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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 9 4
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +36
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 71 218 292
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.37% 13.68% 16.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.23% 34.22% 37.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 103 185
10th Percentile £499 £432 £205
25th Percentile £522 £508 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +15.24% -9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £615
90th Percentile £760 £738 £673
South East median daily rate £575 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 38 41
10th Percentile £58.09 £55.84 £49.73
25th Percentile £75.87 £56.86 £58.75
Median hourly rate £87.04 £61.75 £68.63
Median % change year-on-year +40.96% -10.02% +24.78%
75th Percentile £88.87 £87.14 £75.00
90th Percentile - £100.00 £76.99
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £61.71 £68.19
% change year-on-year +13.44% -9.51% +8.24%

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 499 637 774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.77% 39.96% 43.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 342 439
10th Percentile £255 £283 £210
25th Percentile £401 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £566 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +7.81% -
75th Percentile £559 £644 £623
90th Percentile £625 £713 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 54 52
10th Percentile £19.18 £41.74 £31.44
25th Percentile £20.79 £56.04 £49.90
Median hourly rate £31.21 £61.60 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year -49.33% -3.14% +170.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.27 £72.65
90th Percentile £88.71 £100.00 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

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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 4 November 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 4 November 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 4 November 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
Bracknell +16 27 £575 +53.33% 1
Reading -43 20 £575 -4.96% 9
Maidenhead 0 2 - - 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 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (16.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (8.45%) SAP EWM
2 6 (8.45%) SAP WM
3 3 (4.23%) Primavera
4 2 (2.82%) Teamcenter
5 1 (1.41%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.41%) Azure
1 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) Firewall
2 3 (4.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.41%) DWDM
3 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.41%) LAN
3 1 (1.41%) NAS
3 1 (1.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 33 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
2 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Military
5 1 (1.41%) Environmental Health
5 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (18.31%) Consultant
2 12 (16.90%) VMware Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Lead
3 10 (14.08%) Senior
4 9 (12.68%) Architect
5 7 (9.86%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (7.04%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.63%) Data Migration Lead
7 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) SAP Data Migration Lead
7 4 (5.63%) SAP EWM Consultant
7 4 (5.63%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Cisco Network Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
9 2 (2.82%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (4.23%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (1.41%) ADO
2 1 (1.41%) BAPI
2 1 (1.41%) SAP Smart Forms
2 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.86%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.04%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.41%) CESG
5 1 (1.41%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) PKI
5 1 (1.41%) Replication
5 1 (1.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) Windows
2 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Working
1 12 (16.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 12 (16.90%) Risk Management
1 12 (16.90%) Validation
2 11 (15.49%) Migration
2 11 (15.49%) Security Architecture
3 10 (14.08%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 7 (9.86%) Information Assurance
4 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
5 6 (8.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (8.45%) Information Security
5 6 (8.45%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (7.04%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (7.04%) Data Migration
7 4 (5.63%) Agile
7 4 (5.63%) DevOps
7 4 (5.63%) Network Design
7 4 (5.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.41%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 71 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) CISSP
4 2 (2.82%) Degree
5 1 (1.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) NCSC
2 3 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.82%) NIST
3 2 (2.82%) NIST 800
3 2 (2.82%) RMADS
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.41%) QA
4 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (19.72%) VMware ESXi
2 9 (12.68%) vSphere
3 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) VMware
2 15 (21.13%) Cisco
3 13 (18.31%) SAP
4 9 (12.68%) Juniper
5 3 (4.23%) Darktrace
6 2 (2.82%) Aruba
6 2 (2.82%) Dell
6 2 (2.82%) IBM
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.82%) Wyse
7 1 (1.41%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.41%) NetApp
7 1 (1.41%) Nokia