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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 4
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 0
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 534 218 465
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 14.42% 11.01% 18.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.50% 20.60% 36.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 146 281
10th Percentile £488 £479 £413
25th Percentile £513 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £689 £700 £690
90th Percentile £765 £763 £756
England median daily rate £600 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 2 17
10th Percentile £45.30 £35.90 £57.65
25th Percentile £62.43 £43.25 £60.75
Median hourly rate £74.68 £56.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.36% -24.32% +2.07%
75th Percentile £92.53 £68.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.30 £85.00
England median hourly rate £74.68 £32.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +133.38% -51.15% -9.44%

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 1,594 1,058 1,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.06% 53.43% 49.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 635 743
10th Percentile £380 £213 £356
25th Percentile £463 £386 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £650 £648 £668
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 155 107
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.51 £35.75
25th Percentile £25.77 £20.82 £60.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +12.00%
75th Percentile £75.75 £33.75 £74.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £69.50 £82.00
England median hourly rate £49.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +96.82% -52.10% -2.36%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 0 221 £557 -10.84% 52
Somerset +25 116 £638 +15.91% 34
Gloucestershire +5 105 £588 -9.62% 122
Bristol -5 45 £538 -6.52% 27
Dorset +7 26 £775 +40.91% 4
Devon - 2 £725 - 4
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 21 (3.93%) Confluence
2 12 (2.25%) Apache
2 12 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.56%) nginx
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) IIS
7 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) Mattermost
Applications
1 14 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 84 (15.73%) AWS
2 73 (13.67%) Azure
3 35 (6.55%) GCP
4 15 (2.81%) OpenShift
5 14 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (1.87%) Amazon S3
7 9 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (1.12%) GitHub
8 6 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.12%) Serverless
9 5 (0.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (0.94%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (0.75%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.37%) Google Gemini
12 2 (0.37%) SaaS
12 2 (0.37%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.74%) Firewall
2 47 (8.80%) DNS
3 37 (6.93%) DHCP
4 33 (6.18%) TCP/IP
5 22 (4.12%) VSAN
6 20 (3.75%) Network Security
7 14 (2.62%) MPLS
8 13 (2.43%) WAN
9 11 (2.06%) BGP
10 10 (1.87%) VLAN
11 7 (1.31%) LAN
11 7 (1.31%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.12%) SAN
13 5 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (0.94%) IPsec
13 5 (0.94%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.94%) Skype
13 5 (0.94%) SNMP
13 5 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.00%) Oracle Database
3 12 (2.25%) Metadata
3 12 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.69%) Big Data
4 9 (1.69%) Hadoop
5 8 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.12%) Parquet
7 5 (0.94%) Power BI
8 3 (0.56%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.19%) Dremio
10 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (6.37%) GitLab
2 29 (5.43%) JIRA
3 27 (5.06%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.12%) Git
5 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 130 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 38 (7.12%) Public Sector
3 28 (5.24%) Military
4 25 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.49%) Finance
6 16 (3.00%) Aerospace
7 11 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.50%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.94%) Local Government
10 5 (0.94%) Police
11 4 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.56%) Legal
13 1 (0.19%) Advertising
13 1 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Law
13 1 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 110 (20.60%) Architect
2 78 (14.61%) Lead
3 65 (12.17%) Senior
4 53 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (7.12%) Developer
6 33 (6.18%) Network Engineer
7 27 (5.06%) Analyst
8 23 (4.31%) Data Engineer
8 23 (4.31%) Software Developer
9 22 (4.12%) Consultant
9 22 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (3.75%) Security Architect
11 18 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.18%) Principal Engineer
13 16 (3.00%) Platform Engineer
14 15 (2.81%) DBA
14 15 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (2.81%) Digital Architect
14 15 (2.81%) Lead Architect
15 14 (2.62%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.48%) Terraform
2 31 (5.81%) LDAP
3 21 (3.93%) REST
4 13 (2.43%) Apache NiFi
5 10 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (1.69%) Kafka
6 9 (1.69%) XML
7 8 (1.50%) SOAP
7 8 (1.50%) Spring
7 8 (1.50%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.94%) JSON
8 5 (0.94%) Keycloak
8 5 (0.94%) OAuth
8 5 (0.94%) SAML
9 4 (0.75%) React
9 4 (0.75%) YAML
10 3 (0.56%) ModSecurity
10 3 (0.56%) Node.js
10 3 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.62%) PKI
2 23 (4.31%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.31%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.37%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.81%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.43%) CMDB
5 13 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.12%) CSOC
7 6 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.12%) Replication
8 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
8 5 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.94%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.94%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.56%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 102 (19.10%) Windows
2 78 (14.61%) Linux
3 22 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.43%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.50%) Unix
7 6 (1.12%) AIX
8 5 (0.94%) Android
9 3 (0.56%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Rocky
11 1 (0.19%) Solaris
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 77 (14.42%) CI/CD
3 76 (14.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (13.30%) DevOps
6 69 (12.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 68 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
8 64 (11.99%) SIEM
9 62 (11.61%) Mentoring
9 62 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 58 (10.86%) DevSecOps
11 56 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (8.99%) Agile
12 48 (8.99%) ITSM
12 48 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
13 47 (8.80%) ITIL
13 47 (8.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 45 (8.43%) Containerisation
15 41 (7.68%) Project Delivery
16 39 (7.30%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 79 (14.79%) Python
2 56 (10.49%) PowerShell
3 42 (7.87%) Bash
4 36 (6.74%) SQL
5 29 (5.43%) Java
6 13 (2.43%) C#
7 8 (1.50%) Go
8 5 (0.94%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.94%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (0.94%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.75%) Perl
10 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.37%) C++
11 2 (0.37%) Groovy
11 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.19%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 534 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 123 (23.03%) SC Cleared
3 19 (3.56%) CISSP
4 17 (3.18%) Degree
5 15 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (2.81%) VCAP
6 12 (2.25%) CCNP
7 9 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.50%) CISM
9 6 (1.12%) CCIE
9 6 (1.12%) JNCIE
9 6 (1.12%) JNCIP
9 6 (1.12%) SANS
9 6 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.12%) NIST
2 32 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (5.62%) QA
4 17 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.18%) NCSC
5 12 (2.25%) PMO
6 9 (1.69%) JSP 440
7 7 (1.31%) ISO 9000
8 6 (1.12%) SLA
9 3 (0.56%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) GDPR
11 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 75 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 50 (9.36%) Docker
3 46 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (5.43%) Hyper-V
5 27 (5.06%) VMware NSX
5 27 (5.06%) vSphere
6 7 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.75%) KVM
7 4 (0.75%) NFS
8 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.37%) Firmware
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.19%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.19%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 79 (14.79%) Kubernetes
2 75 (14.04%) Ansible
3 15 (2.81%) VxRail
4 9 (1.69%) SCCM
5 7 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.12%) Grafana
6 6 (1.12%) Nagios
6 6 (1.12%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.75%) Netcool
7 4 (0.75%) OPNET
7 4 (0.75%) Tivoli
7 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.56%) BMC PATROL
8 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.56%) Perfmon
8 3 (0.56%) Podman
8 3 (0.56%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.56%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 65 (12.17%) VMware
2 62 (11.61%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.93%) CyberArk
4 27 (5.06%) Oracle
5 23 (4.31%) Google
6 20 (3.75%) Cisco
7 14 (2.62%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.43%) Splunk
9 11 (2.06%) Red Hat
9 11 (2.06%) Remedy
10 10 (1.87%) BMC
11 9 (1.69%) SolarWinds
12 8 (1.50%) HP
13 5 (0.94%) Apple
13 5 (0.94%) Juniper
13 5 (0.94%) Tanium
14 4 (0.75%) Clearswift
14 4 (0.75%) IBM
14 4 (0.75%) NetApp
14 4 (0.75%) Thales