DV Cleared Contracts in Scotland

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 107 82 145
Rank change year-on-year -25 +63 +10
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 9 47 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 2.12% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.80% 7.76% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 15
10th Percentile £455 £370 £358
25th Percentile £500 £497 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -1.41%
75th Percentile £575 £728 £539
90th Percentile £665 £826 £579
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £67.66 £69.00
% change year-on-year +16.33% -1.95% -0.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 321 606 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.75% 27.33% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 326 408
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £346 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Renfrewshire +2 4 £550 +2.33% 4
Glasgow -9 3 £450 -36.84% 3
South Lanarkshire +15 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - - 1
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (22.22%) IIS
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) HTTP
1 2 (22.22%) HTTPS
1 2 (22.22%) SSL
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (11.11%) Architect
1 1 (11.11%) Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
1 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM Engineer
1 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
1 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
1 2 (22.22%) Service Design
1 2 (22.22%) Software Distribution
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) SABSA
2 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Aruba
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) F5
2 1 (11.11%) Juniper
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) VMware