DV Cleared Contracts in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 4 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 +34
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 293 851 494
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.73% 15.31% 8.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.98% 34.23% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 615 388
10th Percentile £489 £401 £400
25th Percentile £525 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £664
90th Percentile £700 £778 £726
England median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 73 19
10th Percentile £59.00 £51.79 £55.67
25th Percentile £60.75 £56.65 £60.00
Median hourly rate £63.75 £68.67 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +5.64% -
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.65 £76.99
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.52 £80.85
England median hourly rate £78.70 £68.67 £73.90
% change year-on-year +14.61% -7.08% +6.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,222 2,486 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.60% 44.73% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,412 1,432
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 213 145
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.52 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.41 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire -3 164 £575 -8.00% 74
Thames Valley -16 125 £637 +10.74% 53
Berkshire -16 106 £650 +13.04% 49
Buckinghamshire -14 16 £568 +3.18% 3
Oxfordshire +7 3 £475 - 16
Surrey +8 2 £550 -35.29% 15
West Sussex +12 1 - - 2
Sussex - 1 - - 1
Kent - 1 £675 - 1
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England

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (5.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.02%) IIS
4 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.68%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.68%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.37%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.02%) SAP GRC
3 3 (1.02%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.68%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.24%) Azure
2 27 (9.22%) AWS
3 14 (4.78%) IaaS
4 13 (4.44%) PaaS
5 12 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.10%) OpenShift
6 10 (3.41%) GCP
7 9 (3.07%) SaaS
8 7 (2.39%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.02%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.83%) Firewall
2 19 (6.48%) DNS
3 16 (5.46%) DHCP
4 14 (4.78%) VPN
5 10 (3.41%) Network Security
6 9 (3.07%) SSL
7 8 (2.73%) SMTP
8 7 (2.39%) BGP
8 7 (2.39%) LAN
8 7 (2.39%) OSPF
9 6 (2.05%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (2.05%) iSCSI
9 6 (2.05%) Junos
9 6 (2.05%) VSAN
10 5 (1.71%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (1.71%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.71%) WAN
11 4 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.73%) Big Data
2 8 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.02%) SAP BW
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.75%) TestRail
2 5 (1.71%) Git
2 5 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.37%) JIRA
3 4 (1.37%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.02%) MSI
5 2 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
General
1 78 (26.62%) Public Sector
2 50 (17.06%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.68%) Finance
4 36 (12.29%) Telecoms
5 32 (10.92%) Manufacturing
6 28 (9.56%) Electronics
6 28 (9.56%) Marketing
7 18 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.41%) Military
9 8 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Billing
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Automotive
12 1 (0.34%) Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Legal
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (29.01%) Architect
2 47 (16.04%) Senior
3 27 (9.22%) Active Directory Architect
4 23 (7.85%) Analyst
5 22 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (6.14%) Infrastructure Architect
6 18 (6.14%) Network Engineer
7 16 (5.46%) Security Specialist
8 14 (4.78%) Consultant
8 14 (4.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 13 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (4.44%) Information Security Specialist
9 13 (4.44%) Information Specialist
9 13 (4.44%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 13 (4.44%) Senior Security Specialist
9 13 (4.44%) Test Analyst
10 12 (4.10%) Senior Information Security Specialist
11 11 (3.75%) Lead
11 11 (3.75%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.41%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (1.71%) JBoss Seam
2 4 (1.37%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.37%) SOAP
2 4 (1.37%) XML
3 3 (1.02%) React
3 3 (1.02%) Web Services
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.34%) Middleware
5 1 (0.34%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.53%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.19%) PKI
3 20 (6.83%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.73%) Clustering
5 8 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.39%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.02%) CSOC
9 3 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.02%) Replication
9 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.68%) CESG
10 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.68%) PMI
11 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.34%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.34%) Derivative
11 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 85 (29.01%) Windows
2 41 (13.99%) Linux
3 39 (13.31%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.78%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.05%) CentOS
8 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.02%) Solaris
11 2 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.68%) Unix
11 2 (0.68%) VMS
11 2 (0.68%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.34%) AIX
12 1 (0.34%) Android
12 1 (0.34%) HPUX
12 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.65%) Agile
2 35 (11.95%) Test Automation
3 32 (10.92%) DevOps
4 31 (10.58%) Identity Access Management
5 30 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
6 29 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (9.90%) Programme Management
7 28 (9.56%) Digital Marketing
8 26 (8.87%) Risk Management
9 25 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (7.85%) Risk Assessment
11 22 (7.51%) ITIL
12 21 (7.17%) Security Architecture
13 20 (6.83%) Decision-Making
13 20 (6.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 18 (6.14%) Migration
14 18 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (5.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 16 (5.46%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.21%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.48%) Python
2 19 (6.48%) SQL
3 7 (2.39%) VBScript
4 6 (2.05%) ABAP
4 6 (2.05%) VB
5 4 (1.37%) Java
6 3 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.68%) Bash
8 1 (0.34%) Bicep
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) Go
8 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 293 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (17.06%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.12%) Degree
4 14 (4.78%) CISM
5 13 (4.44%) CCNP
5 13 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.10%) ISTQB
6 12 (4.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (3.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (2.73%) CCNA
8 8 (2.73%) MCSE
8 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.39%) JNCIS
10 6 (2.05%) CISSP
11 4 (1.37%) VCP5
11 4 (1.37%) VCP6
12 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.02%) PMP
12 3 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (1.02%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.48%) NCSC
2 18 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.46%) NIST
4 11 (3.75%) SLA
5 7 (2.39%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.02%) GRC
7 3 (1.02%) P3O
7 3 (1.02%) PMO
7 3 (1.02%) QA
8 2 (0.68%) COBIT
8 2 (0.68%) GDPR
9 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (22.53%) Active Directory
2 36 (12.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (8.87%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (4.78%) vSphere
5 13 (4.44%) Docker
6 11 (3.75%) Hyper-V
6 11 (3.75%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (3.75%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.73%) BitLocker
7 8 (2.73%) Terminal Services
8 5 (1.71%) NFS
9 2 (0.68%) Brightmail
9 2 (0.68%) ISA Server
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (8.87%) Ansible
2 19 (6.48%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.14%) vCenter Server
4 14 (4.78%) Terraform
5 9 (3.07%) Puppet
6 8 (2.73%) Nagios
6 8 (2.73%) SCCM
6 8 (2.73%) vMotion
7 7 (2.39%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.37%) Nessus
8 4 (1.37%) SCOM
8 4 (1.37%) vRealize
8 4 (1.37%) WSUS
9 3 (1.02%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 3 (1.02%) WMI
10 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 56 (19.11%) VMware
2 41 (13.99%) SAP
3 31 (10.58%) Microsoft
4 25 (8.53%) Cisco
5 20 (6.83%) Juniper
6 13 (4.44%) Citrix
6 13 (4.44%) Oracle
7 11 (3.75%) HP
7 11 (3.75%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.41%) Dell
9 9 (3.07%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.07%) Wyse
10 8 (2.73%) Fujitsu
10 8 (2.73%) Google
10 8 (2.73%) Splunk
10 8 (2.73%) Symantec
11 6 (2.05%) F5
12 5 (1.71%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.71%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.71%) Veeam