DV Cleared Contracts in Berkshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 23 82
Rank change year-on-year +20 +59 -22
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 338 143 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.89% 7.82% 2.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.10% 25.00% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 94 47
10th Percentile £205 £511 £319
25th Percentile £403 £586 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +23.25%
75th Percentile £608 £720 £650
90th Percentile £687 £744 £675
South East median daily rate £605 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +18.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 16 0
10th Percentile £51.38 £55.25 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £61.34 -
Median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £75.89 -
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 -
South East median hourly rate £68.67 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +5.64% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 911 572 649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.53% 31.27% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 338 393
10th Percentile £209 £350 £318
25th Percentile £413 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.11% +6.62%
75th Percentile £624 £635 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £674
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 38 15
10th Percentile £41.30 £20.55 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £49.43 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +208.79% -
75th Percentile £76.12 £75.56 £38.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £75.24
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £56.19 £44.61
% change year-on-year +2.06% +25.96% +11.53%

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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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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 +10 238 £575 -8.00% 17
Bracknell - 4 £500 - 1
Maidenhead - 4 - -
Slough - 2 - -
Thatcham - 1 £625 -
Newbury - 1 £250 -
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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 18 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 52 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.48%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 21 (6.21%) Primavera
2 17 (5.03%) SAP QM
3 8 (2.37%) SAP EWM
4 7 (2.07%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.89%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.16%) Azure
2 20 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.73%) Entra ID
4 15 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (4.44%) Azure Storage
5 12 (3.55%) OCI
6 7 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 68 (20.12%) Firewall
2 39 (11.54%) DNS
3 37 (10.95%) DHCP
4 35 (10.36%) LAN
5 28 (8.28%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (5.33%) WAN
7 12 (3.55%) SAN
8 6 (1.78%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.78%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.18%) Skype
10 3 (0.89%) BGP
11 2 (0.59%) CATAPAN
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.59%) MPLS
11 2 (0.59%) VPN
12 1 (0.30%) IPv4
12 1 (0.30%) IPv6
12 1 (0.30%) PBX
12 1 (0.30%) SSL
12 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.59%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Robot Framework
1 3 (0.89%) Selenium
2 1 (0.30%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 118 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.37%) Public Sector
3 37 (10.95%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.25%) Aviation
6 6 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.78%) Military
7 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.59%) Environmental Health
8 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.30%) Finance
9 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (17.75%) Architect
2 48 (14.20%) Senior
3 36 (10.65%) Consultant
4 35 (10.36%) SAP Consultant
5 33 (9.76%) Security Architect
6 31 (9.17%) Support Specialist
7 26 (7.69%) Administrator
7 26 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 26 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
8 25 (7.40%) Azure Specialist
9 24 (7.10%) Active Directory Specialist
9 24 (7.10%) Active Directory Support
10 22 (6.51%) Build Engineer
11 21 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (6.21%) Windows Build Engineer
11 21 (6.21%) Windows Engineer
12 20 (5.92%) Support Engineer
13 19 (5.62%) Hardware Engineer
14 18 (5.33%) Desktop Engineer
14 18 (5.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.14%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.55%) Itk
3 2 (0.59%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.95%) Driving Licence
2 23 (6.80%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.92%) PKI
3 20 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.96%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.07%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.89%) iPad
9 2 (0.59%) CSOC
9 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.59%) Robotics
10 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 111 (32.84%) Windows
2 77 (22.78%) Windows 10
3 65 (19.23%) Windows Server
4 54 (15.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 54 (15.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 39 (11.54%) Linux
6 37 (10.95%) Windows 7
7 33 (9.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (6.21%) Windows NT
9 12 (3.55%) Windows XP
10 8 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.30%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (26.33%) ITIL
2 65 (19.23%) Customer Service
3 64 (18.93%) DevOps
4 62 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.43%) Service Management
6 39 (11.54%) Release Management
7 34 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (9.76%) Agile
9 31 (9.17%) User Acceptance Testing
10 29 (8.58%) Project Management
11 25 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (6.51%) PLM
13 22 (6.51%) Service Delivery
14 21 (6.21%) Deployment Automation
14 21 (6.21%) Project Delivery
14 21 (6.21%) Security Architecture
15 20 (5.92%) Customer Requirements
16 19 (5.62%) Software Deployment
16 19 (5.62%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.65%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.51%) VBScript
3 15 (4.44%) C#
3 15 (4.44%) VB
4 14 (4.14%) Bicep
5 9 (2.66%) C
6 8 (2.37%) Python
6 8 (2.37%) SQL
7 5 (1.48%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 338 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 69 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 63 (18.64%) Degree
4 15 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 14 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.85%) CCNA
6 13 (3.85%) CCNP
7 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.30%) APMP
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CCDP
8 1 (0.30%) HNC
8 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.30%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.30%) RIBA
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.51%) QA
2 7 (2.07%) SLA
3 1 (0.30%) NCSC
3 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 71 (21.01%) Active Directory
2 40 (11.83%) Firmware
3 26 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (4.73%) Hyper-V
5 15 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.18%) Docker
8 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (28.70%) SCCM
2 48 (14.20%) WSUS
3 32 (9.47%) SCOM
4 21 (6.21%) Sysprep
5 16 (4.73%) EMC NetWorker
6 15 (4.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (4.44%) Kubernetes
6 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (3.55%) NetBackup
7 12 (3.55%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.30%) Ansible
8 1 (0.30%) Endace
Vendors
1 118 (34.91%) Microsoft
2 55 (16.27%) HP
3 38 (11.24%) SAP
4 30 (8.88%) VMware
5 28 (8.28%) Juniper
6 27 (7.99%) Cisco
7 20 (5.92%) Oracle
8 16 (4.73%) EMC
9 12 (3.55%) 3PAR
9 12 (3.55%) Dell
9 12 (3.55%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (3.55%) Palo Alto
9 12 (3.55%) Symantec
9 12 (3.55%) Veeam
10 10 (2.96%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.07%) Citrix
12 5 (1.48%) Siemens
13 2 (0.59%) NEC
14 1 (0.30%) F5
14 1 (0.30%) Red Hat