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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 25 14
Rank change year-on-year -23 -11 +13
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 28 40 98
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.04% 6.68% 9.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.98% 13.99% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 30 61
10th Percentile £408 £513 £463
25th Percentile £513 £543 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £610
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.64% +0.21%
75th Percentile £647 £647 £700
90th Percentile £751 £703 £850
South West median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 19
10th Percentile - £74.04 £59.75
25th Percentile £68.00 £74.11 £64.38
Median hourly rate £69.00 £74.22 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% +2.37% -4.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.33 £88.50
90th Percentile - £74.40 £95.00
South West median hourly rate £78.59 £74.22 £71.00
% change year-on-year +5.89% +4.54% -2.07%

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 401 286 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.54% 47.75% 48.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 133 272
10th Percentile £325 £213 £341
25th Percentile £450 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £706
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 50 88
10th Percentile £17.69 £30.43 £38.88
25th Percentile £19.34 £58.81 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £66.00 £68.75 £77.19
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £58.42
% change year-on-year -61.31% +11.27% -10.13%

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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 26 January 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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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 5 (17.86%) Apache
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
1 2 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
1 2 (7.14%) AWS CodePipeline
1 2 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (7.14%) GitHub
1 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (7.14%) Serverless
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.57%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Artifactory
1 5 (17.86%) GitLab
2 2 (7.14%) Git
3 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Electronics
4 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Marketing
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Aviation
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Coordinator
1 6 (21.43%) DevOps Engineer
1 6 (21.43%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Security Advisor
4 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) IT Trainer
5 1 (3.57%) Messaging Specialist
5 1 (3.57%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Apache NiFi
1 5 (17.86%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (21.43%) DevOps
3 6 (21.43%) User Experience
3 6 (21.43%) Workflow
4 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.71%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.71%) Programme Management
5 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.14%) Project Management
6 2 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Scrum
6 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) JSP 440
2 3 (10.71%) NCSC
2 3 (10.71%) RMADS
3 1 (3.57%) NIST
3 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (25.00%) Terraform
2 5 (17.86%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Red Hat
2 3 (10.71%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft