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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 35 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 -17 +10
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 47 36 80
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.46% 4.92% 9.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.98% 11.29% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 29
10th Percentile £365 £390 £370
25th Percentile £484 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £716 £675
90th Percentile £687 £775 £775
South West median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 15
10th Percentile £19.33 £35.90 -
25th Percentile £20.94 £43.25 £60.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £56.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.02% -24.32% +2.07%
75th Percentile £65.69 £68.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.30 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £74.68 £56.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +33.36% -24.32% +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 471 319 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 34.68% 43.58% 42.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 173 165
10th Percentile £250 £235 £293
25th Percentile £449 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -15.97%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £613
90th Percentile £688 £775 £758
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £551
% change year-on-year - -0.18% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 71 85
10th Percentile £17.72 £18.51 £55.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.63 £63.75
Median hourly rate £62.00 £33.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.07% -52.14% -
75th Percentile £67.63 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.98 £73.75 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +12.40%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 (2.13%) Apache
1 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 6 (12.77%) AWS
3 5 (10.64%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.26%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.13%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.13%) Datadog
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Skype
2 3 (6.38%) Firewall
3 1 (2.13%) Calico
3 1 (2.13%) Internet
3 1 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Big Data
1 1 (2.13%) Hadoop
1 1 (2.13%) Metadata
1 1 (2.13%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) GitLab
2 2 (4.26%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Police
2 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.38%) Local Government
4 2 (4.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Senior
3 5 (10.64%) Safety Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Data Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Lead
5 3 (6.38%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Product Lead
6 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.26%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.13%) CMDB
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 6 (12.77%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.64%) Android
3 5 (10.64%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) DevOps
2 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (12.77%) Break/Fix
3 6 (12.77%) Containerisation
3 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.64%) AI
4 5 (10.64%) Decision-Making
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
4 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
4 5 (10.64%) Security Operations
4 5 (10.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (8.51%) Agile
5 4 (8.51%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.51%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.51%) DevSecOps
5 4 (8.51%) Safety Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) Secrets Management
6 3 (6.38%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Bash
2 1 (2.13%) Go
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (53.19%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) CISM
3 3 (6.38%) CISSP
4 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.13%) CCNP
5 1 (2.13%) CCSK
5 1 (2.13%) CCSP
5 1 (2.13%) CEH
5 1 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.26%) NCSC
2 2 (4.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.13%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.13%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (2.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) KVM
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.13%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (23.40%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.51%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) Istio
3 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Apple
2 5 (10.64%) HP
3 4 (8.51%) VMware
4 3 (6.38%) Google
5 2 (4.26%) Dell
5 2 (4.26%) Splunk
6 1 (2.13%) Juniper
6 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto