DV Cleared Contracts in Portsmouth

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 18 49 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.63% 16.39% 15.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.35% 29.34% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 27 23
10th Percentile £525 £582 £488
25th Percentile £538 £603 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £800 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +45.45% +12.82%
75th Percentile £613 £850 £570
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £101.68 -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £80.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 167 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 75.61% 55.85% 72.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 79 122
10th Percentile £200 £470 £201
25th Percentile £400 £519 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £592 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% +18.35% +2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £733 £570
90th Percentile £625 £850 £660
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 52 16
10th Percentile £24.66 - £48.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £53.40 £51.81
Median hourly rate £58.75 £57.35 £60.59
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.34% +21.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £63.38 £83.01 £70.64
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £57.35 £61.59
% change year-on-year +8.98% -6.88% +26.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Portsmouth

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Portsmouth

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Military
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Network Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Network Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Juniper Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Solaris
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Migration
1 7 (38.89%) Network Design
2 6 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 4 (22.22%) Business Process Mapping
3 4 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.56%) Agile
6 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (5.56%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (5.56%) Security Operations
6 1 (5.56%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
3 7 (38.89%) CCNA
3 7 (38.89%) CCNP
3 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (38.89%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
1 7 (38.89%) Fortinet
1 7 (38.89%) Juniper
2 6 (33.33%) Fujitsu
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.11%) VMware