DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 0
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 73 56 182
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 18.48% 22.49% 39.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.67% 46.28% 68.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 35 96
10th Percentile - £490 £500
25th Percentile £380 £556 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £769 £678
90th Percentile £700 £900 £738
South West median daily rate £575 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - £40.00
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £80.00 £70.75
% change year-on-year -15.00% +13.07% -9.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 184 121 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 46.58% 48.59% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 86 145
10th Percentile £227 £225 £425
25th Percentile £380 £438 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -3.26% -
75th Percentile £606 £700 £638
90th Percentile £650 £813 £725
South West median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 16
10th Percentile £31.60 £27.02 -
25th Percentile £37.00 £27.28 £15.75
Median hourly rate £57.25 £54.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% +83.30% -61.54%
75th Percentile £76.75 £75.00 £34.75
90th Percentile - - £68.75
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.03% -61.31% -5.45%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing DV Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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
Cheltenham 0 47 £590 -1.67% 39
Gloucester -2 19 £588 -18.97% 20
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 7 (9.59%) Confluence
2 5 (6.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Project
1 9 (12.33%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) GitHub
1 9 (12.33%) GitHub Actions
2 8 (10.96%) Azure
3 6 (8.22%) AWS
4 4 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
4 4 (5.48%) Serverless
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.37%) GCP
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (15.07%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) GitLab
2 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (26.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Finance
3 4 (5.48%) Military
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (23.29%) Developer
2 14 (19.18%) Project Officer
3 13 (17.81%) Project Control Officer
3 13 (17.81%) Software Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) Software Developer
5 5 (6.85%) Author
5 5 (6.85%) Lead
5 5 (6.85%) Technical Author
5 5 (6.85%) Tester
6 4 (5.48%) Backend Developer
6 4 (5.48%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Java Developer
6 4 (5.48%) Python Developer
7 3 (4.11%) Architect
7 3 (4.11%) Digital Architect
7 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.74%) Analyst
8 2 (2.74%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) Spring
1 8 (10.96%) Spring Boot
2 5 (6.85%) XML
3 4 (5.48%) FastAPI
3 4 (5.48%) Flask
3 4 (5.48%) GraphQL
3 4 (5.48%) gRPC
3 4 (5.48%) REST
3 4 (5.48%) RESTful
3 4 (5.48%) WebSockets
4 1 (1.37%) Node.js
4 1 (1.37%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Cloud Native
2 9 (12.33%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.74%) CSOC
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.74%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
1 2 (2.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.40%) Agile
2 16 (21.92%) Project Delivery
3 14 (19.18%) Software Engineering
4 13 (17.81%) CI/CD
4 13 (17.81%) Containerisation
5 10 (13.70%) DevOps
5 10 (13.70%) Project Management
6 9 (12.33%) PRINCE2
7 8 (10.96%) Microservices
8 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (9.59%) Information Security
9 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (8.22%) Test Automation
10 5 (6.85%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (6.85%) Document Management
10 5 (6.85%) Information Assurance
10 5 (6.85%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.85%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 4 (5.48%) Service Delivery
12 3 (4.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) Java
2 10 (13.70%) Python
3 4 (5.48%) Go
3 4 (5.48%) SQL
4 2 (2.74%) C++
5 1 (1.37%) C
5 1 (1.37%) C#
5 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 73 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) PMO
2 2 (2.74%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Docker
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) KVM
Systems Management
1 13 (17.81%) Kubernetes
2 8 (10.96%) Ansible
3 6 (8.22%) Terraform
4 4 (5.48%) Grafana
4 4 (5.48%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.74%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.74%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.37%) Google
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle
3 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow