DV Cleared Contracts in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 19 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 +36 -9
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 864 491 332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.57% 8.52% 4.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.88% 22.79% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 380 243
10th Percentile £402 £400 £408
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +19.57%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £775 £721 £700
England median daily rate £600 £600 £563
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 19 0
10th Percentile £51.52 £55.67 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.39 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.29% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £76.99 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.85 -
England median hourly rate £70.39 £74.79 £69.53
% change year-on-year -5.88% +7.57% +39.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,477 2,154 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.65% 37.38% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 1,420 1,587
10th Percentile £315 £305 £308
25th Percentile £440 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £738 £706 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 143 87
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.20 £19.22
25th Percentile £27.12 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +30.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67.01 £68.75 £56.77
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.00 £68.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
% change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +1.34%

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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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +5 437 £625 +8.70% 56
Thames Valley +14 410 £575 +4.55% 29
Berkshire +22 332 £575 -7.26% 27
Buckinghamshire +2 77 £550 +12.18% 2
Surrey +2 11 £850 +47.83% 8
M4 Corridor - 5 £540 -
West Sussex - 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
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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 24 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 50 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.58%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.58%) Simulink
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.43%) Primavera
2 17 (1.97%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.93%) SAP EWM
4 7 (0.81%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.35%) SAP PLM
5 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 105 (12.15%) Azure
2 30 (3.47%) AWS
3 27 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 17 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (1.97%) Azure Storage
6 16 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.62%) OCI
8 6 (0.69%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 96 (11.11%) Firewall
2 54 (6.25%) DNS
3 44 (5.09%) DHCP
4 38 (4.40%) LAN
5 35 (4.05%) SSL
6 29 (3.36%) WAN
7 28 (3.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 27 (3.13%) SAN
9 26 (3.01%) BGP
10 21 (2.43%) Network Security
11 20 (2.31%) OSPF
12 18 (2.08%) DMVPN
12 18 (2.08%) EIGRP
13 17 (1.97%) TCP/IP
14 15 (1.74%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
17 6 (0.69%) MPLS
17 6 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
18 5 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.35%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 21 (2.43%) TestRail
2 8 (0.93%) Robot Framework
3 6 (0.69%) Selenium
4 3 (0.35%) JIRA
4 3 (0.35%) MSI
5 2 (0.23%) GitLab
5 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.12%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
General
1 181 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 129 (14.93%) Public Sector
3 50 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (2.20%) Military
6 16 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (1.74%) Finance
8 12 (1.39%) Aviation
8 12 (1.39%) Telecoms
9 8 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.35%) Electronics
11 3 (0.35%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.23%) Marketing
13 1 (0.12%) Advertising
13 1 (0.12%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 255 (29.51%) Architect
2 70 (8.10%) Senior
3 60 (6.94%) Consultant
4 54 (6.25%) Analyst
5 53 (6.13%) Infrastructure Architect
6 51 (5.90%) Security Architect
7 42 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 41 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (4.40%) Network Architect
10 36 (4.17%) Network Engineer
11 34 (3.94%) Support Specialist
12 33 (3.82%) SAP Consultant
13 30 (3.47%) Service Architect
14 29 (3.36%) Active Directory Support
14 29 (3.36%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 29 (3.36%) Lead
15 28 (3.24%) Administrator
15 28 (3.24%) Azure Specialist
16 27 (3.13%) Active Directory Specialist
16 27 (3.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.55%) Web Services
2 16 (1.85%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.39%) Itk
4 2 (0.23%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.12%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 89 (10.30%) PKI
2 38 (4.40%) Cyber Defence
3 34 (3.94%) Driving Licence
4 32 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 28 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (2.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 22 (2.55%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.08%) Client/Server
9 9 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.04%) Private Cloud
10 7 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.69%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.35%) CMDB
12 3 (0.35%) FPGA
12 3 (0.35%) iPad
12 3 (0.35%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.35%) VHDL
13 2 (0.23%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 193 (22.34%) Windows
2 97 (11.23%) Windows Server
3 88 (10.19%) Linux
4 83 (9.61%) Windows 10
5 62 (7.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 59 (6.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 39 (4.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 34 (3.94%) Windows 7
9 29 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (2.43%) Windows NT
11 14 (1.62%) Windows XP
12 11 (1.27%) Debian
13 10 (1.16%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.23%) Unix
15 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (16.32%) Agile
2 126 (14.58%) ITIL
3 98 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (10.07%) DevOps
5 80 (9.26%) Service Management
6 74 (8.56%) Customer Service
7 60 (6.94%) SIEM
8 59 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 51 (5.90%) Release Management
10 48 (5.56%) Project Management
11 44 (5.09%) Prototyping
12 42 (4.86%) Security Architecture
13 35 (4.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (3.94%) Project Delivery
15 31 (3.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 30 (3.47%) Customer Requirements
16 30 (3.47%) GAP Analysis
16 30 (3.47%) Test Automation
17 29 (3.36%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.00%) PowerShell
2 60 (6.94%) Python
3 35 (4.05%) VBScript
4 20 (2.31%) Java
5 19 (2.20%) C#
6 17 (1.97%) VB
7 16 (1.85%) Bicep
8 13 (1.50%) C
9 11 (1.27%) C++
9 11 (1.27%) SQL
10 5 (0.58%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.35%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.35%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.12%) Ada
12 1 (0.12%) Bash
12 1 (0.12%) Go
12 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 864 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 195 (22.57%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.30%) Degree
4 34 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (3.47%) CCNP
6 21 (2.43%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 18 (2.08%) CCNA
8 17 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (0.93%) CISM
10 6 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.35%) PMP
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.23%) CISSP
13 2 (0.23%) ISEB
13 2 (0.23%) MCSE
13 2 (0.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.89%) NIST
2 24 (2.78%) QA
3 22 (2.55%) NCSC
4 19 (2.20%) NIST 800
5 18 (2.08%) RMADS
6 11 (1.27%) SLA
7 9 (1.04%) PMO
8 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.23%) GDPR
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.12%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 125 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 59 (6.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (4.40%) Firmware
4 23 (2.66%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.39%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.69%) Docker
9 3 (0.35%) vSphere
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) UAG
10 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 102 (11.81%) SCCM
2 62 (7.18%) WSUS
3 36 (4.17%) SCOM
4 26 (3.01%) Ansible
5 22 (2.55%) Terraform
6 21 (2.43%) Sysprep
7 20 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.20%) FortiGate
8 19 (2.20%) Kubernetes
9 18 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
10 17 (1.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 16 (1.85%) vCenter Server
12 14 (1.62%) NetBackup
13 12 (1.39%) Nessus
14 5 (0.58%) Endace
14 5 (0.58%) WMI
15 4 (0.46%) vRealize
16 3 (0.35%) MOM
16 3 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 222 (25.69%) Microsoft
2 94 (10.88%) VMware
3 91 (10.53%) Juniper
4 75 (8.68%) Cisco
5 54 (6.25%) HP
6 38 (4.40%) SAP
7 35 (4.05%) Palo Alto
8 26 (3.01%) Dell
9 24 (2.78%) Oracle
10 20 (2.31%) Fortinet
11 19 (2.20%) EMC
12 17 (1.97%) Veeam
13 16 (1.85%) ArcSight
14 15 (1.74%) Symantec
15 14 (1.62%) 3PAR
15 14 (1.62%) Extreme Networks
16 13 (1.50%) ServiceNow
17 12 (1.39%) Red Hat
17 12 (1.39%) ScienceLogic
18 7 (0.81%) F5