DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 7 14 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 3.32% 8.59% -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.64% 17.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 0
10th Percentile £455 £510 -
25th Percentile £463 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% - -
75th Percentile £600 £675 -
90th Percentile £660 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £588 £575 -
% change year-on-year +2.17% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 81 81 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 38.39% 49.69% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 38 18
10th Percentile £240 £155 £209
25th Percentile £363 £372 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £628
90th Percentile £633 £650 £671
County Antrim median daily rate £488 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 3
10th Percentile £13.58 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £13.60 £23.43 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% +73.83% -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
% change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Belfast

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Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Belfast over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Belfast

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Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing DV Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Test and Validation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (14.29%) Pattern Recognition
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Records Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet