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 6 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 378 267 769
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.62% 14.56% 23.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.74% 27.61% 44.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 179 543
10th Percentile £380 £462 £440
25th Percentile £513 £519 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £675
90th Percentile £745 £745 £750
England median daily rate £600 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 19
10th Percentile £21.90 £50.08 £57.11
25th Percentile - £78.70 £60.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +8.11% -5.13%
75th Percentile £68.00 £82.96 £76.25
90th Percentile £76.75 £83.43 £85.00
England median hourly rate £48.84 £76.85 £71.00
% change year-on-year -36.45% +8.24% -5.33%

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 1,528 967 1,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.95% 52.73% 53.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 598 1,123
10th Percentile £339 £214 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - -4.89%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.32% -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 105 196
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £21.01 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £30.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.59% -53.46% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £77.75
England median hourly rate £53.90 £28.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.27% -33.69% -22.73%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 0 179 £575 -1.92% 37
Gloucestershire -1 73 £588 -9.62% 95
Bristol -13 53 £525 -8.70% 19
Somerset +14 42 £650 +6.12% 24
Dorset -9 7 £800 +45.45% 2
Devon - 4 £595 -
Cornwall - 1 - - 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 10 (2.65%) Confluence
2 9 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.59%) Mattermost
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.53%) nginx
5 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.64%) Azure
2 43 (11.38%) AWS
3 17 (4.50%) GCP
4 15 (3.97%) GitHub
4 15 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.38%) Serverless
6 7 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (1.06%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (1.06%) OCI
8 4 (1.06%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.53%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.53%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.53%) SaaS
10 2 (0.53%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.23%) Firewall
2 12 (3.17%) DNS
3 11 (2.91%) Network Security
4 8 (2.12%) DHCP
5 7 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (1.59%) SAN
6 6 (1.59%) SNMP
7 5 (1.32%) BGP
7 5 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (1.32%) Skype
7 5 (1.32%) VPN
8 4 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.06%) MPLS
8 4 (1.06%) TACACS
8 4 (1.06%) VoIP
9 3 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.79%) VLAN
9 3 (0.79%) WAN
10 2 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.38%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.06%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.06%) Redis
5 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (0.79%) MySQL
5 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) Power BI
6 1 (0.26%) Big Data
6 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.26%) Metadata
6 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (5.82%) JIRA
2 9 (2.38%) GitLab
3 6 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.79%) Git
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) GoCD
5 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (16.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.26%) Public Sector
3 19 (5.03%) Military
4 16 (4.23%) Finance
5 13 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.32%) Police
8 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.79%) Local Government
9 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.53%) Electronics
10 2 (0.53%) Legal
10 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Back Office
11 1 (0.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (12.43%) Lead
2 37 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (9.26%) Architect
4 28 (7.41%) Analyst
5 24 (6.35%) Consultant
5 24 (6.35%) Senior
6 21 (5.56%) Service Manager
7 19 (5.03%) Developer
8 18 (4.76%) DBA
9 17 (4.50%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.44%) Project Officer
10 13 (3.44%) Technical Architect
10 13 (3.44%) Tester
11 12 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (3.17%) Oracle DBA
12 11 (2.91%) DV Cleared DBA
12 11 (2.91%) Project Control Officer
12 11 (2.91%) SOC Analyst
12 11 (2.91%) SQL DBA
13 10 (2.65%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.76%) REST
2 9 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (2.38%) Spring
2 9 (2.38%) Spring Boot
3 7 (1.85%) SOAP
4 6 (1.59%) LDAP
4 6 (1.59%) WebSockets
5 5 (1.32%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.32%) Flask
5 5 (1.32%) XML
6 4 (1.06%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.06%) gRPC
6 4 (1.06%) Keycloak
6 4 (1.06%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.06%) React
6 4 (1.06%) RESTful
7 3 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.79%) Node.js
8 2 (0.53%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.53%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.97%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.65%) CMDB
2 10 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (2.65%) Virtual Team
3 8 (2.12%) PKI
4 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.59%) CSOC
5 6 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.32%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.32%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Replication
9 2 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.53%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.08%) Windows
2 39 (10.32%) Linux
3 25 (6.61%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.59%) AIX
6 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.79%) Android
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
8 2 (0.53%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) Rocky
9 1 (0.26%) SUSE
9 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (13.76%) ITIL
2 51 (13.49%) Agile
3 47 (12.43%) Project Delivery
4 43 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (10.05%) DevOps
5 38 (10.05%) Service Management
6 36 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (7.67%) ITSM
9 27 (7.14%) CI/CD
10 25 (6.61%) Containerisation
10 25 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (6.61%) SIEM
10 25 (6.61%) Test Scripting
11 24 (6.35%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (6.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (5.56%) Incident Response
13 21 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (5.29%) Impact Assessments
14 20 (5.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.32%) Python
2 29 (7.67%) SQL
3 26 (6.88%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.70%) Java
5 13 (3.44%) Bash
6 6 (1.59%) Go
6 6 (1.59%) Search Processing Language
7 4 (1.06%) Perl
7 4 (1.06%) PHP
8 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.53%) C++
10 1 (0.26%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.26%) Bicep
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) C#
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 378 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 125 (33.07%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.70%) CISSP
4 13 (3.44%) Degree
5 8 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (1.85%) CISM
7 6 (1.59%) SANS
8 5 (1.32%) GIAC
8 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.06%) APMG
9 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.06%) CCNP
9 4 (1.06%) CEH
9 4 (1.06%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (1.06%) GSEC
9 4 (1.06%) SSCP
10 3 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.79%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.67%) QA
2 19 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.23%) NIST
4 11 (2.91%) JSP 440
4 11 (2.91%) PMO
5 8 (2.12%) RMADS
6 7 (1.85%) ISO 9000
7 6 (1.59%) NCSC
7 6 (1.59%) SLA
8 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.53%) GDPR
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 29 (7.67%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.08%) Docker
3 20 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.17%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.85%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.06%) vSphere
8 3 (0.79%) NFS
8 3 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.53%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 33 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.56%) Terraform
3 20 (5.29%) Ansible
4 8 (2.12%) Grafana
4 8 (2.12%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.85%) Nagios
5 7 (1.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (1.85%) SCCM
5 7 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.85%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.59%) VxRail
7 5 (1.32%) Data Guard
7 5 (1.32%) Netcool
7 5 (1.32%) SCOM
7 5 (1.32%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.32%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.06%) OpenView
8 4 (1.06%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (1.06%) vRealize
Vendors
1 52 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.47%) VMware
3 21 (5.56%) Oracle
4 18 (4.76%) Cisco
5 14 (3.70%) Remedy
6 12 (3.17%) Splunk
7 11 (2.91%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.38%) Google
8 9 (2.38%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.85%) BMC
9 7 (1.85%) HP
9 7 (1.85%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.59%) Clearswift
10 6 (1.59%) Dell
10 6 (1.59%) Tanium
10 6 (1.59%) Trend Micro
11 5 (1.32%) IBM
12 4 (1.06%) ArcSight
12 4 (1.06%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.06%) Thales