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

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -23 +3 +50
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 41 200 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.86% 18.07% 13.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.56% 41.84% 39.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 123 96
10th Percentile £541 £500 £210
25th Percentile £600 £598 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £605 £552
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +9.70% -1.03%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £623
90th Percentile - £765 £709
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £605 £550
% change year-on-year +7.44% +10.00% -2.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 30 11
10th Percentile - £51.26 £63.14
25th Percentile - £59.02 £64.91
Median hourly rate - £81.00 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year - +10.20% -
75th Percentile - £97.50 £76.12
90th Percentile - £100.00 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.58 £70.39 £68.21
% change year-on-year +24.42% +3.20% -

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 174 478 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 29.10% 43.18% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 253 245
10th Percentile £361 £415 £313
25th Percentile £461 £573 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £625
90th Percentile - £765 £697
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 36 14
10th Percentile £39.73 £50.26 £57.88
25th Percentile £59.19 £60.07 £63.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.33 £70.63
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% +2.41% -
75th Percentile - £90.00 £75.19
90th Percentile - £100.00 £78.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £70.00 £61.65 £64.68
% change year-on-year +13.54% -4.67% +207.98%

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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 19 August 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 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (4.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.44%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.44%) GCP
2 1 (2.44%) IaaS
2 1 (2.44%) PaaS
2 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
1 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (51.22%) Finance
1 21 (51.22%) Public Sector
2 20 (48.78%) Manufacturing
3 19 (46.34%) Electronics
3 19 (46.34%) Marketing
3 19 (46.34%) Telecoms
4 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Military
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (65.85%) Architect
2 19 (46.34%) Active Directory Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Data Architect
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Information Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Lead
5 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Security Specialist
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) SaaS Architect
6 1 (2.44%) SAP Enterprise Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Security Advisor
6 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) ADO
1 1 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.44%) JBoss Seam
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.44%) CESG
2 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (46.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) Agile
2 20 (48.78%) Programme Management
3 19 (46.34%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (46.34%) Digital Marketing
3 19 (46.34%) Identity Access Management
3 19 (46.34%) Test Automation
4 8 (19.51%) Risk Management
5 7 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (17.07%) Security Architecture
6 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance
6 6 (14.63%) Information Security
7 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.32%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
10 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
10 2 (4.88%) Risk Register
10 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) CISM
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.44%) PMP
5 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) NCSC
2 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.88%) NIST
3 2 (4.88%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.88%) RMADS
4 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 19 (46.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (53.66%) SAP
2 2 (4.88%) IBM
3 1 (2.44%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.44%) DocuSign
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow