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 24 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 369 262 784
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.32% 14.91% 23.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.09% 27.58% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 180 556
10th Percentile £380 £462 £450
25th Percentile £513 £519 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £739 £741 £756
England median daily rate £600 £586 £600
% change year-on-year +2.48% -2.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 5 21
10th Percentile £20.61 £50.08 £57.33
25th Percentile - £78.70 £60.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +7.47% -4.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £82.96 £85.00
90th Percentile £76.34 £83.43 £95.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £80.00 £71.17
% change year-on-year -46.88% +12.41% -5.11%

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 1,532 950 1,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.85% 54.07% 53.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 937 590 1,126
10th Percentile £335 £215 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.34%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £705 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 104 192
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% -50.77% -
75th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year +75.00% -28.99% -23.18%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -0.86% 25
Gloucestershire -2 69 £575 -9.80% 58
Bristol -11 53 £525 -7.69% 13
Somerset +13 40 £650 +6.12% 7
Dorset -10 7 £800 +45.45% 5
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 9 (2.44%) Confluence
1 9 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.63%) Mattermost
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) nginx
4 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (3.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.36%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.74%) Azure
2 42 (11.38%) AWS
3 17 (4.61%) GCP
4 16 (4.34%) GitHub
4 16 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.44%) OpenShift
6 9 (2.44%) Serverless
7 7 (1.90%) Azure AKS
8 5 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 5 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.08%) OCI
10 3 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.54%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.34%) Firewall
2 12 (3.25%) DNS
3 11 (2.98%) Network Security
4 10 (2.71%) VPN
5 8 (2.17%) DHCP
6 7 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (1.63%) SAN
7 6 (1.63%) SNMP
8 5 (1.36%) BGP
8 5 (1.36%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.36%) Skype
9 4 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (1.08%) MPLS
9 4 (1.08%) TACACS
9 4 (1.08%) VoIP
10 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.81%) VLAN
10 3 (0.81%) WAN
11 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.17%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.36%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.08%) MySQL
5 4 (1.08%) Redis
6 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.81%) Power BI
7 1 (0.27%) Big Data
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.27%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.27%) Metadata
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (5.42%) JIRA
2 9 (2.44%) GitLab
3 6 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.81%) Git
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) GoCD
6 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (14.91%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.40%) Public Sector
3 17 (4.61%) Military
4 14 (3.79%) Finance
5 12 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.08%) Police
8 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.81%) Electronics
9 3 (0.81%) Local Government
9 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.81%) Marketing
10 2 (0.54%) Legal
11 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.27%) Back Office
11 1 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (11.92%) Lead
2 35 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (8.67%) Architect
4 26 (7.05%) Analyst
5 21 (5.69%) Consultant
6 20 (5.42%) Service Manager
7 19 (5.15%) Senior
8 18 (4.88%) DBA
8 18 (4.88%) Software Engineer
9 17 (4.61%) Developer
10 14 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.79%) Tester
11 12 (3.25%) Oracle DBA
11 12 (3.25%) Technical Architect
12 11 (2.98%) Project Officer
13 10 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
13 10 (2.71%) DV Cleared DBA
13 10 (2.71%) Network Engineer
13 10 (2.71%) SQL DBA
14 9 (2.44%) Project Control Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.07%) REST
2 9 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (2.17%) Spring
3 8 (2.17%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.63%) LDAP
4 6 (1.63%) WebSockets
5 5 (1.36%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.36%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.36%) Flask
5 5 (1.36%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.36%) XML
6 4 (1.08%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.08%) gRPC
6 4 (1.08%) Keycloak
6 4 (1.08%) React
6 4 (1.08%) SOAP
7 3 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.81%) Node.js
7 3 (0.81%) RESTful
8 2 (0.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.07%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.17%) PKI
3 8 (2.17%) Virtual Team
4 7 (1.90%) CMDB
5 6 (1.63%) CSOC
5 6 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (1.36%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.36%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.81%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.81%) Replication
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.27%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.45%) Windows
2 39 (10.57%) Linux
3 25 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.90%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.63%) AIX
7 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.81%) Android
9 2 (0.54%) CentOS
9 2 (0.54%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.27%) Rocky
10 1 (0.27%) SUSE
10 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (14.36%) ITIL
2 49 (13.28%) Agile
3 46 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (11.65%) DevOps
4 43 (11.65%) Project Delivery
5 38 (10.30%) Service Management
6 34 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (7.32%) SIEM
9 26 (7.05%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.50%) Containerisation
10 24 (6.50%) ITSM
10 24 (6.50%) Security Operations
10 24 (6.50%) Test Scripting
11 23 (6.23%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (5.69%) Incident Response
12 21 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (5.69%) Software Engineering
13 20 (5.42%) Impact Assessments
13 20 (5.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.57%) Python
2 29 (7.86%) SQL
3 26 (7.05%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.52%) Bash
4 13 (3.52%) Java
5 6 (1.63%) Bicep
5 6 (1.63%) Go
5 6 (1.63%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (1.08%) Perl
6 4 (1.08%) PHP
6 4 (1.08%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.54%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.27%) C
9 1 (0.27%) C#
9 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 369 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 131 (35.50%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.42%) CISSP
4 13 (3.52%) Degree
5 12 (3.25%) CISM
6 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.63%) SANS
9 5 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (1.36%) GIAC
9 5 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.08%) APMG
10 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.08%) CCNP
10 4 (1.08%) CEH
10 4 (1.08%) GSEC
10 4 (1.08%) SSCP
11 3 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.32%) QA
2 24 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.69%) NIST
4 11 (2.98%) JSP 440
5 9 (2.44%) PMO
5 9 (2.44%) RMADS
6 7 (1.90%) NCSC
7 6 (1.63%) SLA
8 5 (1.36%) ISO 9000
8 5 (1.36%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.54%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.54%) GDPR
10 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 29 (7.86%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.96%) Docker
3 20 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.25%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.90%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.08%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (1.08%) vSphere
8 3 (0.81%) NFS
9 2 (0.54%) KVM
10 1 (0.27%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 37 (10.03%) Kubernetes
2 26 (7.05%) Terraform
3 20 (5.42%) Ansible
4 8 (2.17%) Grafana
4 8 (2.17%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.90%) Nagios
5 7 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.90%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.63%) Data Guard
6 6 (1.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 6 (1.63%) VxRail
7 5 (1.36%) Netcool
7 5 (1.36%) SCCM
7 5 (1.36%) SCOM
7 5 (1.36%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.36%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.08%) OpenView
8 4 (1.08%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (1.08%) vRealize
Vendors
1 55 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.67%) VMware
3 21 (5.69%) Oracle
4 18 (4.88%) Cisco
5 13 (3.52%) Remedy
6 12 (3.25%) Red Hat
6 12 (3.25%) Splunk
7 10 (2.71%) IBM
8 9 (2.44%) Google
8 9 (2.44%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.90%) BMC
9 7 (1.90%) HP
9 7 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.63%) Clearswift
10 6 (1.63%) Dell
10 6 (1.63%) Tanium
10 6 (1.63%) Trend Micro
11 4 (1.08%) ArcSight
11 4 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.08%) Thales