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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 394 272 769
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.98% 14.61% 23.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.44% 27.84% 44.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 183 542
10th Percentile £380 £463 £450
25th Percentile £513 £522 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -6.08%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
England median daily rate £600 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 22
10th Percentile £23.82 £50.08 £56.14
25th Percentile £35.00 £78.70 £60.75
Median hourly rate £47.67 £80.00 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.42% +12.68% -8.97%
75th Percentile £75.20 £82.96 £74.86
90th Percentile £94.77 £83.43 £85.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £75.00 £70.70
% change year-on-year -28.00% +6.09% -5.74%

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 1,549 977 1,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.17% 52.47% 53.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 605 1,120
10th Percentile £340 £217 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.89%
75th Percentile £619 £640 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 107 199
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £21.66 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £28.55 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.88% -56.08% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £82.56 £74.25 £77.60
England median hourly rate £53.00 £27.76 £42.50
% change year-on-year +90.92% -34.68% -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 0 184 £565 -3.83% 30
Gloucestershire -3 72 £575 -11.54% 134
Somerset +16 54 £650 +6.12% 53
Bristol -13 52 £525 -8.70% 34
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 17 (4.31%) Confluence
2 9 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.52%) Mattermost
4 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 2 (0.51%) nginx
5 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (3.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.94%) AWS
2 49 (12.44%) Azure
3 16 (4.06%) GCP
4 15 (3.81%) GitHub
4 15 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.28%) Serverless
6 8 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (1.02%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.02%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (1.02%) OCI
8 4 (1.02%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.76%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.51%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.51%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.51%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.60%) Firewall
2 18 (4.57%) DNS
3 14 (3.55%) DHCP
4 13 (3.30%) Network Security
5 12 (3.05%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.54%) BGP
7 8 (2.03%) VPN
8 7 (1.78%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (1.78%) VSAN
9 6 (1.52%) MPLS
9 6 (1.52%) SAN
9 6 (1.52%) SNMP
9 6 (1.52%) VLAN
10 5 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.27%) Skype
10 5 (1.27%) WAN
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.02%) OSPF
11 4 (1.02%) TACACS
11 4 (1.02%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.28%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.02%) Redis
5 3 (0.76%) Metadata
5 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.76%) Power BI
6 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.51%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.25%) Big Data
7 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (7.36%) JIRA
2 9 (2.28%) GitLab
3 6 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.76%) Git
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) GoCD
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (18.02%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.90%) Public Sector
3 20 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.82%) Military
5 15 (3.81%) Finance
6 7 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.27%) Police
8 3 (0.76%) Local Government
9 2 (0.51%) Legal
9 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.25%) Advertising
10 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.25%) Back Office
10 1 (0.25%) Electronics
10 1 (0.25%) Law
10 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (14.21%) Lead
2 42 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (8.38%) Architect
4 29 (7.36%) Senior
5 28 (7.11%) Analyst
6 24 (6.09%) Consultant
7 23 (5.84%) Developer
8 21 (5.33%) Service Manager
9 16 (4.06%) DBA
10 15 (3.81%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.30%) Network Engineer
11 13 (3.30%) Project Officer
11 13 (3.30%) Tester
12 12 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
12 12 (3.05%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.79%) DV Cleared DBA
13 11 (2.79%) Project Control Officer
13 11 (2.79%) SOC Analyst
13 11 (2.79%) SQL DBA
14 10 (2.54%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.57%) REST
2 9 (2.28%) Spring
2 9 (2.28%) Spring Boot
3 8 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.78%) SOAP
5 6 (1.52%) LDAP
5 6 (1.52%) WebSockets
6 5 (1.27%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (1.27%) FastAPI
6 5 (1.27%) Flask
6 5 (1.27%) XML
7 4 (1.02%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.02%) gRPC
7 4 (1.02%) Keycloak
7 4 (1.02%) React
7 4 (1.02%) RESTful
8 3 (0.76%) Node.js
9 2 (0.51%) OpenID
9 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.81%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.05%) PKI
3 11 (2.79%) CMDB
4 10 (2.54%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.54%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.52%) CSOC
6 6 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.27%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.76%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.76%) Replication
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.25%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 66 (16.75%) Windows
2 47 (11.93%) Linux
3 25 (6.35%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.52%) AIX
7 5 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.76%) Android
9 2 (0.51%) CentOS
9 2 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Rocky
10 1 (0.25%) SUSE
10 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (14.21%) ITIL
2 55 (13.96%) Agile
3 49 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (11.42%) Project Delivery
6 42 (10.66%) Service Management
7 39 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (9.64%) DevOps
9 34 (8.63%) CI/CD
10 32 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (7.61%) SIEM
12 29 (7.36%) ITSM
12 29 (7.36%) Test Scripting
13 28 (7.11%) Containerisation
14 26 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (6.35%) Mentoring
16 24 (6.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (5.33%) Incident Response
18 20 (5.08%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.42%) Python
2 32 (8.12%) PowerShell
3 28 (7.11%) SQL
4 19 (4.82%) Bash
5 16 (4.06%) Java
6 6 (1.52%) Go
6 6 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
7 4 (1.02%) Perl
7 4 (1.02%) PHP
8 3 (0.76%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.76%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.51%) C++
9 2 (0.51%) Groovy
10 1 (0.25%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.25%) Bicep
10 1 (0.25%) C
10 1 (0.25%) C#
10 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 394 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 128 (32.49%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.30%) Degree
4 12 (3.05%) CISSP
5 8 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (1.78%) CISM
7 6 (1.52%) SANS
8 5 (1.27%) GIAC
8 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.02%) APMG
9 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.02%) CCNP
9 4 (1.02%) CEH
9 4 (1.02%) GSEC
9 4 (1.02%) SSCP
10 3 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.76%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.88%) QA
2 19 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.06%) NIST
4 11 (2.79%) PMO
5 10 (2.54%) JSP 440
6 9 (2.28%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.78%) ISO 9000
7 7 (1.78%) NCSC
7 7 (1.78%) RMADS
8 6 (1.52%) SLA
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.51%) GDPR
10 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.11%) Docker
4 18 (4.57%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.55%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.79%) vSphere
7 8 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.76%) KVM
8 3 (0.76%) NFS
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.25%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 38 (9.64%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.61%) Terraform
3 29 (7.36%) Ansible
4 9 (2.28%) VxRail
5 8 (2.03%) Grafana
5 8 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.03%) SCCM
6 7 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (1.78%) Nagios
6 7 (1.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 7 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.78%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.27%) Netcool
7 5 (1.27%) SCOM
7 5 (1.27%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.27%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.02%) OpenView
8 4 (1.02%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (1.02%) vRealize
9 3 (0.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.41%) VMware
3 21 (5.33%) Cisco
4 19 (4.82%) Oracle
5 14 (3.55%) Remedy
6 12 (3.05%) Splunk
7 11 (2.79%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.28%) Google
8 9 (2.28%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.78%) BMC
9 7 (1.78%) HP
9 7 (1.78%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.52%) Clearswift
10 6 (1.52%) Dell
10 6 (1.52%) Tanium
10 6 (1.52%) Trend Micro
11 5 (1.27%) IBM
11 5 (1.27%) Thales
12 4 (1.02%) ArcSight
12 4 (1.02%) BeyondTrust