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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 23 11
Rank change year-on-year -10 -12 +11
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 53 50 106
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.05% 7.24% 10.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.65% 17.30% 24.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 52
10th Percentile £225 £428 £378
25th Percentile £475 £505 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £559
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.57% -14.04%
75th Percentile £575 £716 £716
90th Percentile £655 £755 £773
South West median daily rate £575 £590 £570
% change year-on-year -2.54% +3.51% -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 17
10th Percentile £19.33 £50.08 -
25th Percentile - £78.70 £60.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile - £82.96 £77.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £83.43 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £80.00 £70.75
% change year-on-year -15.00% +13.07% -9.29%

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 455 289 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 34.79% 41.82% 42.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 156 206
10th Percentile £235 £205 £345
25th Percentile £438 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -9.68%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £653 £650 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 47 127
10th Percentile £18.02 £18.36 £43.75
25th Percentile £25.94 £25.15 £60.75
Median hourly rate £58.75 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -50.00% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £79.22 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £25.15 £65.50
% change year-on-year +128.03% -61.60% -6.43%

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 July 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 July 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) AWS
2 6 (11.32%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) GCP
4 4 (7.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.89%) Datadog
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Firewall
1 3 (5.66%) Skype
2 1 (1.89%) 3GPP
2 1 (1.89%) Calico
2 1 (1.89%) SMTP
2 1 (1.89%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) GitLab
General
1 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Police
2 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.66%) Local Government
4 1 (1.89%) Back Office
4 1 (1.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Lead
2 7 (13.21%) Architect
3 6 (11.32%) Senior
4 5 (9.43%) Safety Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Data Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Security Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Data Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Administrator
7 1 (1.89%) Network Engineer
7 1 (1.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.89%) CMDB
4 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.89%) PKI
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.66%) Android
4 2 (3.77%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.09%) DevOps
2 7 (13.21%) Roadmaps
3 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (11.32%) Decision-Making
3 6 (11.32%) Mentoring
4 5 (9.43%) Containerisation
4 5 (9.43%) DevSecOps
4 5 (9.43%) Incident Response
4 5 (9.43%) Security Operations
4 5 (9.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 5 (9.43%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (7.55%) Agile
5 4 (7.55%) Break/Fix
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Safety Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Secrets Management
5 4 (7.55%) SIEM
5 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.89%) Bash
3 1 (1.89%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (62.26%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) CISM
3 5 (9.43%) CISSP
4 3 (5.66%) CEH
5 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.89%) CCNA
6 1 (1.89%) CCSK
6 1 (1.89%) CCSP
6 1 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
2 2 (3.77%) NCSC
2 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.89%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.89%) KVM
3 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.32%) Terraform
3 3 (5.66%) Ansible
3 3 (5.66%) QRadar
4 1 (1.89%) Grafana
4 1 (1.89%) Istio
4 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.89%) SCCM
4 1 (1.89%) SCOM
4 1 (1.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) VMware
3 4 (7.55%) Splunk
4 3 (5.66%) Apple
4 3 (5.66%) Google
4 3 (5.66%) HP
5 2 (3.77%) Dell
6 1 (1.89%) Cisco
6 1 (1.89%) IBM
6 1 (1.89%) Juniper
6 1 (1.89%) NetApp