DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 243 104 57
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 79.41% 50.98% 22.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 89.67% 64.20% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 94 35
10th Percentile - £436 £465
25th Percentile £500 £525 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £656
90th Percentile £725 £746 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £588 £620
% change year-on-year +2.13% -5.24% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 271 162 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 88.56% 79.41% 79.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 144 41
10th Percentile £491 £407 £394
25th Percentile £500 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £586 £615
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -4.67% +4.24%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £649
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £554 £570
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.76% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile - £34.00 £26.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £51.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Basingstoke

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (3.70%) Office Communications Server
3 9 (3.70%) SharePoint Server
3 9 (3.70%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.23%) Documentum
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.12%) Azure
2 6 (2.47%) AWS
3 5 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.06%) IaaS
3 5 (2.06%) PaaS
4 2 (0.82%) GitHub
4 2 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.41%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.29%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (10.29%) Junos
2 21 (8.64%) Cisco Firepower
2 21 (8.64%) Cisco ISE
3 18 (7.41%) Firewall
4 17 (7.00%) LAN
5 16 (6.58%) VPN
6 14 (5.76%) DNS
7 11 (4.53%) SAN
8 10 (4.12%) iSCSI
9 9 (3.70%) DDNS
9 9 (3.70%) DHCP
9 9 (3.70%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (2.47%) WAN
11 4 (1.65%) BGP
11 4 (1.65%) CATAPAN
11 4 (1.65%) IPsec
11 4 (1.65%) MPLS
12 3 (1.23%) NX-OS
13 2 (0.82%) NAS
Development Applications
1 9 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 9 (3.70%) JIRA
2 7 (2.88%) Git
2 7 (2.88%) GitLab
3 3 (1.23%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.82%) MSI
4 2 (0.82%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 50 (20.58%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.23%) Public Sector
3 17 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.00%) Finance
4 5 (2.06%) Law
4 5 (2.06%) Legal
4 5 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (44.03%) Architect
2 36 (14.81%) Network Engineer
3 33 (13.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 33 (13.58%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 29 (11.93%) Support Engineer
5 26 (10.70%) Infrastructure Architect
6 23 (9.47%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 23 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 23 (9.47%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 20 (8.23%) 3rd Line Support
7 20 (8.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 18 (7.41%) VMware Architect
9 16 (6.58%) Java Architect
10 15 (6.17%) Java Solutions Architect
10 15 (6.17%) Network Architect
10 15 (6.17%) Network Support
10 15 (6.17%) Network Support Engineer
10 15 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (4.94%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.23%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.82%) RESTful
2 2 (0.82%) SOAP
2 2 (0.82%) XML
3 1 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.23%) PKI
2 11 (4.53%) Replication
3 10 (4.12%) Fat Client
3 10 (4.12%) Thin Client
4 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.23%) PMI
5 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.82%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 77 (31.69%) Windows
2 34 (13.99%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.17%) Linux
4 11 (4.53%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.12%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.70%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.15%) Agile
2 27 (11.11%) Service Management
3 25 (10.29%) DevOps
3 25 (10.29%) ITSM
3 25 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (9.05%) ITIL
5 21 (8.64%) Project Management
6 15 (6.17%) Prototyping
6 15 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (5.35%) Architectural Design
7 13 (5.35%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (5.35%) Scrum
8 11 (4.53%) High Availability
9 10 (4.12%) CI/CD
9 10 (4.12%) Open Source
9 10 (4.12%) PRINCE2
10 9 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (3.70%) Content Management
10 9 (3.70%) Enterprise Search
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.88%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.00%) Python
3 16 (6.58%) Java
4 10 (4.12%) SQL
5 2 (0.82%) VB
6 1 (0.41%) Bash
6 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 243 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.70%) MCSE
4 5 (2.06%) CCNP
4 5 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (1.65%) CCNA
5 4 (1.65%) JNCIS
5 4 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (1.65%) VCP5
5 4 (1.65%) VCP6
6 3 (1.23%) Degree
6 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.23%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.82%) CISM
7 2 (0.82%) CISSP
7 2 (0.82%) GIAC
8 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.41%) NIST
2 11 (4.53%) PMO
3 6 (2.47%) NIST 800
4 5 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.06%) SLA
5 4 (1.65%) GDPR
5 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (1.23%) P3O
7 2 (0.82%) RMADS
8 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
System Software
1 44 (18.11%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.47%) VMware NSX
3 16 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.12%) NFS
4 10 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (4.12%) vSphere
5 9 (3.70%) Brightmail
5 9 (3.70%) ISA Server
6 3 (1.23%) Firmware
7 2 (0.82%) vCloud
8 1 (0.41%) Docker
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (10.29%) vCenter Server
2 13 (5.35%) WMI
3 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (2.88%) Ansible
5 6 (2.47%) SCCM
5 6 (2.47%) SCOM
5 6 (2.47%) Terraform
6 3 (1.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 3 (1.23%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 2 (0.82%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.82%) vRealize
7 2 (0.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.41%) Endace
8 1 (0.41%) Grafana
8 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (17.70%) Microsoft
1 43 (17.70%) VMware
2 41 (16.87%) Juniper
3 37 (15.23%) Cisco
4 21 (8.64%) SolarWinds
5 11 (4.53%) NetApp
6 10 (4.12%) Splunk
7 9 (3.70%) Veeam
8 3 (1.23%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (1.23%) Broadcom
8 3 (1.23%) NetIQ
8 3 (1.23%) Sparx
8 3 (1.23%) Thales
9 2 (0.82%) Citrix
9 2 (0.82%) F5
10 1 (0.41%) Red Hat