DV Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 12 4
Rank change year-on-year -53 -8 +28
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 52 166 320
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.51% 10.93% 18.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.46% 29.07% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 76 216
10th Percentile £385 £463 £176
25th Percentile £425 £570 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £501
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +24.88% -14.59%
75th Percentile £723 £700 £615
90th Percentile £772 £763 £650
South East median daily rate £588 £588 £550
% change year-on-year - +6.82% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 45
10th Percentile £48.94 £55.87 £50.72
25th Percentile £53.00 £59.87 £56.16
Median hourly rate £90.64 £63.15 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +43.52% -0.22% -2.63%
75th Percentile £121.77 £65.62 £70.50
90th Percentile - £77.11 £78.31
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £62.43 £63.29
% change year-on-year +12.13% -1.36% +1.26%

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 615 571 765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 41.55% 37.59% 44.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 316 452
10th Percentile £255 £250 £205
25th Percentile £372 £385 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £571 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.37% +14.20% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £660 £619
90th Percentile £625 £716 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £526 £538
% change year-on-year -4.99% -2.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 29 53
10th Percentile £19.38 £41.20 £45.85
25th Percentile £20.79 £55.87 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £98.00 £74.97 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 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 19 December 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 -45 22 £426 -31.80% 8
Bracknell +2 9 £550 +46.67% 2
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (11.54%) SAP EWM
2 6 (11.54%) SAP WM
3 4 (7.69%) Primavera
4 1 (1.92%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) DWDM
1 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.92%) Firewall
1 1 (1.92%) LAN
1 1 (1.92%) NAS
1 1 (1.92%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (3.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.62%) Military
5 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.92%) Environmental Health
6 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Consultant
2 7 (13.46%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (9.62%) Data Migration Lead
3 5 (9.62%) Lead
3 5 (9.62%) SAP Data Migration Lead
3 5 (9.62%) VMware Engineer
4 4 (7.69%) Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) SAP EWM Consultant
4 4 (7.69%) Test Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Tester
5 3 (5.77%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 3 (5.77%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Senior
6 2 (3.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (3.85%) Head of Information
6 2 (3.85%) Juniper Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) BAPI
1 2 (3.85%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.85%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.85%) PKI
4 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.92%) Replication
4 1 (1.92%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Linux
2 7 (13.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) Validation
2 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (15.38%) Migration
4 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (11.54%) CI/CD
5 6 (11.54%) Data Cleansing
5 6 (11.54%) Data Migration
6 5 (9.62%) Risk Management
7 4 (7.69%) Agile
7 4 (7.69%) Change Control
7 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.69%) Resource Levelling
8 3 (5.77%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (5.77%) Data Analysis
8 3 (5.77%) Data Strategy
8 3 (5.77%) Information Security Governance
8 3 (5.77%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.77%) Quality Management
8 3 (5.77%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) CISSP
4 2 (3.85%) CISA
4 2 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (1.92%) CEH
5 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.92%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.85%) QA
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
2 1 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (1.92%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.92%) NCSC
2 1 (1.92%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (7.69%) vSphere
3 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) SAP
2 6 (11.54%) Cisco
2 6 (11.54%) VMware
3 4 (7.69%) Juniper
3 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.85%) Aruba
5 1 (1.92%) NetApp
5 1 (1.92%) Nokia
5 1 (1.92%) Sparx