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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 9
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +20
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 40 45 118
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.38% 8.49% 11.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.91% 17.44% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 31 84
10th Percentile £225 £513 £463
25th Percentile £483 £535 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £647 £703
90th Percentile £669 £725 £834
South West median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 12
10th Percentile - £79.21 £56.28
25th Percentile - £79.98 £59.69
Median hourly rate £35.00 £82.50 £74.72
Median % change year-on-year -57.58% +10.41% -5.06%
75th Percentile - £83.36 £95.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £83.59 -
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £82.50 £71.00
% change year-on-year -57.58% +16.20% -8.39%

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 449 258 487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 37.95% 48.68% 46.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 138 269
10th Percentile £247 £285 £352
25th Percentile £438 £405 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -13.04% +0.44%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 46 92
10th Percentile £17.87 £28.13 £40.38
25th Percentile £35.00 £52.13 £51.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.38 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £64.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.09% +14.18% -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 11 April 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 11 April 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 3 (7.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) AWS
2 2 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (5.00%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (5.00%) GitHub
2 2 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) DNS
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (2.50%) 3GPP
2 1 (2.50%) SMTP
2 1 (2.50%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Artifactory
1 3 (7.50%) GitLab
2 2 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Electronics
3 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.50%) Marketing
3 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.50%) Aviation
4 1 (2.50%) Back Office
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Lead
2 6 (15.00%) Coordinator
2 6 (15.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 4 (10.00%) Architect
3 4 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Security Advisor
4 3 (7.50%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.50%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (7.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) PKI
2 1 (2.50%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (12.50%) DevOps
3 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 4 (10.00%) Agile
4 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (10.00%) User Experience
4 4 (10.00%) Workflow
5 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.50%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (7.50%) Incident Response
5 3 (7.50%) Programme Management
5 3 (7.50%) Security Operations
5 3 (7.50%) SIEM
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (7.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (47.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.50%) CISSP
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) CEH
4 2 (5.00%) CISM
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.50%) CCNA
5 1 (2.50%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) JSP 440
2 3 (7.50%) NCSC
2 3 (7.50%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Terraform
2 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.50%) Ansible
4 2 (5.00%) QRadar
5 1 (2.50%) SCCM
5 1 (2.50%) SCOM
5 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
1 3 (7.50%) SAP
2 2 (5.00%) Splunk
2 2 (5.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco
3 1 (2.50%) IBM
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) NetApp