DV Cleared Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 255 817 659
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 15.20% 25.54% 18.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.63% 45.24% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 591 514
10th Percentile £450 £438 £463
25th Percentile £513 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £568 £625
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% -9.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £700
90th Percentile £732 £775 £738
England median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 34
10th Percentile £79.21 £56.40 £62.75
25th Percentile £79.98 £57.37 £70.13
Median hourly rate £82.50 £72.72 £75.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -3.36% +8.98%
75th Percentile £83.36 £86.25 £82.81
90th Percentile £83.59 £95.00 £99.23
England median hourly rate £78.70 £68.67 £73.90
% change year-on-year +14.61% -7.08% +6.29%

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 923 1,806 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.01% 56.46% 52.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 1,150 1,403
10th Percentile £250 £353 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 196 156
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.31 £38.53
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.45
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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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 1 May 2025. 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 -2 130 £575 +4.55% 50
Gloucestershire -1 63 £615 +2.50% 90
Bristol -10 44 £600 - 36
Somerset +3 8 £660 +20.00% 7
Dorset -11 4 £550 -31.25% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.10%) Apache
2 9 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.35%) Confluence
4 6 (2.35%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.57%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.78%) Primavera
1 2 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (20.00%) AWS
2 38 (14.90%) Azure
3 17 (6.67%) OpenShift
4 12 (4.71%) PaaS
4 12 (4.71%) SaaS
5 5 (1.96%) Amazon S3
5 5 (1.96%) GCP
6 4 (1.57%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.18%) GitHub
8 2 (0.78%) Akamai
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.78%) Serverless
9 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.63%) Firewall
2 20 (7.84%) DNS
3 18 (7.06%) DHCP
4 16 (6.27%) VoIP
5 14 (5.49%) TCP/IP
6 12 (4.71%) PBX
7 11 (4.31%) HTTP
7 11 (4.31%) VPN
8 10 (3.92%) BGP
8 10 (3.92%) Unified Communications
9 8 (3.14%) Skype
10 6 (2.35%) OSPF
10 6 (2.35%) WAN
11 5 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.96%) Network Security
11 5 (1.96%) VSAN
12 4 (1.57%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (1.57%) LAN
12 4 (1.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.75%) Hadoop
3 6 (2.35%) Big Data
4 5 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.78%) Flink
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.39%) Power BI
7 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.53%) JIRA
3 7 (2.75%) Git
4 5 (1.96%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.57%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.57%) GitLab
6 3 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.39%) Artifactory
General
1 66 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.04%) Public Sector
3 20 (7.84%) Telecoms
4 19 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.49%) Finance
6 11 (4.31%) Military
7 9 (3.53%) Electronics
7 9 (3.53%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.53%) Marketing
8 7 (2.75%) Billing
9 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.18%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.18%) Police
11 2 (0.78%) Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 38 (14.90%) Architect
2 17 (6.67%) Administrator
3 15 (5.88%) Consultant
3 15 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 14 (5.49%) Analyst
4 14 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (4.31%) Business Analyst
6 11 (4.31%) Senior
7 10 (3.92%) Coordinator
8 9 (3.53%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
8 9 (3.53%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 9 (3.53%) Software Engineer
9 8 (3.14%) IT Engineer
9 8 (3.14%) IT Support
9 8 (3.14%) Lead
9 8 (3.14%) Network Administrator
9 8 (3.14%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
10 7 (2.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.53%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.14%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (1.57%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.57%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.57%) LDAP
3 4 (1.57%) Node.js
3 4 (1.57%) YAML
4 3 (1.18%) Ajax
4 3 (1.18%) CSS
4 3 (1.18%) HTML
4 3 (1.18%) React
4 3 (1.18%) REST
4 3 (1.18%) Spring
4 3 (1.18%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.18%) Web Services
5 2 (0.78%) RESTful
6 1 (0.39%) Kafka
6 1 (0.39%) OpenCV
6 1 (0.39%) OpenID
6 1 (0.39%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.45%) PKI
2 11 (4.31%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (3.92%) Blackberry
3 10 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.75%) CMDB
4 7 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.57%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.57%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.78%) Replication
8 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.39%) CESG
9 1 (0.39%) Clustering
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.39%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (21.96%) Windows
2 43 (16.86%) Linux
3 25 (9.80%) Windows Server
4 18 (7.06%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.39%) Rocky
9 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.39%) VMS
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.65%) Service Management
2 42 (16.47%) ITIL
3 35 (13.73%) Agile
4 27 (10.59%) Roadmaps
5 25 (9.80%) DevOps
5 25 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (9.41%) Containerisation
7 22 (8.63%) CI/CD
8 21 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (7.06%) Change Management
10 17 (6.67%) Incident Management
10 17 (6.67%) Validation
11 15 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
11 15 (5.88%) Service Design
12 14 (5.49%) Customer Service
12 14 (5.49%) Software Engineering
12 14 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (5.10%) Product Roadmap
13 13 (5.10%) Software Licensing
14 12 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.33%) Python
2 30 (11.76%) Java
3 21 (8.24%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.67%) SQL
5 14 (5.49%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.10%) Bash
7 5 (1.96%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.57%) C
8 4 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.78%) C#
9 2 (0.78%) Go
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 255 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 95 (37.25%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (6.27%) CCNP
4 16 (6.27%) Degree
5 10 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (3.53%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.75%) CISSP
7 7 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.96%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.96%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.57%) CCIE
10 3 (1.18%) CCNA
10 3 (1.18%) CISA
10 3 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.78%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.49%) JSP 440
2 9 (3.53%) RMADS
3 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.96%) NCSC
4 5 (1.96%) NIST
5 4 (1.57%) PMO
5 4 (1.57%) QA
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.78%) GRC
6 2 (0.78%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.39%) PMBOK
System Software
1 36 (14.12%) Docker
2 32 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.37%) Active Directory
4 26 (10.20%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.92%) VMware NSX
6 9 (3.53%) vSphere
7 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.57%) vCloud
8 4 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (19.61%) Kubernetes
2 35 (13.73%) Terraform
3 27 (10.59%) Ansible
4 13 (5.10%) Puppet
5 10 (3.92%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.53%) Grafana
7 8 (3.14%) OPNET
8 7 (2.75%) vRealize
9 6 (2.35%) WSUS
10 5 (1.96%) Kibana
10 5 (1.96%) logstash
11 4 (1.57%) SCCM
11 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.57%) vCenter Server
11 4 (1.57%) VxRail
12 3 (1.18%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (20.39%) VMware
2 44 (17.25%) Microsoft
3 31 (12.16%) Cisco
4 23 (9.02%) Juniper
5 15 (5.88%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.71%) Ericsson
6 12 (4.71%) F5
6 12 (4.71%) Nokia
6 12 (4.71%) Red Hat
7 10 (3.92%) Avaya
7 10 (3.92%) Ribbon
8 9 (3.53%) SAP
9 6 (2.35%) Oracle
9 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.96%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.96%) Veeam
11 4 (1.57%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.18%) Citrix
12 3 (1.18%) Foundry
12 3 (1.18%) Infoblox