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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 31 30
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 35 48 53
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.44% 6.03% 5.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.17% 14.46% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 31
10th Percentile £381 £350 £513
25th Percentile £455 £513 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +3.00%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 -
South West median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 15
10th Percentile £35.90 - £60.00
25th Percentile £43.25 £60.75 £68.75
Median hourly rate £56.00 £69.75 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% -3.79% -6.45%
75th Percentile £68.25 £74.00 £80.63
90th Percentile £75.30 £74.50 £84.70
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £65.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +22.14% -9.66% -

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 344 332 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.65% 41.71% 46.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 157 282
10th Percentile £205 £225 £325
25th Percentile £413 £420 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £595
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -15.97% +11.01%
75th Percentile £644 £630 £675
90th Percentile £775 £760 £711
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 55 83
10th Percentile £18.22 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.00 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -61.60% +4.80% -3.85%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 8 (22.86%) Apache
2 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
4 1 (2.86%) IaaS
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) PaaS
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) BGP
1 1 (2.86%) DHCP
1 1 (2.86%) DNS
1 1 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) OSPF
1 1 (2.86%) SAN
1 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.86%) VXLAN
1 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.86%) Big Data
2 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) GitLab
2 5 (14.29%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Military
3 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Network Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Security Advisor
4 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
4 2 (5.71%) Data Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Project Planner
4 2 (5.71%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 2 (5.71%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.86%) Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Lead
5 1 (2.86%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.86%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (14.29%) REST
3 2 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (2.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.86%) IoT
2 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.86%) PKI
2 1 (2.86%) Replication
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) DevOps
2 7 (20.00%) Agile
2 7 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (14.29%) User Experience
3 5 (14.29%) Workflow
4 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
4 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.57%) ITIL
5 3 (8.57%) Project Governance
5 3 (8.57%) Project Planning
5 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
5 3 (8.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (8.57%) Scrum
5 3 (8.57%) Visualisation
6 2 (5.71%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Python
2 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.86%) CCNA
3 1 (2.86%) CCNP
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (22.86%) Terraform
3 7 (20.00%) Ansible
4 3 (8.57%) Grafana
4 3 (8.57%) Prometheus
5 2 (5.71%) Kibana
5 2 (5.71%) logstash
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) VMware
3 1 (2.86%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) Juniper