DV Cleared Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 17 61 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 5.56% 13.74% 12.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.17% 36.09% 28.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 53 96
10th Percentile £424 £370 £320
25th Percentile £462 £411 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £480 £522
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -8.00% -5.14%
75th Percentile £617 £560 £592
90th Percentile £732 £743 £630
South East median daily rate £600 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -0.83% +10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 169 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 32.35% 38.06% 43.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 133 311
10th Percentile £327 £350 £320
25th Percentile £403 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £571 £538 £575
90th Percentile £614 £622 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 4
10th Percentile £15.16 £16.07 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.00 £13.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.51 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% +65.88% -45.72%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £14.87
90th Percentile £63.38 - £17.20
South East median hourly rate £32.41 £57.35 £61.63
% change year-on-year -43.50% -6.94% +36.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -13 17 £560 +16.67% 7
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (5.88%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Information Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Operations Director
3 2 (11.76%) Python Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Officer
3 2 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Financial Controller
4 1 (5.88%) Information Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Developer
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Service Relationship Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) CESG
2 1 (5.88%) CSOC
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Debian
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
3 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (11.76%) Data Engineering
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security
4 2 (11.76%) ITSM
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Records Management
4 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (82.35%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) ACCA
3 2 (11.76%) CIMA
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) APMP
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) ISEB
4 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
1 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
1 2 (11.76%) VMware
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Snow