DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in the South West

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 392 263 732
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 11.01% 14.05% 23.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.62% 27.00% 43.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 174 508
10th Percentile £380 £459 £446
25th Percentile £513 £519 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -6.56%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £745 £738 £750
England median daily rate £600 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 5 20
10th Percentile £27.60 £50.08 £55.70
25th Percentile £35.00 £78.70 £60.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £80.00 £70.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +13.07% -9.29%
75th Percentile £92.53 £82.96 £75.63
90th Percentile £100.00 £83.43 £85.00
England median hourly rate £60.33 £65.00 £71.75
% change year-on-year -7.18% -9.40% -4.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,530 974 1,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.99% 52.03% 53.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 598 1,075
10th Percentile £334 £220 £366
25th Percentile £438 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £621 £640 £656
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.28% -2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 106 195
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.28 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.03% -61.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £72.54 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.25 £74.38 £77.80
England median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +103.77% -38.37% -22.17%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the South West

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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
Wiltshire 0 167 £575 -2.13% 20
Gloucestershire -2 73 £581 -8.82% 73
Somerset +15 69 £650 +6.12% 15
Bristol -19 51 £525 -6.67% 12
Dorset -9 6 £800 +45.45% 4
Devon - 4 £595 -
Cornwall - 1 - -
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.59%) Confluence
2 9 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.53%) Mattermost
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.77%) Apache
5 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.54%) AWS
2 54 (13.78%) Azure
3 18 (4.59%) GCP
4 12 (3.06%) GitHub
4 12 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.30%) Serverless
7 6 (1.53%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.77%) OCI
10 3 (0.77%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.51%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.51%) Google Gemini
11 2 (0.51%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.91%) Firewall
2 23 (5.87%) DNS
3 20 (5.10%) DHCP
4 18 (4.59%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.06%) Network Security
6 11 (2.81%) BGP
7 10 (2.55%) VSAN
8 7 (1.79%) MPLS
8 7 (1.79%) VPN
9 6 (1.53%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (1.53%) SAN
9 6 (1.53%) SNMP
9 6 (1.53%) VLAN
9 6 (1.53%) WAN
10 5 (1.28%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.28%) Skype
11 4 (1.02%) LAN
11 4 (1.02%) OSPF
11 4 (1.02%) VoIP
12 3 (0.77%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.04%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.02%) Metadata
4 4 (1.02%) Redis
5 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.77%) Power BI
6 2 (0.51%) Big Data
6 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.26%) Dremio
7 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (7.91%) JIRA
2 10 (2.55%) GitLab
3 7 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.77%) Git
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 73 (18.62%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.69%) Public Sector
3 20 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (5.10%) Military
4 15 (3.83%) Finance
5 6 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.28%) Police
7 3 (0.77%) Local Government
8 2 (0.51%) Legal
8 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.26%) Advertising
9 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.26%) Back Office
9 1 (0.26%) Law
9 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (15.31%) Lead
2 39 (9.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (9.18%) Architect
4 33 (8.42%) Senior
5 29 (7.40%) Analyst
6 26 (6.63%) Developer
7 24 (6.12%) Consultant
8 19 (4.85%) Service Manager
9 18 (4.59%) Network Engineer
10 15 (3.83%) DBA
11 14 (3.57%) Project Officer
11 14 (3.57%) Software Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Project Control Officer
12 12 (3.06%) SOC Analyst
12 12 (3.06%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
13 11 (2.81%) DV Cleared DBA
13 11 (2.81%) SQL DBA
14 10 (2.55%) Data Engineer
14 10 (2.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.85%) REST
2 9 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (2.30%) Spring
2 9 (2.30%) Spring Boot
3 7 (1.79%) SOAP
4 6 (1.53%) LDAP
4 6 (1.53%) WebSockets
5 5 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (1.28%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.28%) Flask
5 5 (1.28%) XML
6 4 (1.02%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.02%) gRPC
6 4 (1.02%) React
6 4 (1.02%) RESTful
7 3 (0.77%) Kafka
7 3 (0.77%) Node.js
8 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.51%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.34%) PKI
2 16 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.06%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.06%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.81%) CMDB
4 11 (2.81%) Virtual Team
5 10 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (1.53%) CSOC
6 6 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.28%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.02%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.77%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.51%) Clustering
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.51%) Replication
10 2 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.09%) Windows
2 51 (13.01%) Linux
3 20 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.04%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.53%) AIX
7 4 (1.02%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.77%) Android
9 2 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Rocky
10 1 (0.26%) SUSE
10 1 (0.26%) Unix
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (13.52%) ITIL
2 52 (13.27%) Agile
3 50 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 45 (11.48%) Service Management
5 41 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (10.46%) DevOps
5 41 (10.46%) Project Delivery
5 41 (10.46%) Technical Leadership
6 40 (10.20%) CI/CD
7 39 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (8.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (8.93%) SIEM
9 30 (7.65%) Containerisation
9 30 (7.65%) Mentoring
10 28 (7.14%) ITSM
11 24 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (5.61%) Platform Engineering
12 22 (5.61%) Test Scripting
13 21 (5.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.27%) Python
2 35 (8.93%) PowerShell
3 28 (7.14%) SQL
4 26 (6.63%) Bash
5 17 (4.34%) Java
6 6 (1.53%) Go
6 6 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
7 4 (1.02%) Perl
8 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) PHP
8 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.51%) C#
9 2 (0.51%) C++
9 2 (0.51%) Groovy
9 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 392 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 130 (33.16%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.06%) CISSP
3 12 (3.06%) Degree
4 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.79%) CISM
5 7 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.53%) SANS
7 5 (1.28%) VCAP
8 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.02%) CCNP
8 4 (1.02%) CEH
8 4 (1.02%) GIAC
8 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.77%) APMG
9 3 (0.77%) GSEC
9 3 (0.77%) SSCP
9 3 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.40%) QA
2 18 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.83%) NIST
4 12 (3.06%) PMO
5 10 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.30%) JSP 440
7 7 (1.79%) ISO 9000
8 6 (1.53%) NCSC
8 6 (1.53%) RMADS
9 5 (1.28%) SLA
10 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.51%) GDPR
12 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 40 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 34 (8.67%) Docker
3 32 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (5.10%) Hyper-V
5 17 (4.34%) VMware NSX
6 13 (3.32%) vSphere
7 7 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.77%) KVM
8 3 (0.77%) NFS
9 1 (0.26%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 44 (11.22%) Kubernetes
2 37 (9.44%) Ansible
3 36 (9.18%) Terraform
4 9 (2.30%) SCCM
5 8 (2.04%) Grafana
5 8 (2.04%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.79%) Nagios
6 7 (1.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 7 (1.79%) VxRail
6 7 (1.79%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.28%) Netcool
7 5 (1.28%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.02%) OpenView
8 4 (1.02%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (1.02%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.77%) Podman
9 3 (0.77%) QRadar
9 3 (0.77%) SCOM
9 3 (0.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 53 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.69%) VMware
3 21 (5.36%) Cisco
4 17 (4.34%) Oracle
5 14 (3.57%) Remedy
6 12 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.06%) Splunk
7 11 (2.81%) Google
8 9 (2.30%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.30%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.79%) BMC
9 7 (1.79%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.79%) HP
10 6 (1.53%) Clearswift
10 6 (1.53%) IBM
10 6 (1.53%) Tanium
10 6 (1.53%) Trend Micro
11 4 (1.02%) ArcSight
12 3 (0.77%) Apple
12 3 (0.77%) NetApp