DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 6 17 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 2.41% 8.81% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.83% 18.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 0
10th Percentile £489 £514 -
25th Percentile £548 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% - -
75th Percentile £625 £675 -
90th Percentile £670 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +0.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 90 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 41.37% 46.63% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 42 19
10th Percentile £185 £156 £210
25th Percentile £325 £427 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £633 £650 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 3
10th Percentile £13.60 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £14.78 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £35.43 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.49% +19.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing DV Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
County Antrim -18 6 £594 +3.26% 4
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Advisor
2 1 (16.67%) Test and Validation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Validation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) AI
1 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
1 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
1 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
1 1 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (16.67%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
1 1 (16.67%) Records Management
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet