DV Cleared Contracts in Hampshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 5 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 164 425 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 21.98% 26.40% 13.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.50% 39.79% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 346 153
10th Percentile £463 £425 £476
25th Percentile £523 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £625 £709 £675
90th Percentile £675 £800 £738
South East median daily rate £586 £605 £575
% change year-on-year -3.10% +5.22% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £74.00 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -
75th Percentile - £85.63 £77.50
90th Percentile - £102.52 £88.00
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £68.67 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.17% +5.64% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 426 1,068 805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 57.10% 66.34% 57.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 603 527
10th Percentile £375 £425 £250
25th Percentile £488 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.48%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £638
90th Percentile £660 £743 £713
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 74 62
10th Percentile £20.09 £26.00 £25.39
25th Percentile £24.66 £53.40 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.35 £61.59
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -6.88% +26.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.96
90th Percentile - £80.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire 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
Basingstoke +1 69 £575 -8.00% 55
Farnborough +1 34 £585 -7.95% 16
Portsmouth -2 18 £575 -28.13% 8
Hook +1 5 £520 -10.34%
Gosport - 3 £600 - 11
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.83%) IIS
3 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.22%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.22%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.59%) Azure
2 17 (10.37%) AWS
3 12 (7.32%) OpenShift
4 10 (6.10%) IaaS
4 10 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.49%) PaaS
6 8 (4.88%) GCP
7 6 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.05%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.44%) SaaS
10 3 (1.83%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.37%) DNS
2 15 (9.15%) DHCP
3 13 (7.93%) VPN
4 10 (6.10%) Firewall
5 8 (4.88%) SMTP
5 8 (4.88%) SSL
6 6 (3.66%) iSCSI
6 6 (3.66%) Network Security
7 5 (3.05%) BGP
7 5 (3.05%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (3.05%) Junos
7 5 (3.05%) LAN
7 5 (3.05%) OSPF
8 4 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (2.44%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.83%) HTTP
9 3 (1.83%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.83%) SAN
9 3 (1.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.88%) Big Data
1 8 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (6.71%) TestRail
2 4 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.44%) JIRA
2 4 (2.44%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.83%) MSI
4 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 38 (23.17%) Public Sector
2 29 (17.68%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.32%) Finance
4 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.05%) Electronics
7 5 (3.05%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.05%) Marketing
8 3 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Billing
9 2 (1.22%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (26.83%) Architect
2 19 (11.59%) Analyst
3 18 (10.98%) Infrastructure Architect
4 13 (7.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Senior
5 12 (7.32%) Test Analyst
6 11 (6.71%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 10 (6.10%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (6.10%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (6.10%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.49%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.88%) VMware Architect
10 7 (4.27%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
10 7 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support
10 7 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 6 (3.66%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.44%) SOAP
1 4 (2.44%) XML
2 3 (1.83%) Web Services
3 1 (0.61%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.20%) PKI
2 19 (11.59%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.88%) Clustering
4 6 (3.66%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.05%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.22%) PMI
8 2 (1.22%) Replication
8 2 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.61%) CSOC
9 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.61%) Derivative
9 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (31.10%) Windows
2 37 (22.56%) Linux
3 29 (17.68%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.05%) CentOS
6 5 (3.05%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.44%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.44%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.22%) Solaris
8 2 (1.22%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.61%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.71%) Agile
2 23 (14.02%) DevOps
3 16 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (9.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 15 (9.15%) Migration
5 14 (8.54%) Test Automation
6 13 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (7.93%) Test Management
7 12 (7.32%) Change Management
7 12 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (6.71%) Project Management
9 10 (6.10%) Application Packaging
9 10 (6.10%) ITIL
9 10 (6.10%) Process Improvement
10 9 (5.49%) Network Architecture
10 9 (5.49%) Network Design
10 9 (5.49%) PRINCE2
10 9 (5.49%) Requirements Analysis
10 9 (5.49%) SIEM
10 9 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.34%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.15%) Python
3 14 (8.54%) SQL
4 6 (3.66%) VBScript
5 4 (2.44%) VB
6 1 (0.61%) Bash
6 1 (0.61%) Go
6 1 (0.61%) Java
6 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 164 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.32%) Degree
3 12 (7.32%) ISTQB
3 12 (7.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (6.71%) CCNP
4 11 (6.71%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.88%) CCNA
6 7 (4.27%) JNCIS
7 6 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.44%) MCSE
8 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.44%) VCP5
8 4 (2.44%) VCP6
9 2 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.22%) PMP
9 2 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.22%) VCAP
10 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.27%) NIST
2 6 (3.66%) JSP 440
3 5 (3.05%) SLA
4 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.83%) NCSC
4 3 (1.83%) P3O
4 3 (1.83%) PMO
4 3 (1.83%) QA
5 1 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (20.12%) Active Directory
2 28 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.93%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (6.71%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.71%) Microsoft App-V
4 11 (6.71%) vSphere
5 10 (6.10%) Docker
6 8 (4.88%) BitLocker
6 8 (4.88%) Terminal Services
7 5 (3.05%) NFS
8 3 (1.83%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.22%) Brightmail
9 2 (1.22%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 22 (13.41%) Ansible
2 15 (9.15%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.15%) vCenter Server
3 13 (7.93%) Terraform
4 8 (4.88%) Nagios
4 8 (4.88%) Puppet
4 8 (4.88%) vMotion
5 6 (3.66%) FortiGate
5 6 (3.66%) SCCM
6 4 (2.44%) Nessus
7 3 (1.83%) SCOM
7 3 (1.83%) vRealize
7 3 (1.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (1.83%) WMI
7 3 (1.83%) WSUS
8 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 36 (21.95%) VMware
2 28 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 19 (11.59%) Cisco
4 14 (8.54%) Juniper
5 12 (7.32%) Citrix
6 9 (5.49%) Fortinet
6 9 (5.49%) HP
7 8 (4.88%) Fujitsu
7 8 (4.88%) Google
7 8 (4.88%) Red Hat
7 8 (4.88%) Symantec
8 7 (4.27%) Splunk
9 5 (3.05%) F5
9 5 (3.05%) SAP
10 4 (2.44%) McAfee
10 4 (2.44%) NetApp
10 4 (2.44%) Veeam
11 3 (1.83%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.83%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.83%) Thales