DV Cleared Contracts in Reading

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 17 3 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 +47
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 52 239 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 8.71% 20.05% 11.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.57% 45.27% 35.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 147 85
10th Percentile £576 £205 £500
25th Percentile £600 £213 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £608 £721
90th Percentile £719 £688 £735
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 39 10
10th Percentile - £50.80 £63.14
25th Percentile - £56.50 £63.60
Median hourly rate - £63.29 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -3.37% -
75th Percentile - £87.46 £78.09
90th Percentile - £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.93% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 182 528 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.49% 44.30% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 271 211
10th Percentile £394 £205 £363
25th Percentile £481 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £680
90th Percentile - £716 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 44 15
10th Percentile - £44.10 £56.76
25th Percentile - £55.41 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.07 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -5.95% +560.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £86.10 £76.99
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.92%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.92%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) AWS
2 2 (3.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Stack
3 1 (1.92%) GCP
3 1 (1.92%) IaaS
3 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Network Security
1 2 (3.85%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.92%) Junos
2 1 (1.92%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (5.77%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.85%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.92%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 25 (48.08%) Finance
3 24 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 24 (46.15%) Telecoms
4 23 (44.23%) Electronics
4 23 (44.23%) Marketing
5 7 (13.46%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (63.46%) Architect
2 21 (40.38%) Active Directory Architect
3 11 (21.15%) Senior
4 7 (13.46%) Security Specialist
4 7 (13.46%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (13.46%) Senior Security Specialist
5 6 (11.54%) Information Security Specialist
5 6 (11.54%) Information Specialist
5 6 (11.54%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 5 (9.62%) SAP Architect
7 3 (5.77%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Head of Architecture
8 2 (3.85%) Head of Security
8 2 (3.85%) Head of Strategy
8 2 (3.85%) Lead
9 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow Architect
9 1 (1.92%) Strategy Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) Middleware
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.92%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.92%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.92%) CMDB
3 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (40.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (46.15%) Agile
1 24 (46.15%) Programme Management
2 23 (44.23%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (44.23%) Digital Marketing
2 23 (44.23%) Identity Access Management
3 21 (40.38%) Test Automation
4 9 (17.31%) Information Security
5 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
5 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (9.62%) Security Architecture
7 5 (9.62%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (7.69%) Decision-Making
8 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.77%) ITIL
9 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.77%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
9 3 (5.77%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (3.85%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 21 (40.38%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.69%) ABAP
3 1 (1.92%) Python
3 1 (1.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.38%) CISM
3 5 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.77%) CISSP
5 2 (3.85%) Degree
5 2 (3.85%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.92%) CEH
6 1 (1.92%) CISA
6 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.77%) NIST
3 2 (3.85%) COBIT
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
3 2 (3.85%) NCSC
4 1 (1.92%) JSP 440
System Software
1 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Ansible
1 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (57.69%) SAP
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle
2 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.92%) Cisco
3 1 (1.92%) Citrix
3 1 (1.92%) DocuSign
3 1 (1.92%) F5
3 1 (1.92%) Juniper
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft