DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 32 31
Rank change year-on-year -41 -1 +44
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 11 43 44
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.47% 6.13% 5.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.04% 22.28% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 14
10th Percentile £504 £431 £436
25th Percentile £533 £556 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +7.69% +39.04%
75th Percentile - £788 £684
90th Percentile - £800 £696
Scotland median daily rate £525 £518 £650
% change year-on-year +1.45% -20.38% +36.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 182 193 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 24.27% 27.49% 28.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 117 141
10th Percentile £181 £301 £250
25th Percentile £333 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -8.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £637 £700 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £16.14 £22.40 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £28.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.21% - -
75th Percentile £18.05 £45.00 -
90th Percentile £20.89 £49.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year +11.11% -68.09% +98.85%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Glasgow

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Security Advisor
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
4 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) SIEM
3 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
3 5 (45.45%) Security Operations
3 5 (45.45%) Threat Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Threat Detection
4 3 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (18.18%) Log Correlation
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) OSINT
5 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) CISSP
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) CEH
4 3 (27.27%) CISM
4 3 (27.27%) GIAC
5 2 (18.18%) CASP
5 2 (18.18%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 2 (18.18%) GCIA
5 2 (18.18%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) Splunk
2 2 (18.18%) ArcSight