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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 +25
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 41 85 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 5.77% 9.36% 5.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.06% 22.14% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 36 38
10th Percentile £425 £375 £513
25th Percentile £450 £488 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -7.08% +3.00%
75th Percentile £716 £642 £655
90th Percentile £775 £756 £700
South West median daily rate £600 £575 £590
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 10
10th Percentile £35.90 - £60.00
25th Percentile £43.25 £60.75 £69.06
Median hourly rate £56.00 £74.00 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +3.86% -8.95%
75th Percentile £68.25 £80.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.30 £85.00 £82.13
South West median hourly rate £56.00 £74.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year -24.32% -4.52% +5.80%

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 314 384 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.16% 42.29% 40.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 177 270
10th Percentile £235 £350 £339
25th Percentile £390 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £739
South West median daily rate £550 £556 £575
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 90 58
10th Percentile £18.14 £55.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £23.26 £65.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +3.70% +9.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £80.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £85.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -64.07% +12.00% +4.17%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared 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 15 September 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 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (12.20%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) PaaS
2 5 (12.20%) SaaS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.44%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) PBX
1 4 (9.76%) VoIP
2 3 (7.32%) BGP
2 3 (7.32%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) OSPF
2 3 (7.32%) WAN
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (4.88%) EIGRP
3 2 (4.88%) HSRP
3 2 (4.88%) LAN
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
3 2 (4.88%) VRRP
3 2 (4.88%) WLAN
4 1 (2.44%) DHCP
4 1 (2.44%) DNS
4 1 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (2.44%) SAN
4 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) Big Data
2 1 (2.44%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.76%) Military
3 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (4.88%) Police
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Architect
2 5 (12.20%) Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Project Planner
4 3 (7.32%) Consultant
4 3 (7.32%) Data Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Data Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Lead
6 1 (2.44%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.44%) Kafka
3 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Blackberry
1 4 (9.76%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) Replication
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
1 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (17.07%) Migration
2 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
3 6 (14.63%) Agile
3 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
4 5 (12.20%) DevOps
4 5 (12.20%) ITIL
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (12.20%) Project Planning
4 5 (12.20%) Service Design
4 5 (12.20%) Thought Leadership
5 4 (9.76%) High Availability
5 4 (9.76%) Project Governance
5 4 (9.76%) Project Management
5 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
5 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) Bash
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (41.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) CCNP
3 5 (12.20%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (9.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (7.32%) Degree
6 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.88%) NIST
1 2 (4.88%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) PMBOK
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.76%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.44%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 6 (14.63%) Terraform
3 5 (12.20%) Grafana
3 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
4 4 (9.76%) Ansible
5 3 (7.32%) Kibana
5 3 (7.32%) logstash
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Cisco
1 7 (17.07%) VMware
2 5 (12.20%) Juniper
3 4 (9.76%) Avaya
3 4 (9.76%) Ericsson
3 4 (9.76%) F5
3 4 (9.76%) Nokia
3 4 (9.76%) Palo Alto
3 4 (9.76%) Ribbon
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.44%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat