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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing DV Cleared 245 423 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 24.67% 28.80% 14.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.31% 45.10% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 364 126
10th Percentile £463 £425 £450
25th Percentile £513 £525 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £690 £636
90th Percentile £650 £750 £724
South East median daily rate £600 £603 £550
% change year-on-year -0.54% +9.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile - - £41.00
25th Percentile £69.00 - £48.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71.00 - -
90th Percentile - £91.26 -
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £72.33 £66.88
% change year-on-year +17.52% +8.16% +1.33%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 579 938 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 58.31% 63.85% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 618 405
10th Percentile £313 £400 £269
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £585 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £613
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 71 49
10th Percentile - £26.25 £28.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £53.40 £54.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% -7.50% +3.33%
75th Percentile £69.99 £65.00 £73.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Hampshire over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Hampshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

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DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke 0 165 £600 -1.64% 34
Farnborough -1 37 £544 -9.38% 13
Portsmouth -14 6 £563 -19.64% 7
Southampton -10 5 £644 +78.89% 3
Tadley 0 3 - -
Andover - 3 £538 -
Hook 0 1 £500 -13.79%
Gosport 0 1 £700 +16.67%
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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 26 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.90%) Exchange Server 2003
2 12 (4.90%) Exchange Server 2007
2 12 (4.90%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (4.90%) Exchange Server 2013
2 12 (4.90%) Office Communications Server
2 12 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.90%) SharePoint Server
2 12 (4.90%) Skype for Business
3 9 (3.67%) Apache
4 5 (2.04%) IIS
5 2 (0.82%) Documentum
Applications
1 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.94%) AWS
2 13 (5.31%) Azure
3 11 (4.49%) IaaS
4 8 (3.27%) GCP
4 8 (3.27%) OpenShift
4 8 (3.27%) PaaS
5 3 (1.22%) AWS KMS
6 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.20%) DNS
1 25 (10.20%) VPN
2 20 (8.16%) DHCP
3 18 (7.35%) LAN
4 16 (6.53%) Fibre Channel
4 16 (6.53%) iSCSI
5 12 (4.90%) DDNS
5 12 (4.90%) Firewall
5 12 (4.90%) SAN
5 12 (4.90%) SMTP
6 11 (4.49%) Junos
7 10 (4.08%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (4.08%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (4.08%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (2.86%) WAN
9 6 (2.45%) Network Security
10 4 (1.63%) CATAPAN
10 4 (1.63%) SSL
11 3 (1.22%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (3.27%) Big Data
1 8 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.08%) JIRA
2 10 (4.08%) SoapUI
3 9 (3.67%) GitLab
4 8 (3.27%) TestRail
5 7 (2.86%) MSI
6 6 (2.45%) Git
7 4 (1.63%) Robot Framework
7 4 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 41 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.33%) Public Sector
3 11 (4.49%) Finance
4 9 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.04%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.63%) Military
7 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 77 (31.43%) Architect
2 30 (12.24%) Support Engineer
3 26 (10.61%) Infrastructure Architect
4 24 (9.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 24 (9.80%) VMware Architect
5 22 (8.98%) Network Engineer
6 19 (7.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 18 (7.35%) Network Architect
8 17 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
8 17 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 17 (6.94%) Senior
9 15 (6.12%) Consultant
9 15 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (6.12%) Java Architect
9 15 (6.12%) Java Solutions Architect
9 15 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (5.71%) Project Manager
11 13 (5.31%) Analyst
12 12 (4.90%) Exchange Engineer
12 12 (4.90%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.08%) SOAP
1 10 (4.08%) XML
2 4 (1.63%) YAML
3 3 (1.22%) RESTful
3 3 (1.22%) Swagger
3 3 (1.22%) Web Services
4 2 (0.82%) JSON
4 2 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.65%) PKI
2 20 (8.16%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.90%) Replication
4 8 (3.27%) Clustering
4 8 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.22%) PMI
7 2 (0.82%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.41%) CMDB
8 1 (0.41%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.41%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (32.24%) Windows
2 39 (15.92%) Windows Server
3 31 (12.65%) Linux
4 20 (8.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (6.12%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.45%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.04%) CentOS
9 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.82%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.82%) Solaris
10 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.10%) Agile
2 33 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (11.02%) DevOps
4 26 (10.61%) Test Automation
5 20 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (8.16%) ITIL
6 18 (7.35%) Project Management
7 17 (6.94%) Architectural Design
8 16 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (6.12%) ITSM
10 14 (5.71%) CI/CD
10 14 (5.71%) Programme Delivery
10 14 (5.71%) Software Testing
11 13 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (5.31%) High Availability
11 13 (5.31%) Mentoring
12 12 (4.90%) Change Management
12 12 (4.90%) Content Management
12 12 (4.90%) Enterprise Content Management
12 12 (4.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.37%) PowerShell
2 30 (12.24%) SQL
3 22 (8.98%) Python
4 18 (7.35%) Java
5 7 (2.86%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.45%) VB
7 5 (2.04%) PHP
8 3 (1.22%) Bash
8 3 (1.22%) Go
9 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 245 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.53%) MCSE
3 16 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (6.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (5.71%) Degree
6 12 (4.90%) VCP5
6 12 (4.90%) VCP6
7 9 (3.67%) ISTQB
7 9 (3.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (2.86%) CCNP
8 7 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.22%) CCNA
9 3 (1.22%) JNCIS
9 3 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.22%) VCAP
10 2 (0.82%) CISSP
10 2 (0.82%) GCIH
10 2 (0.82%) PMP
10 2 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.94%) NIST
2 11 (4.49%) SLA
3 8 (3.27%) NIST 800
4 6 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.45%) PMO
5 5 (2.04%) QA
6 3 (1.22%) NCSC
6 3 (1.22%) P3O
6 3 (1.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 46 (18.78%) Active Directory
2 42 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (7.76%) vSphere
5 16 (6.53%) NFS
6 12 (4.90%) Brightmail
6 12 (4.90%) ISA Server
7 10 (4.08%) Hyper-V
8 9 (3.67%) Docker
8 9 (3.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (3.27%) BitLocker
9 8 (3.27%) Terminal Services
10 7 (2.86%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.41%) UAG
Systems Management
1 32 (13.06%) Ansible
2 16 (6.53%) Terraform
3 15 (6.12%) vCenter Server
4 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Clustering
5 11 (4.49%) SCCM
6 9 (3.67%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.67%) SCOM
7 8 (3.27%) Nagios
7 8 (3.27%) Puppet
7 8 (3.27%) vMotion
8 7 (2.86%) WMI
9 6 (2.45%) FortiGate
9 6 (2.45%) vRealize
10 3 (1.22%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.22%) Rundeck
10 3 (1.22%) Salt
10 3 (1.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (22.04%) VMware
2 52 (21.22%) Microsoft
3 30 (12.24%) Juniper
4 29 (11.84%) Cisco
5 17 (6.94%) Splunk
6 16 (6.53%) NetApp
6 16 (6.53%) Veeam
7 14 (5.71%) Citrix
8 13 (5.31%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.27%) Google
9 8 (3.27%) HP
9 8 (3.27%) Symantec
10 6 (2.45%) F5
11 4 (1.63%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.22%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.22%) Fujitsu
12 3 (1.22%) Mellanox
12 3 (1.22%) NVIDIA
12 3 (1.22%) Thales
13 2 (0.82%) ArcSight