 14 (0.75%) OCI
12 12 (0.64%) Power Platform
13 9 (0.48%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (0.43%) Amazon S3
14 8 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.43%) Serverless
15 5 (0.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 160 (8.57%) Firewall
2 84 (4.50%) DNS
3 82 (4.39%) Network Security
4 77 (4.12%) LAN
5 72 (3.85%) WAN
6 68 (3.64%) DHCP
7 63 (3.37%) BGP
8 49 (2.62%) SAN
9 43 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
10 36 (1.93%) SSL
11 35 (1.87%) TCP/IP
12 27 (1.45%) VoIP
13 26 (1.39%) VSAN
14 25 (1.34%) OSPF
14 25 (1.34%) PBX
15 24 (1.28%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (1.07%) EIGRP
17 18 (0.96%) DMVPN
18 13 (0.70%) VPN
19 12 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 27 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (1.18%) Relational Database
4 17 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.70%) Big Data
7 12 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.37%) Metadata
9 7 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
10 6 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.32%) InfluxDB
10 6 (0.32%) Power BI
10 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.21%) SQLite
12 3 (0.16%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (0.11%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 72 (3.85%) JIRA
2 23 (1.23%) TestRail
3 22 (1.18%) Git
3 22 (1.18%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
5 13 (0.70%) GitLab
5 13 (0.70%) JUnit
6 9 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 9 (0.48%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.48%) Selenium
6 9 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.21%) Checkstyle
9 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.16%) MSI
10 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 2 (0.11%) HP UFT
11 2 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 368 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 294 (15.74%) Public Sector
3 143 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (4.34%) Finance
5 77 (4.12%) Telecoms
6 69 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
7 68 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (2.57%) Military
9 35 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 27 (1.45%) Electronics
11 22 (1.18%) Marketing
12 20 (1.07%) Aerospace
13 13 (0.70%) Aviation
14 10 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.37%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.37%) Legal
17 5 (0.27%) Aeronautics
18 4 (0.21%) Advertising
19 3 (0.16%) Banking
Job Titles
1 443 (23.72%) Architect
2 220 (11.78%) Analyst
3 104 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
4 91 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 91 (4.87%) Senior
5 90 (4.82%) Consultant
6 85 (4.55%) Lead
7 72 (3.85%) Administrator
7 72 (3.85%) Network Architect
8 68 (3.64%) Systems Administrator
9 65 (3.48%) Project Manager
10 58 (3.10%) Network Engineer
10 58 (3.10%) Security Architect
11 57 (3.05%) SOC Analyst
12 55 (2.94%) Infrastructure Architect
13 50 (2.68%) Developer
14 43 (2.30%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
15 42 (2.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 42 (2.25%) Service Architect
16 41 (2.19%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.61%) React
2 28 (1.50%) Spring
3 26 (1.39%) REST
4 25 (1.34%) Web Services
5 22 (1.18%) Apache NiFi
5 22 (1.18%) Spring Boot
6 17 (0.91%) ARM Templates
7 14 (0.75%) .NET
8 12 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (0.64%) Hibernate
8 12 (0.64%) Itk
8 12 (0.64%) JPA
9 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.32%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.32%) JSON
10 6 (0.32%) LDAP
10 6 (0.32%) RESTful
10 6 (0.32%) XML
11 5 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 183 (9.80%) PKI
2 96 (5.14%) Cyber Defence
3 90 (4.82%) Cyber Threat
4 87 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 79 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 62 (3.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 56 (3.00%) Private Cloud
8 50 (2.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 40 (2.14%) CSOC
10 37 (1.98%) Driving Licence
11 33 (1.77%) Product Ownership
12 31 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
13 28 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.02%) Client/Server
14 19 (1.02%) Clustering
14 19 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
15 14 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
16 12 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (0.64%) Operational Technology
17 9 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 382 (20.45%) Windows
2 203 (10.87%) Linux
3 143 (7.66%) Windows Server
4 89 (4.76%) Windows 10
5 72 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 68 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 45 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 44 (2.36%) Windows 7
8 44 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (1.23%) Unix
10 21 (1.12%) Ubuntu
10 21 (1.12%) Windows NT
11 16 (0.86%) Apple iOS
11 16 (0.86%) Debian
12 13 (0.70%) Windows XP
13 11 (0.59%) Android
14 10 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.37%) Solaris
16 6 (0.32%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (15.26%) Agile
2 269 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
3 225 (12.04%) ITIL
4 216 (11.56%) SIEM
5 195 (10.44%) Problem-Solving
6 177 (9.48%) DevOps
7 155 (8.30%) Service Management
8 124 (6.64%) Project Management
9 119 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 110 (5.89%) Security Operations
11 99 (5.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 93 (4.98%) Threat Intelligence
13 92 (4.93%) Network Management
13 92 (4.93%) Project Delivery
14 90 (4.82%) Information Security
15 86 (4.60%) Customer Service
16 85 (4.55%) Incident Response
17 84 (4.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 75 (4.01%) Security Architecture
19 74 (3.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 139 (7.44%) PowerShell
2 122 (6.53%) Python
3 85 (4.55%) Java
4 52 (2.78%) C
5 47 (2.52%) C#
6 41 (2.19%) SQL
7 34 (1.82%) VBScript
8 20 (1.07%) JavaScript
9 18 (0.96%) Bicep
9 18 (0.96%) C++
10 17 (0.91%) Bash
11 16 (0.86%) TypeScript
11 16 (0.86%) VB
12 15 (0.80%) Go
13 7 (0.37%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.16%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.16%) Embedded C++
16 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,868 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 392 (20.99%) SC Cleared
3 174 (9.31%) Degree
4 45 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (2.09%) CCNP
6 24 (1.28%) APMP
6 24 (1.28%) ISTQB
6 24 (1.28%) SANS
7 23 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 22 (1.18%) CCNA
8 22 (1.18%) CISSP
9 19 (1.02%) CISM
10 17 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 15 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (0.80%) HND
13 8 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (0.37%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (3.75%) NIST
2 48 (2.57%) NIST 800
2 48 (2.57%) QA
3 47 (2.52%) PMO
4 42 (2.25%) SLA
5 40 (2.14%) NCSC
6 34 (1.82%) Government Security Classifications
7 26 (1.39%) RMADS
8 21 (1.12%) GDPR
9 20 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.80%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (0.37%) P3O
13 2 (0.11%) COBIT
13 2 (0.11%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.054%) IFRS
14 1 (0.054%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 182 (9.74%) Active Directory
2 116 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (3.32%) Docker
4 61 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
5 49 (2.62%) VMware NSX
6 41 (2.19%) Hyper-V
7 40 (2.14%) Firmware
8 30 (1.61%) vSphere
9 24 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
10 17 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 6 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.16%) iptables
13 1 (0.054%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.054%) KVM
13 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.054%) UAG
13 1 (0.054%) vCloud
13 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 115 (6.16%) SCCM
2 68 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 67 (3.59%) Ansible
4 65 (3.48%) Terraform
5 62 (3.32%) WSUS
6 59 (3.16%) SCOM
7 49 (2.62%) vCenter Server
8 21 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (1.12%) Sysprep
9 20 (1.07%) EMC NetWorker
10 19 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.02%) FortiGate
11 18 (0.96%) Grafana
11 18 (0.96%) Prometheus
12 17 (0.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 17 (0.91%) vRealize
13 16 (0.86%) NetBackup
14 13 (0.70%) vMotion
15 12 (0.64%) Nessus
16 11 (0.59%) OPNET
Vendors
1 424 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 209 (11.19%) VMware
3 116 (6.21%) Cisco
4 104 (5.57%) Juniper
5 66 (3.53%) HP
6 61 (3.27%) SAP
7 60 (3.21%) Dell
8 48 (2.57%) Red Hat
9 47 (2.52%) Atlassian
9 47 (2.52%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.39%) Oracle
10 26 (1.39%) Veeam
11 24 (1.28%) EMC
12 20 (1.07%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.02%) Symantec
14 17 (0.91%) ArcSight
14 17 (0.91%) Citrix
15 14 (0.75%) IBM
16 13 (0.70%) Nokia
16 13 (0.70%) ServiceNow