DV Cleared Contracts in England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 61 190
Rank change year-on-year +37 +129 -52
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,316 1,809 1,089
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.30% 3.68% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.29% 13.33% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,670 1,370 808
10th Percentile £412 £413 £413
25th Percentile £513 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £688 £690 £675
90th Percentile £788 £740 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 65 11
10th Percentile £49.45 £54.56 £63.30
25th Percentile £56.65 £61.50 £64.98
Median hourly rate £70.39 £74.79 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +8.31% +38.10%
75th Percentile £85.32 £79.19 £76.13
90th Percentile £87.53 £90.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £69.10 £69.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year -0.58% +0.65% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,416 13,569 15,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.05% 27.58% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,032 9,089 10,072
10th Percentile £313 £334 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £717
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 707 681
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%
75th Percentile £62.03 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.46
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.26% +14.36%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
South East +17 862 £605 +6.14% 111
South West +3 805 £568 -9.20% 116
London +94 444 £650 +8.33% 68
Midlands +7 89 £563 -6.25% 19
East of England -17 66 £552 -9.88% 33
North of England +29 59 £591 +2.78% 26
West Midlands +14 54 £550 -13.04% 15
East Midlands -4 35 £575 -2.69% 4
Yorkshire +38 30 £650 +47.73% 3
North West +3 20 £550 -10.93% 23
North East +23 9 £600 +15.38%
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UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 70 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.90%) Confluence
3 41 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.51%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.47%) Apache
6 9 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.086%) IIS
10 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.086%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.086%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.043%) nginx
11 1 (0.043%) SAS
Applications
1 81 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.22%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.22%) Simulink
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.043%) InVision
9 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.043%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (1.04%) Primavera
2 18 (0.78%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.35%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.13%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.043%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 241 (10.41%) Azure
2 166 (7.17%) AWS
3 48 (2.07%) PaaS
4 44 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (1.90%) SaaS
5 35 (1.51%) IaaS
6 34 (1.47%) Azure Stack
7 33 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
9 22 (0.95%) Entra ID
10 18 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (0.73%) GCP
12 16 (0.69%) Azure Storage
12 16 (0.69%) OCI
13 15 (0.65%) OpenShift
13 15 (0.65%) Power Platform
14 11 (0.47%) Serverless
15 10 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (0.43%) Amazon S3
15 10 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 227 (9.80%) Firewall
2 85 (3.67%) WAN
3 84 (3.63%) Network Security
4 83 (3.58%) LAN
5 78 (3.37%) DNS
6 61 (2.63%) BGP
7 56 (2.42%) DHCP
8 47 (2.03%) SAN
8 47 (2.03%) SSL
9 45 (1.94%) TCP/IP
10 43 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
11 34 (1.47%) VoIP
12 25 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
13 24 (1.04%) PBX
14 23 (0.99%) OSPF
15 22 (0.95%) VSAN
16 18 (0.78%) DMVPN
16 18 (0.78%) EIGRP
17 15 (0.65%) HTTP
18 14 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 50 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
3 37 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (1.30%) Big Data
4 30 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 19 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.39%) Power BI
9 8 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.30%) Metadata
10 7 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.26%) InfluxDB
11 6 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.22%) MySQL
13 4 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.17%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 77 (3.32%) JIRA
2 58 (2.50%) Jenkins
3 37 (1.60%) Git
4 34 (1.47%) GitLab
5 21 (0.91%) TestRail
6 20 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.82%) JUnit
8 10 (0.43%) Selenium
9 9 (0.39%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.39%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.17%) Checkstyle
13 3 (0.13%) MSI
13 3 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.086%) Gradle
14 2 (0.086%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.086%) JIRA Agile
General
1 404 (17.44%) Public Sector
2 403 (17.40%) Social Skills
3 169 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (5.48%) Finance
5 95 (4.10%) Telecoms
6 67 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
7 66 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
8 64 (2.76%) Military
9 52 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 45 (1.94%) Electronics
11 40 (1.73%) Marketing
12 24 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 16 (0.69%) Police
14 14 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.56%) Aviation
16 11 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.39%) Law
17 9 (0.39%) Local Government
18 7 (0.30%) Digital Economy
18 7 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 516 (22.28%) Architect
2 239 (10.32%) Analyst
3 136 (5.87%) Solutions Architect
4 122 (5.27%) Consultant
5 121 (5.22%) Senior
6 117 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 101 (4.36%) Lead
8 87 (3.76%) Network Engineer
9 86 (3.71%) Administrator
10 78 (3.37%) Project Manager
11 76 (3.28%) Network Architect
12 73 (3.15%) Systems Administrator
13 65 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
13 65 (2.81%) Security Architect
14 62 (2.68%) SOC Analyst
15 58 (2.50%) Infrastructure Architect
16 57 (2.46%) Developer
17 52 (2.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
18 51 (2.20%) Service Architect
19 46 (1.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (1.77%) React
1 41 (1.77%) Spring
2 33 (1.42%) Spring Boot
3 30 (1.30%) REST
4 25 (1.08%) Web Services
5 24 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
6 21 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 18 (0.78%) Hibernate
8 18 (0.78%) JPA
9 17 (0.73%) .NET
10 12 (0.52%) Itk
11 9 (0.39%) PySpark
12 8 (0.35%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.35%) YAML
13 7 (0.30%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.26%) Node.js
14 6 (0.26%) RESTful
15 5 (0.22%) Kafka
15 5 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 182 (7.86%) PKI
2 109 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 105 (4.53%) Cyber Defence
4 103 (4.45%) Cyber Threat
5 85 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 62 (2.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 55 (2.37%) Private Cloud
9 40 (1.73%) CSOC
10 35 (1.51%) Driving Licence
11 32 (1.38%) Product Ownership
12 28 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
13 27 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.04%) Replication
15 22 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 20 (0.86%) Client/Server
17 19 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
18 17 (0.73%) Virtual Team
19 14 (0.60%) Clustering
20 12 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 436 (18.83%) Windows
2 282 (12.18%) Linux
3 172 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 89 (3.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 88 (3.80%) Windows 10
6 85 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
8 47 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 45 (1.94%) Windows 7
10 24 (1.04%) Unix
11 20 (0.86%) Windows NT
12 19 (0.82%) Ubuntu
13 15 (0.65%) Debian
14 14 (0.60%) Apple iOS
14 14 (0.60%) Windows XP
15 11 (0.47%) Android
16 10 (0.43%) Solaris
17 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.26%) CentOS
18 6 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (15.37%) Agile
2 315 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
3 255 (11.01%) ITIL
4 244 (10.54%) SIEM
5 219 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (9.41%) DevOps
7 182 (7.86%) Service Management
8 160 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 156 (6.74%) Project Management
10 122 (5.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (5.14%) Security Operations
12 111 (4.79%) CI/CD
13 106 (4.58%) Project Delivery
14 103 (4.45%) Threat Intelligence
15 99 (4.27%) Information Security
16 97 (4.19%) Incident Response
17 96 (4.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 92 (3.97%) Network Management
19 90 (3.89%) Mentoring
19 90 (3.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 164 (7.08%) Python
2 151 (6.52%) PowerShell
3 113 (4.88%) Java
4 79 (3.41%) SQL
5 62 (2.68%) C#
6 52 (2.25%) C
6 52 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.47%) Bash
7 34 (1.47%) VBScript
8 26 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 20 (0.86%) Bicep
10 19 (0.82%) C++
11 18 (0.78%) Go
12 16 (0.69%) VB
13 5 (0.22%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.17%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.13%) Perl
15 3 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,316 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 519 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 181 (7.82%) Degree
4 50 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (1.81%) CCNP
6 31 (1.34%) APMP
7 28 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.12%) CISSP
9 24 (1.04%) CCNA
9 24 (1.04%) SANS
10 21 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 20 (0.86%) CISM
12 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (0.73%) PMP
13 17 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.69%) AWS Certification
14 16 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 15 (0.65%) HND
15 15 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.41%) NIST
2 61 (2.63%) PMO
3 60 (2.59%) QA
4 52 (2.25%) NIST 800
5 50 (2.16%) SLA
6 34 (1.47%) Government Security Classifications
7 33 (1.42%) NCSC
8 19 (0.82%) GDPR
9 18 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 17 (0.73%) RMADS
11 15 (0.65%) JSP 440
12 13 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.30%) P3O
15 5 (0.22%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.086%) COBIT
16 2 (0.086%) GRC
16 2 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 1 (0.043%) SOC 2
System Software
1 203 (8.77%) Active Directory
2 124 (5.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (4.02%) Docker
4 61 (2.63%) VMware NSX
5 53 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (1.60%) Firmware
7 36 (1.55%) Hyper-V
8 29 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (1.21%) vSphere
10 17 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.13%) iptables
12 2 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.043%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.043%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.043%) KVM
13 1 (0.043%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.043%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.043%) UAG
13 1 (0.043%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 114 (4.92%) SCCM
2 110 (4.75%) Terraform
3 106 (4.58%) Ansible
4 100 (4.32%) Kubernetes
5 64 (2.76%) WSUS
6 59 (2.55%) SCOM
7 42 (1.81%) vCenter Server
8 38 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (1.08%) Puppet
10 22 (0.95%) FortiGate
10 22 (0.95%) Prometheus
11 20 (0.86%) Grafana
11 20 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
11 20 (0.86%) Sysprep
12 19 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
13 18 (0.78%) NetBackup
13 18 (0.78%) Progress Chef
14 14 (0.60%) Kibana
14 14 (0.60%) vRealize
15 13 (0.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 447 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 231 (9.97%) VMware
3 122 (5.27%) Cisco
4 115 (4.97%) Juniper
5 86 (3.71%) Dell
6 80 (3.45%) SAP
7 61 (2.63%) HP
8 52 (2.25%) Palo Alto
9 50 (2.16%) Red Hat
10 46 (1.99%) Veeam
11 44 (1.90%) Atlassian
12 37 (1.60%) Oracle
13 22 (0.95%) EMC
14 21 (0.91%) Fortinet
15 18 (0.78%) Symantec
16 17 (0.73%) F5
17 16 (0.69%) ArcSight
17 16 (0.69%) IBM
18 14 (0.60%) 3PAR
18 14 (0.60%) ServiceNow