DV Cleared Contracts in Berkshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Berkshire

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 3 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 +68
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 112 335 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.35% 16.97% 9.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.93% 37.47% 28.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 172 86
10th Percentile £525 £216 £437
25th Percentile £563 £501 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +0.83% +7.95%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £700
90th Percentile - £716 £721
South East median daily rate £590 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 76 23
10th Percentile £57.14 £50.26 £54.84
25th Percentile £63.06 £56.65 £63.14
Median hourly rate £85.75 £69.10 £72.33
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% -4.47% -
75th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £75.34
90th Percentile £89.23 £97.50 £78.75
South East median hourly rate £85.75 £71.17 £67.75
% change year-on-year +20.49% +5.04% +2.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 432 894 612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.06% 45.29% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 417 324
10th Percentile £320 £293 £327
25th Percentile £425 £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £627
90th Percentile £700 £725 £720
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 98 44
10th Percentile £27.81 £41.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £42.91 £55.22 £53.02
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% +214.29%
75th Percentile £87.38 £85.65 £75.17
90th Percentile £88.87 £88.27 £79.93
South East median hourly rate £46.90 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.22% -4.42% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
Reading -20 46 £650 +7.44% 17
Bracknell +25 25 £575 +17.95% 7
Maidenhead +6 11 - -
Slough -6 1 - - 4
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.79%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.89%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.89%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.36%) Azure
2 3 (2.68%) AWS
3 2 (1.79%) GCP
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.79%) SaaS
4 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (0.89%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.89%) Azure Storage
4 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.89%) IaaS
4 1 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.18%) Firewall
2 8 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.68%) VSAN
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.89%) DHCP
4 1 (0.89%) DNS
4 1 (0.89%) IPFIX
4 1 (0.89%) Junos
4 1 (0.89%) LAN
4 1 (0.89%) Network Security
4 1 (0.89%) SSL
4 1 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.89%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (30.36%) Public Sector
2 31 (27.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (22.32%) Telecoms
4 24 (21.43%) Finance
5 23 (20.54%) Manufacturing
6 22 (19.64%) Electronics
6 22 (19.64%) Marketing
7 6 (5.36%) Military
8 4 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Automotive
10 1 (0.89%) Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (35.71%) Architect
2 22 (19.64%) Senior
3 21 (18.75%) Active Directory Architect
4 13 (11.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.82%) Lead
6 10 (8.93%) VMware Engineer
7 7 (6.25%) Consultant
7 7 (6.25%) Security Architect
8 6 (5.36%) Information Security Specialist
8 6 (5.36%) Information Specialist
8 6 (5.36%) Network Architect
8 6 (5.36%) Network Engineer
8 6 (5.36%) Security Specialist
9 5 (4.46%) Security Advisor
9 5 (4.46%) Security Consultant
10 4 (3.57%) Cisco Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Cisco Network Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 4 (3.57%) Senior Security Specialist
10 4 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (7.14%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (0.89%) ADO
2 1 (0.89%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.89%) Middleware
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.32%) Management Information System
2 16 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.79%) CESG
3 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.89%) PKI
4 1 (0.89%) Replication
4 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (31.25%) Windows
2 12 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.82%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.68%) Linux
5 2 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.79%) VMS
6 1 (0.89%) Android
6 1 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.32%) Agile
2 24 (21.43%) Security Architecture
3 23 (20.54%) Programme Management
3 23 (20.54%) Risk Management
4 22 (19.64%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (19.64%) Digital Marketing
4 22 (19.64%) Test Automation
4 22 (19.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 21 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
6 20 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (15.18%) Risk Assessment
8 16 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 13 (11.61%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (10.71%) Information Assurance
11 11 (9.82%) DevOps
11 11 (9.82%) Information Security
12 8 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 6 (5.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 34 (30.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.79%) VB
3 1 (0.89%) Bicep
3 1 (0.89%) C#
3 1 (0.89%) Python
3 1 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.25%) CISSP
4 5 (4.46%) CISM
4 5 (4.46%) Degree
5 1 (0.89%) CEH
5 1 (0.89%) CISA
5 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.89%) HNC
5 1 (0.89%) HND
5 1 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.89%) PMP
5 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.89%) VCAP
5 1 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) NCSC
2 7 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.57%) NIST
4 2 (1.79%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.79%) RMADS
5 1 (0.89%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (30.36%) Active Directory
2 22 (19.64%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (7.14%) vSphere
4 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.68%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.79%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.79%) Ansible
2 2 (1.79%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.89%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.89%) QRadar
3 1 (0.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.89%) SCOM
3 1 (0.89%) vRealize
3 1 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (22.32%) SAP
2 23 (20.54%) VMware
3 13 (11.61%) Cisco
4 12 (10.71%) Dell
5 11 (9.82%) Juniper
5 11 (9.82%) Wyse
6 8 (7.14%) Darktrace
7 3 (2.68%) Oracle
8 2 (1.79%) IBM
8 2 (1.79%) Microsoft
8 2 (1.79%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.89%) Apple
9 1 (0.89%) Citrix
9 1 (0.89%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.89%) F5
9 1 (0.89%) HP
9 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.89%) Splunk
9 1 (0.89%) Veeam