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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +32
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 334 914 479
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 10.36% 16.00% 8.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.91% 35.94% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 669 323
10th Percentile £463 £425 £409
25th Percentile £525 £525 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £721
England median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 81 25
10th Percentile £57.14 £51.52 £54.56
25th Percentile £63.06 £56.65 £60.00
Median hourly rate £85.75 £71.17 £72.33
Median % change year-on-year +20.49% -1.61% +9.59%
75th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile £89.23 £100.00 £79.19
England median hourly rate £79.35 £71.17 £75.00
% change year-on-year +11.50% -5.11% +3.45%

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 1,289 2,543 2,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 39.97% 44.52% 36.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 1,482 1,323
10th Percentile £263 £351 £305
25th Percentile £406 £450 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £615
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 222 127
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.10
25th Percentile £25.15 £27.55 £42.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.18% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.21 £71.80
90th Percentile £79.44 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.76%

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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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -2 204 £575 -8.00% 135
Thames Valley -14 127 £600 -0.83% 37
Berkshire -16 112 £625 +3.31% 27
Buckinghamshire -19 13 £560 +12.00% 9
Surrey +24 2 £550 -35.29% 26
Oxfordshire +2 2 £462 - 4
West Sussex +6 1 - - 2
Kent - 1 £675 - 4
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England

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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 22 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.69%) Apache
3 7 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.50%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (1.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (1.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (1.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.50%) IIS
4 5 (1.50%) Office Communications Server
4 5 (1.50%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (1.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 26 (7.78%) AWS
2 23 (6.89%) Azure
3 11 (3.29%) IaaS
4 10 (2.99%) GCP
5 9 (2.69%) PaaS
6 8 (2.40%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.50%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.90%) AWS KMS
10 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.60%) SaaS
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.08%) Firewall
2 20 (5.99%) DNS
3 18 (5.39%) VPN
4 15 (4.49%) LAN
5 14 (4.19%) DHCP
6 12 (3.59%) Fibre Channel
6 12 (3.59%) iSCSI
6 12 (3.59%) SMTP
7 10 (2.99%) Junos
8 9 (2.69%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (2.69%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.69%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (2.69%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (2.10%) Network Security
9 7 (2.10%) SAN
10 5 (1.50%) DDNS
10 5 (1.50%) SSL
11 3 (0.90%) BGP
11 3 (0.90%) OSPF
11 3 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (2.40%) Big Data
1 8 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (4.19%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.99%) JIRA
2 10 (2.99%) SoapUI
3 8 (2.40%) MSI
3 8 (2.40%) TestRail
4 7 (2.10%) Git
5 4 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.20%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.90%) GitLab
General
1 78 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 69 (20.66%) Public Sector
3 43 (12.87%) Finance
4 32 (9.58%) Telecoms
5 26 (7.78%) Manufacturing
6 24 (7.19%) Electronics
6 24 (7.19%) Marketing
7 17 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.99%) Military
10 5 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Billing
13 1 (0.30%) Automotive
13 1 (0.30%) Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (30.84%) Architect
2 41 (12.28%) Senior
3 28 (8.38%) Active Directory Architect
4 27 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (6.89%) Infrastructure Architect
6 21 (6.29%) Analyst
6 21 (6.29%) Network Architect
7 20 (5.99%) Network Engineer
7 20 (5.99%) VMware Architect
8 19 (5.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 19 (5.69%) Support Engineer
9 17 (5.09%) Consultant
9 17 (5.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 16 (4.79%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.89%) Lead
11 13 (3.89%) Security Architect
12 12 (3.59%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (3.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (3.59%) Tester
13 11 (3.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.99%) SOAP
1 10 (2.99%) XML
2 8 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (2.40%) JBoss Seam
3 4 (1.20%) YAML
4 3 (0.90%) Web Services
5 2 (0.60%) JSON
5 2 (0.60%) React
6 1 (0.30%) ADO
6 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.30%) Middleware
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.68%) PKI
2 28 (8.38%) Management Information System
3 25 (7.49%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.09%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.40%) Clustering
7 6 (1.80%) Replication
8 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.90%) CESG
10 2 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.60%) PMI
10 2 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.30%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.30%) CMDB
11 1 (0.30%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.30%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.30%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (29.04%) Windows
2 46 (13.77%) Windows Server
3 33 (9.88%) Linux
4 17 (5.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (4.79%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (2.40%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.50%) CentOS
8 5 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.60%) Debian
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.60%) Solaris
10 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.60%) VMS
11 1 (0.30%) Android
11 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.30%) Unix
11 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (32.34%) Agile
2 47 (14.07%) Test Automation
3 39 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (10.78%) Risk Management
5 35 (10.48%) DevOps
5 35 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 33 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (8.08%) Programme Management
9 26 (7.78%) Identity Access Management
9 26 (7.78%) Security Architecture
10 25 (7.49%) Risk Assessment
11 24 (7.19%) Digital Marketing
12 23 (6.89%) Decision-Making
12 23 (6.89%) Project Management
12 23 (6.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 22 (6.59%) Migration
14 20 (5.99%) ITIL
15 19 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (21.56%) PowerShell
2 23 (6.89%) SQL
3 21 (6.29%) Python
4 10 (2.99%) Java
4 10 (2.99%) VB
5 5 (1.50%) PHP
6 2 (0.60%) C#
6 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.60%) VBScript
7 1 (0.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 334 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.69%) Degree
4 13 (3.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (3.59%) MCSE
5 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.29%) CISSP
7 10 (2.99%) CCNP
7 10 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.99%) VCP5
7 10 (2.99%) VCP6
8 9 (2.69%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (2.10%) CCNA
9 7 (2.10%) JNCIS
10 6 (1.80%) CISM
11 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.90%) PMP
11 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.90%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.79%) NCSC
1 16 (4.79%) NIST
2 14 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.29%) SLA
4 7 (2.10%) NIST 800
5 6 (1.80%) PMO
6 4 (1.20%) QA
6 4 (1.20%) RMADS
7 3 (0.90%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.90%) P3O
System Software
1 71 (21.26%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.57%) VMware ESXi
3 38 (11.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.59%) vSphere
5 12 (3.59%) NFS
6 11 (3.29%) Docker
7 10 (2.99%) Hyper-V
8 9 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (2.40%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.40%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.50%) Brightmail
10 5 (1.50%) ISA Server
10 5 (1.50%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (9.58%) Ansible
2 16 (4.79%) Terraform
3 14 (4.19%) vCenter Server
4 12 (3.59%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.59%) SCCM
5 9 (2.69%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.69%) SCOM
6 8 (2.40%) Nagios
6 8 (2.40%) Puppet
6 8 (2.40%) vMotion
7 7 (2.10%) WMI
8 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.90%) vRealize
10 2 (0.60%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.60%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 2 (0.60%) WSUS
11 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 66 (19.76%) VMware
2 42 (12.57%) Microsoft
3 38 (11.38%) Cisco
4 30 (8.98%) Juniper
5 27 (8.08%) SAP
6 17 (5.09%) Citrix
7 15 (4.49%) Splunk
8 13 (3.89%) Veeam
9 12 (3.59%) Dell
9 12 (3.59%) NetApp
10 11 (3.29%) Wyse
11 9 (2.69%) F5
11 9 (2.69%) Fujitsu
11 9 (2.69%) HP
12 8 (2.40%) Darktrace
12 8 (2.40%) Google
12 8 (2.40%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.40%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.40%) Symantec
13 7 (2.10%) Oracle