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 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 18 6
Rank change year-on-year -18 -12 +20
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 49 45 143
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.80% 7.94% 13.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.63% 17.37% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 88
10th Percentile £225 £484 £461
25th Percentile £475 £527 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £578 £677 £700
90th Percentile £714 £725 £829
South West median daily rate £565 £600 £568
% change year-on-year -5.83% +5.73% -9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 14
10th Percentile £19.33 £50.08 £56.83
25th Percentile £32.69 £78.70 £65.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile - £82.96 £88.75
90th Percentile £52.50 £83.43 £95.00
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £71.00
% change year-on-year -56.25% +12.68% -5.96%

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 461 259 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 35.71% 45.68% 44.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 146 231
10th Percentile £281 £235 £340
25th Percentile £449 £357 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -17.05% -8.82%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £650
90th Percentile £688 £672 £725
South West median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 45 116
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.28 £43.75
25th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £54.42
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.22 £82.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £40.84 £61.00
% change year-on-year +34.67% -33.05% -6.15%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 (2.04%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) AWS
2 2 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (4.08%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (4.08%) GitHub
2 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (4.08%) Serverless
3 1 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.04%) Azure
3 1 (2.04%) Azure AKS
3 1 (2.04%) GCP
3 1 (2.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Skype
2 2 (4.08%) DNS
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (2.04%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.04%) Calico
3 1 (2.04%) SMTP
3 1 (2.04%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) GitLab
2 2 (4.08%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) Artifactory
General
1 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Electronics
3 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.12%) Marketing
3 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.04%) Aviation
4 1 (2.04%) Back Office
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Lead
2 7 (14.29%) Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Safety Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Coordinator
4 4 (8.16%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (4.08%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (2.04%) ModSecurity
1 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) PKI
4 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.12%) Android
4 2 (4.08%) Linux
5 1 (2.04%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
3 7 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.20%) DevOps
5 5 (10.20%) Security Operations
5 5 (10.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (8.16%) Break/Fix
6 4 (8.16%) CI/CD
6 4 (8.16%) Incident Response
6 4 (8.16%) Programme Management
6 4 (8.16%) Safety Engineering
6 4 (8.16%) SIEM
6 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.12%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.12%) Project Delivery
7 3 (6.12%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (6.12%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) CISSP
4 4 (8.16%) CISM
5 3 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.12%) CEH
5 3 (6.12%) Degree
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.04%) CCNA
7 1 (2.04%) CCSK
7 1 (2.04%) CCSP
7 1 (2.04%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) NCSC
2 3 (6.12%) JSP 440
2 3 (6.12%) RMADS
2 3 (6.12%) SLA
3 2 (4.08%) QA
4 1 (2.04%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) KVM
2 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 5 (10.20%) Terraform
3 3 (6.12%) QRadar
4 2 (4.08%) Ansible
5 1 (2.04%) Istio
5 1 (2.04%) SCCM
5 1 (2.04%) SCOM
5 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) VMware
3 3 (6.12%) Apple
3 3 (6.12%) HP
3 3 (6.12%) SAP
3 3 (6.12%) Splunk
4 2 (4.08%) Dell
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) IBM
5 1 (2.04%) NetApp
5 1 (2.04%) Red Hat