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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 9
Rank change year-on-year -21 -14 +19
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 33 35 119
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.01% 6.73% 11.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.78% 14.06% 23.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 78
10th Percentile - £531 £463
25th Percentile £513 £572 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £625 £611
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £576 £669 £718
90th Percentile £700 £725 £841
South West median daily rate £566 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -5.63% +4.35% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 18
10th Percentile - £75.72 £59.63
25th Percentile - £77.64 £60.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.60 £74.72
Median % change year-on-year -56.58% +7.87% -3.59%
75th Percentile - £83.16 £89.25
90th Percentile £73.25 £83.51 £95.00
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £80.60 £71.75
% change year-on-year -56.58% +12.33% -4.33%

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 424 249 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 38.72% 47.88% 47.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 127 259
10th Percentile £338 £210 £310
25th Percentile £450 £369 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £515 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% -10.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £625 £650
90th Percentile £732 £735 £712
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.08% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 50 104
10th Percentile £17.87 £31.00 £43.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £60.00 £51.88
Median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.77% -5.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.75 £75.00 £82.76
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -46.15% +15.06% -13.09%

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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 13 March 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 13 March 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 5 (15.15%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (6.06%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (6.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.03%) 3GPP
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) SMTP
2 1 (3.03%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Artifactory
1 5 (15.15%) GitLab
2 2 (6.06%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 3 (9.09%) Electronics
3 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.09%) Marketing
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.03%) Aviation
4 1 (3.03%) Back Office
4 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Lead
2 6 (18.18%) Coordinator
2 6 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 4 (12.12%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Security Advisor
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Architect
5 2 (6.06%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Product Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Apache NiFi
1 5 (15.15%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.03%) PKI
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
2 7 (21.21%) DevOps
3 6 (18.18%) User Experience
3 6 (18.18%) Workflow
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 3 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.06%) Project Management
6 2 (6.06%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
2 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.06%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.09%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.03%) CISSP
5 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) JSP 440
2 3 (9.09%) NCSC
2 3 (9.09%) RMADS
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Terraform
2 7 (21.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (15.15%) Ansible
4 1 (3.03%) SCCM
4 1 (3.03%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Red Hat
2 3 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) VMware