DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 32 17
Rank change year-on-year -11 -15 +14
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 47 37 82
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.50% 5.03% 9.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.11% 11.35% 21.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 19 31
10th Percentile £225 £408 £375
25th Percentile £475 £441 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £594 £716 £666
90th Percentile £679 £775 £775
South West median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 15
10th Percentile - £35.90 -
25th Percentile £19.33 £43.25 £60.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £56.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.02% -24.32% +2.07%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.25 £80.00
90th Percentile - £75.30 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £56.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% -24.32% +1.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 465 326 376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 34.65% 44.29% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 181 167
10th Percentile £225 £235 £295
25th Percentile £449 £412 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -15.97%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £613
90th Percentile £675 £775 £755
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £551
% change year-on-year - -0.18% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 73 87
10th Percentile £17.72 £18.22 £55.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.30 £63.75
Median hourly rate £62.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.77% -53.57% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +12.00%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Bristol

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 6 (12.77%) AWS
3 5 (10.64%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.13%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.13%) Datadog
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Skype
2 3 (6.38%) Firewall
3 1 (2.13%) Calico
3 1 (2.13%) Internet
3 1 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) GitLab
2 2 (4.26%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Police
2 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.38%) Local Government
4 2 (4.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Senior
3 5 (10.64%) Safety Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Lead
5 3 (6.38%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Product Lead
6 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.13%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Virtual Team
2 3 (6.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.13%) CMDB
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 6 (12.77%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.64%) Android
3 5 (10.64%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) DevOps
2 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (12.77%) Break/Fix
3 6 (12.77%) Containerisation
3 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
3 6 (12.77%) Security Operations
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
4 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
4 5 (10.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) AI
5 4 (8.51%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.51%) DevSecOps
5 4 (8.51%) Incident Response
5 4 (8.51%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.51%) Safety Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) Secrets Management
5 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) Python
2 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.13%) Bash
3 1 (2.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (55.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) CISM
3 4 (8.51%) CISSP
4 2 (4.26%) CEH
4 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.13%) CCNP
5 1 (2.13%) CCSK
5 1 (2.13%) CCSP
5 1 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.26%) NCSC
2 2 (4.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.13%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (2.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) KVM
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.13%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.38%) Ansible
3 2 (4.26%) QRadar
4 1 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.13%) Grafana
4 1 (2.13%) Istio
4 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Apple
2 5 (10.64%) HP
3 4 (8.51%) VMware
4 3 (6.38%) Google
4 3 (6.38%) Splunk
5 2 (4.26%) Dell
6 1 (2.13%) Juniper
6 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto