DV Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 65 60
Rank change year-on-year -36 -5 +100
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 19 57 80
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.19% 3.09% 3.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 12.00% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 33
10th Percentile £485 £413 £500
25th Percentile £500 £500 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -20.38% +36.84%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £763 £800 -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £63.15 £69.75
% change year-on-year -49.33% -9.46% -0.36%

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 408 475 612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.63% 25.73% 26.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 286 367
10th Percentile £175 £178 £179
25th Percentile £310 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.15%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £644 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 21
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.24 £32.14
25th Percentile £19.38 £14.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -68.09% +98.85%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.63 £73.75
90th Percentile £28.77 £53.00 £78.00
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 Scotland

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DV Cleared

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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 22 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
Glasgow -41 11 £580 -17.14% 1
Renfrewshire +2 8 £525 +2.19% 1
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
General
1 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Security Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Security Advisor
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (21.05%) Driving Licence
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (10.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (63.16%) SIEM
3 9 (47.37%) Incident Response
4 7 (36.84%) OSINT
4 7 (36.84%) Threat Analysis
4 7 (36.84%) Threat Detection
5 6 (31.58%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (31.58%) Use Case
6 5 (26.32%) Event Correlation
6 5 (26.32%) Open Source
6 5 (26.32%) Security Operations
6 5 (26.32%) Situational Awareness
7 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
9 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
9 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
9 2 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence
9 2 (10.53%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 7 (36.84%) CISSP
4 4 (21.05%) CASP
4 4 (21.05%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (21.05%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) GCIA
4 4 (21.05%) GCIH
5 3 (15.79%) CEH
5 3 (15.79%) CISM
5 3 (15.79%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) ArcSight
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) VMware