DV Cleared Contracts in Dorset

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 4 19 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.08% 11.52% 11.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.33% 29.23% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 14
10th Percentile £489 £580 £424
25th Percentile £528 £700 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £606
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +32.01% -
75th Percentile £594 £825 £645
90th Percentile £673 - £650
South West median daily rate £600 £568 £625
% change year-on-year +5.73% -9.20% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £57.33 -
South West median hourly rate £82.50 £72.72 £75.25
% change year-on-year +13.45% -3.36% +8.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 30 65 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 30.61% 39.39% 42.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 44
10th Percentile £456 £342 £288
25th Percentile £471 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £620 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £825 £612
90th Percentile £678 - £646
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 20
10th Percentile - - £51.13
25th Percentile £62.50 £13.69 £57.07
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.83 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.90% -22.85% +11.03%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.33 £68.56
90th Percentile - £60.13 £72.98
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Dorset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Dorset

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Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Poole -1 3 £550 - 1
Blandford Forum - 1 £475 -
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Backend Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CESG
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Server Building
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerCLI
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware