DV Cleared Contracts with Work from Home Options

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 122 313
Rank change year-on-year +56 +191 -58
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 448 470 345
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.06% 1.92% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.58% 7.57% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 304 231
10th Percentile £408 £450 £375
25th Percentile £506 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £665
90th Percentile £764 £755 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 4
10th Percentile £54.80 £47.50 £66.13
25th Percentile £67.95 £58.98 £67.81
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.25 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year +32.02% -7.02% +21.28%
75th Percentile £87.53 £77.97 £76.06
90th Percentile - £89.00 £76.18
UK median hourly rate £70.39 £70.00 £67.33
% change year-on-year +0.56% +3.97% +34.66%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,868 6,209 8,797
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.39% 25.42% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,492 4,207 6,204
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £434 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 256 224
10th Percentile £15.27 £19.00 £20.51
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.94% +32.33%
75th Percentile £67.66 £70.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £84.42 £80.25 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +23.61%

DV Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

DV Cleared daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

DV Cleared hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 26 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (4.69%) Confluence
4 15 (3.35%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.34%) Primavera
3 4 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.45%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.45%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (18.97%) Azure
2 51 (11.38%) AWS
3 27 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.91%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
5 18 (4.02%) Azure Storage
6 16 (3.57%) Azure Stack
7 12 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.68%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.01%) GitHub
9 7 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.89%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.67%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.67%) SaaS
12 2 (0.45%) GCP
12 2 (0.45%) PaaS
12 2 (0.45%) Slack
13 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 80 (17.86%) Firewall
2 23 (5.13%) DNS
3 22 (4.91%) DHCP
3 22 (4.91%) SSL
4 16 (3.57%) BGP
5 14 (3.13%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.90%) Network Security
7 11 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (2.23%) SAN
9 8 (1.79%) 4G
10 7 (1.56%) 3G
11 5 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.89%) Junos
12 4 (0.89%) SDH
12 4 (0.89%) WAN
13 2 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.45%) RTP
14 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.89%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.67%) Power BI
6 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Big Data
7 1 (0.22%) Biml
7 1 (0.22%) Flink
7 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (5.36%) JIRA
2 9 (2.01%) Git
3 7 (1.56%) Maven
3 7 (1.56%) TestRail
4 6 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.67%) GitLab
7 2 (0.45%) JIRA Agile
7 2 (0.45%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) Checkstyle
8 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 82 (18.30%) Social Skills
2 78 (17.41%) Public Sector
3 42 (9.38%) Finance
4 25 (5.58%) Telecoms
5 21 (4.69%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.79%) Electronics
7 17 (3.79%) Marketing
8 13 (2.90%) Military
9 9 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.79%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.89%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.89%) Aviation
12 4 (0.89%) Local Government
13 2 (0.45%) Advertising
13 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 97 (21.65%) Architect
2 37 (8.26%) Senior
3 29 (6.47%) Analyst
4 27 (6.03%) Developer
5 23 (5.13%) Consultant
5 23 (5.13%) Security Architect
6 22 (4.91%) Project Manager
7 21 (4.69%) Lead
7 21 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.02%) Active Directory Support
9 15 (3.35%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (3.13%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (3.13%) Azure Specialist
10 14 (3.13%) Support Specialist
11 12 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (2.68%) Network Engineer
12 11 (2.46%) DV Cleared Project Manager
12 11 (2.46%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.46%) Test Analyst
13 10 (2.23%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.91%) Web Services
2 18 (4.02%) ARM Templates
3 15 (3.35%) Spring Boot
4 11 (2.46%) REST
5 8 (1.79%) Spring
6 6 (1.34%) React
7 5 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.89%) Node.js
8 4 (0.89%) RESTful
8 4 (0.89%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.67%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.67%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.67%) TensorFlow
10 2 (0.45%) .NET
10 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.45%) ATL
10 2 (0.45%) Fluent Bit
10 2 (0.45%) Loki
10 2 (0.45%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.27%) PKI
2 18 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.79%) Virtual Team
4 16 (3.57%) Private Cloud
5 13 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.23%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (0.89%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.89%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.67%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.67%) CMDB
8 3 (0.67%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.45%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.22%) CSOC
10 1 (0.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 70 (15.63%) Linux
2 63 (14.06%) Windows
3 24 (5.36%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
7 10 (2.23%) Debian
8 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.12%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (20.76%) Agile
2 70 (15.63%) ITIL
3 60 (13.39%) DevOps
4 49 (10.94%) Service Management
5 42 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (7.14%) Project Management
8 28 (6.25%) Cryptography
8 28 (6.25%) ITSM
8 28 (6.25%) Software Engineering
9 26 (5.80%) Analytics
9 26 (5.80%) CI/CD
10 23 (5.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (5.13%) Programme Management
10 23 (5.13%) Security Architecture
11 22 (4.91%) Decision-Making
12 21 (4.69%) Project Delivery
12 21 (4.69%) Release Management
12 21 (4.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (4.46%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.70%) C#
1 30 (6.70%) Python
2 29 (6.47%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.13%) Java
3 23 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 19 (4.24%) SQL
5 18 (4.02%) Bicep
5 18 (4.02%) VB
5 18 (4.02%) VBScript
6 15 (3.35%) Bash
7 13 (2.90%) C
8 5 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) Go
9 1 (0.22%) Perl
9 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 448 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 171 (38.17%) SC Cleared
3 55 (12.28%) Degree
4 18 (4.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 11 (2.46%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.56%) CCNP
7 7 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.56%) PMP
8 6 (1.34%) HND
9 5 (1.12%) CISM
9 5 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.89%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.89%) JNCIA
10 4 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.67%) CISSP
11 3 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.57%) NIST
2 15 (3.35%) Government Security Classifications
3 12 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.46%) QA
5 8 (1.79%) PMO
6 6 (1.34%) NCSC
7 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.89%) SLA
8 3 (0.67%) RMADS
9 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.22%) GDPR
10 1 (0.22%) IFRS
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 54 (12.05%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.46%) Docker
3 18 (4.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.01%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.89%) vSphere
7 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.22%) UAG
8 1 (0.22%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 33 (7.37%) Kubernetes
1 33 (7.37%) SCOM
2 22 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (4.02%) Ansible
4 18 (4.02%) SCCM
4 18 (4.02%) WSUS
5 16 (3.57%) Terraform
6 4 (0.89%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.67%) Argo
7 3 (0.67%) Grafana
7 3 (0.67%) Kibana
8 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.45%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.45%) Nessus
9 1 (0.22%) logstash
9 1 (0.22%) Nagios
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.58%) VMware
3 21 (4.69%) Dell
3 21 (4.69%) SAP
4 20 (4.46%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.68%) Cisco
6 11 (2.46%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.01%) Juniper
8 8 (1.79%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.56%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.56%) Sparx
10 6 (1.34%) Apple
10 6 (1.34%) Oracle
11 5 (1.12%) Splunk
12 4 (0.89%) Ciena
12 4 (0.89%) IBM
12 4 (0.89%) Nokia
13 3 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.67%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.45%) F5