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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -21 +3 +60
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 82 266 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.96% 15.52% 14.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.55% 35.66% 37.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 129 147
10th Percentile £513 £448 £205
25th Percentile £544 £570 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £605 £527
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +14.80% -4.18%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £615
90th Percentile £755 £765 £671
South East median daily rate £578 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.75% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 52 35
10th Percentile £64.37 £55.76 £48.93
25th Percentile £83.31 £58.49 £55.94
Median hourly rate £87.04 £70.39 £67.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.65% +3.90% -
75th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £75.13
90th Percentile - £100.00 £76.63
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £71.17 £67.75
% change year-on-year +19.44% +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 399 746 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.87% 43.52% 38.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 395 396
10th Percentile £265 £325 £213
25th Percentile £402 £453 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £583 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% +11.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £598 £651 £623
90th Percentile £664 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 69 44
10th Percentile £25.95 £42.60 £29.36
25th Percentile £31.57 £56.65 £51.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £63.15 £64.52
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% -2.12% +206.85%
75th Percentile £87.31 £85.65 £74.39
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.00 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +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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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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 29 £575 +21.05%
Reading -37 22 £591 -2.40% 12
Maidenhead +1 5 - -
DV Cleared
South East

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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 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (8.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.32%) SAP EWM
2 6 (7.32%) SAP WM
3 3 (3.66%) Primavera
4 2 (2.44%) Teamcenter
5 1 (1.22%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.66%) Azure
2 1 (1.22%) AWS
2 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (1.22%) Azure Storage
2 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.22%) GCP
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.29%) Firewall
2 6 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (3.66%) VSAN
4 1 (1.22%) DHCP
4 1 (1.22%) DNS
4 1 (1.22%) DWDM
4 1 (1.22%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.22%) IPFIX
4 1 (1.22%) LAN
4 1 (1.22%) Network Security
4 1 (1.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.22%) Git
2 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.54%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.88%) Military
7 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Automotive
8 1 (1.22%) Environmental Health
8 1 (1.22%) Finance
8 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (18.29%) Architect
1 15 (18.29%) Senior
2 13 (15.85%) Consultant
2 13 (15.85%) VMware Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) Lead
4 7 (8.54%) Security Architect
5 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Network Architect
5 6 (7.32%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (7.32%) Security Consultant
6 4 (4.88%) Cisco Architect
6 4 (4.88%) Cisco Network Architect
6 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (4.88%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 4 (4.88%) Security Advisor
7 3 (3.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (2.44%) Information Security Risk Consultant
8 2 (2.44%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (7.32%) JBoss Seam
2 1 (1.22%) ADO
2 1 (1.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.17%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.20%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.44%) CESG
3 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.22%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.22%) PKI
4 1 (1.22%) Replication
4 1 (1.22%) SCADA
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.54%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.10%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.66%) Linux
5 2 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.44%) VMS
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) Security Architecture
2 19 (23.17%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (20.73%) Risk Management
3 17 (20.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 13 (15.85%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (14.63%) Decision-Making
5 12 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (14.63%) Risk Assessment
6 10 (12.20%) Information Assurance
6 10 (12.20%) Information Security
7 9 (10.98%) DevOps
8 7 (8.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (7.32%) Validation
10 5 (6.10%) Agile
10 5 (6.10%) Migration
10 5 (6.10%) Network Design
11 3 (3.66%) Analytical Thinking
11 3 (3.66%) Network Virtualisation
11 3 (3.66%) Resource Levelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.22%) Bicep
2 1 (1.22%) C#
2 1 (1.22%) VB
2 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 82 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) CISSP
4 3 (3.66%) Degree
5 1 (1.22%) CISM
5 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.22%) PMP
5 1 (1.22%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.22%) VCAP
5 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) NCSC
2 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.66%) NIST
3 2 (2.44%) NIST 800
3 2 (2.44%) RMADS
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 18 (21.95%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (12.20%) vSphere
3 6 (7.32%) Active Directory
4 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (3.66%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.44%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.44%) Data Guard
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.22%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.22%) QRadar
3 1 (1.22%) SCCM
3 1 (1.22%) SCOM
3 1 (1.22%) vRealize
3 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (23.17%) VMware
2 14 (17.07%) Cisco
3 9 (10.98%) Juniper
4 8 (9.76%) SAP
5 6 (7.32%) Darktrace
6 5 (6.10%) Dell
6 5 (6.10%) Wyse
7 2 (2.44%) IBM
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.44%) Oracle
7 2 (2.44%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.22%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.22%) Nokia
8 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.22%) Splunk
8 1 (1.22%) Veeam