DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 35 49 103
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 13.26% 16.44% 16.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.04% 36.03% 37.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 92
10th Percentile £415 £350 £326
25th Percentile £453 £371 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £428 £538
Median % change year-on-year +20.94% -20.47% +3.37%
75th Percentile £575 £510 £603
90th Percentile £652 £560 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £517 £430 £545
% change year-on-year +20.23% -21.10% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £12.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 92 136 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 34.85% 45.64% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 112 234
10th Percentile £310 £278 £280
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -14.29% +11.70%
75th Percentile £538 £518 £624
90th Percentile £592 £550 £680
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +5.56% -16.28% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.01 £13.29
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.03 £13.47
Median hourly rate £29.61 £24.35 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +21.60% +79.44% -23.55%
75th Percentile - £32.00 £14.87
90th Percentile - £35.60 £17.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.35 £13.57
% change year-on-year +3.29% +79.44% -23.55%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing DV Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.86%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
3 4 (11.43%) GitHub
4 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) DNS
2 2 (5.71%) SAN
2 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.86%) Firewall
3 1 (2.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Lead
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Information Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Knowledge Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Operations Director
5 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Python Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Service Transition Manager
5 2 (5.71%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (11.43%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (8.57%) PKI
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.71%) PMI
4 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.86%) CSOC
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Windows
3 2 (5.71%) Debian
3 2 (5.71%) Ubuntu
3 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) ITIL
2 6 (17.14%) Agile
2 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 5 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 5 (14.29%) SIEM
4 4 (11.43%) AI
4 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
4 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (11.43%) DevOps
4 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
4 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
5 3 (8.57%) Containerisation
5 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
1 6 (17.14%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) Bicep
2 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) APMP
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) GDPR
2 3 (8.57%) SLA
3 2 (5.71%) COBIT
3 2 (5.71%) GMP
4 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Ansible
1 3 (8.57%) Podman
1 3 (8.57%) Proxmox
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.57%) Zscaler
4 2 (5.71%) LogRhythm
4 2 (5.71%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.71%) VMware
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk