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

6 months to
18 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 357 258 787
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.09% 14.57% 23.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.61% 26.60% 44.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 179 559
10th Percentile £380 £450 £450
25th Percentile £513 £519 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £745 £756
England median daily rate £600 £585 £600
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 20
10th Percentile £19.33 £50.08 £57.20
25th Percentile - £78.70 £59.91
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +7.79% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67.84 £82.96 £85.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £83.43 £95.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £80.68 £71.17
% change year-on-year -47.32% +13.36% -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 1,512 970 1,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.75% 54.77% 53.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 602 1,123
10th Percentile £343 £216 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.74%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £660
90th Percentile £700 £706 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 102 193
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £23.63
25th Percentile £25.72 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.54% -50.38% -
75th Percentile £68.52 £65.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.32 £41.27
% change year-on-year +73.15% -26.52% -24.97%

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 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 18 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 18 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 0 178 £570 -0.87% 30
Gloucestershire -3 68 £575 -10.68% 52
Bristol -9 50 £525 -10.64% 10
Somerset +9 36 £650 +6.12% 11
Dorset -7 7 £800 +45.45% 7
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 (2.52%) Confluence
1 9 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.68%) Mattermost
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.56%) nginx
4 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (3.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.40%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.04%) Azure
2 38 (10.64%) AWS
3 16 (4.48%) GitHub
3 16 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
4 15 (4.20%) GCP
5 14 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.52%) OpenShift
6 9 (2.52%) Serverless
7 7 (1.96%) Azure AKS
8 5 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (1.12%) OCI
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.84%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.48%) Firewall
2 11 (3.08%) DNS
2 11 (3.08%) Network Security
3 10 (2.80%) VPN
4 7 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (1.96%) DHCP
5 6 (1.68%) SNMP
6 5 (1.40%) BGP
6 5 (1.40%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.40%) SAN
6 5 (1.40%) Skype
7 4 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.12%) MPLS
7 4 (1.12%) TACACS
8 3 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.84%) VLAN
8 3 (0.84%) VoIP
8 3 (0.84%) WAN
9 2 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.24%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.40%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.40%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.12%) MySQL
5 4 (1.12%) Redis
6 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.84%) Power BI
7 1 (0.28%) Big Data
7 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.28%) Metadata
7 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (5.60%) JIRA
2 9 (2.52%) GitLab
3 6 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.84%) Git
6 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.28%) GoCD
6 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (13.45%) Social Skills
2 26 (7.28%) Public Sector
3 14 (3.92%) Finance
3 14 (3.92%) Military
4 11 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.84%) Electronics
8 3 (0.84%) Legal
8 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.84%) Marketing
8 3 (0.84%) Police
9 2 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.28%) Back Office
10 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 37 (10.36%) Lead
2 34 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (8.12%) Architect
4 26 (7.28%) Analyst
5 20 (5.60%) Service Manager
6 18 (5.04%) Senior
6 18 (5.04%) Software Engineer
7 17 (4.76%) Consultant
7 17 (4.76%) Developer
8 16 (4.48%) DBA
9 14 (3.92%) Tester
10 13 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.08%) Oracle DBA
11 11 (3.08%) Project Officer
11 11 (3.08%) Technical Architect
12 10 (2.80%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.52%) Administrator
13 9 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.52%) Security Engineer
13 9 (2.52%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.64%) REST
2 9 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (2.24%) Spring
3 8 (2.24%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.68%) LDAP
4 6 (1.68%) WebSockets
5 5 (1.40%) ARM Templates
5 5 (1.40%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.40%) Flask
5 5 (1.40%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.40%) XML
6 4 (1.12%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.12%) gRPC
6 4 (1.12%) Keycloak
6 4 (1.12%) React
7 3 (0.84%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.84%) Node.js
7 3 (0.84%) RESTful
8 2 (0.56%) OAuth
8 2 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.20%) Cloud Native
2 8 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (2.24%) PKI
2 8 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (2.24%) Virtual Team
3 6 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.40%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.12%) CMDB
5 4 (1.12%) CSOC
5 4 (1.12%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.12%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.84%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.84%) Replication
7 2 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 52 (14.57%) Windows
2 38 (10.64%) Linux
3 23 (6.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.68%) AIX
7 5 (1.40%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.84%) Android
9 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 2 (0.56%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.28%) Rocky
10 1 (0.28%) SUSE
10 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (13.45%) Agile
2 47 (13.17%) ITIL
3 44 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (12.32%) Project Delivery
4 41 (11.48%) DevOps
5 35 (9.80%) Service Management
6 29 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (7.56%) Test Scripting
8 26 (7.28%) SIEM
9 25 (7.00%) CI/CD
10 23 (6.44%) Containerisation
10 23 (6.44%) Impact Assessments
11 22 (6.16%) Security Operations
12 21 (5.88%) ITSM
12 21 (5.88%) Software Engineering
13 20 (5.60%) Incident Response
13 20 (5.60%) Infrastructure as Code
14 19 (5.32%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (5.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.92%) Python
2 27 (7.56%) SQL
3 26 (7.28%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.64%) Bash
4 13 (3.64%) Java
5 6 (1.68%) Bicep
5 6 (1.68%) Go
5 6 (1.68%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (1.12%) Perl
6 4 (1.12%) PHP
6 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.56%) C++
9 1 (0.28%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) C#
9 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 357 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 132 (36.97%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.32%) CISSP
4 13 (3.64%) Degree
5 12 (3.36%) CISM
6 10 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.68%) SANS
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.40%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (1.40%) GIAC
9 5 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.12%) APMG
10 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.12%) CCNP
10 4 (1.12%) CEH
10 4 (1.12%) GSEC
10 4 (1.12%) SSCP
11 3 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.56%) QA
2 23 (6.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.60%) NIST
4 10 (2.80%) JSP 440
5 9 (2.52%) PMO
5 9 (2.52%) RMADS
6 6 (1.68%) NCSC
6 6 (1.68%) SLA
7 5 (1.40%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.84%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.56%) GDPR
10 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 28 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.16%) Docker
3 20 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.08%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.12%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (1.12%) vSphere
8 3 (0.84%) NFS
9 2 (0.56%) KVM
10 1 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 35 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.72%) Terraform
3 20 (5.60%) Ansible
4 8 (2.24%) Grafana
4 8 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.96%) Nagios
5 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.96%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.68%) Data Guard
6 6 (1.68%) VxRail
7 5 (1.40%) Netcool
7 5 (1.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 5 (1.40%) SCOM
7 5 (1.40%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.12%) OpenView
8 4 (1.12%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (1.12%) vRealize
9 3 (0.84%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.96%) VMware
3 19 (5.32%) Oracle
4 17 (4.76%) Cisco
5 13 (3.64%) Remedy
6 12 (3.36%) Splunk
7 11 (3.08%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.80%) IBM
9 9 (2.52%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.96%) BMC
10 7 (1.96%) Google
10 7 (1.96%) HP
11 6 (1.68%) Clearswift
11 6 (1.68%) Dell
11 6 (1.68%) Tanium
11 6 (1.68%) Trend Micro
12 4 (1.12%) ArcSight
12 4 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.12%) Thales