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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 0
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 428 242 559
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 11.73% 12.59% 20.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.82% 24.20% 39.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 156 368
10th Percentile £469 £463 £413
25th Percentile £513 £525 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £698 £675 £675
90th Percentile £765 £731 £738
England median daily rate £600 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.63% +3.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 4 18
10th Percentile £25.75 £45.31 £55.10
25th Percentile £59.38 £66.78 £60.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £79.35 £70.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.42% +12.16% -9.29%
75th Percentile £94.38 £80.74 £74.86
90th Percentile £100.00 £82.07 £85.00
England median hourly rate £74.41 £50.00 £71.75
% change year-on-year +48.82% -30.31% -0.89%

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 1,596 1,000 1,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.75% 52.03% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 609 879
10th Percentile £323 £213 £375
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 117 125
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £26.18
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £56.49
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -64.07% +12.00%
75th Percentile £76.75 £63.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.53 £73.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%

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

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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 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 2 September 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 2 September 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 -1 161 £575 -4.17% 53
Somerset +22 100 £650 +16.85% 50
Gloucestershire +2 76 £588 -5.62% 141
Bristol -11 54 £525 -4.55% 66
Dorset +1 15 £800 +45.45% 4
Devon - 2 £725 - 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 16 (3.74%) Confluence
2 8 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.70%) Apache
3 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) JBoss
5 1 (0.23%) Mattermost
Applications
1 13 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (16.82%) AWS
2 56 (13.08%) Azure
3 26 (6.07%) GCP
4 12 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (1.64%) OpenShift
6 6 (1.40%) GitHub
6 6 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (1.40%) Serverless
7 5 (1.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (0.93%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.70%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.47%) Google Gemini
10 2 (0.47%) SaaS
10 2 (0.47%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.51%) DNS
2 42 (9.81%) Firewall
3 34 (7.94%) DHCP
4 32 (7.48%) TCP/IP
5 22 (5.14%) VSAN
6 12 (2.80%) BGP
7 10 (2.34%) MPLS
8 9 (2.10%) VLAN
9 8 (1.87%) WAN
10 7 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.64%) Network Security
10 7 (1.64%) SAN
11 6 (1.40%) LAN
11 6 (1.40%) SNMP
12 5 (1.17%) IPsec
12 5 (1.17%) Skype
12 5 (1.17%) VPN
13 4 (0.93%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.93%) OSPF
13 4 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.57%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.93%) Metadata
4 4 (0.93%) Power BI
5 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.47%) Big Data
6 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.23%) Dremio
7 1 (0.23%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.23%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.23%) Redis
7 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (5.61%) JIRA
2 20 (4.67%) GitLab
3 15 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.93%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 97 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.35%) Public Sector
3 28 (6.54%) Military
4 21 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.21%) Finance
6 9 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.40%) Police
10 5 (1.17%) Local Government
11 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.70%) Legal
12 3 (0.70%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.23%) Advertising
13 1 (0.23%) Law
13 1 (0.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (16.82%) Lead
2 62 (14.49%) Architect
3 49 (11.45%) Senior
4 44 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (7.24%) Developer
6 27 (6.31%) Consultant
7 25 (5.84%) Network Engineer
8 23 (5.37%) Analyst
9 18 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
10 15 (3.50%) DBA
10 15 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (3.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.27%) Software Developer
12 13 (3.04%) Digital Architect
12 13 (3.04%) Lead Architect
12 13 (3.04%) SOC Analyst
13 12 (2.80%) Data Architect
13 12 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.57%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (2.57%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (13.32%) Terraform
2 16 (3.74%) LDAP
2 16 (3.74%) REST
3 9 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (2.10%) Spring
3 9 (2.10%) Spring Boot
4 7 (1.64%) SOAP
5 5 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (1.17%) XML
6 4 (0.93%) OAuth
6 4 (0.93%) React
6 4 (0.93%) RESTful
6 4 (0.93%) SAML
7 3 (0.70%) Kafka
7 3 (0.70%) Node.js
7 3 (0.70%) WebSockets
7 3 (0.70%) YAML
8 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.84%) PKI
2 19 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.21%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.57%) CMDB
5 11 (2.57%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.40%) CSOC
8 6 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.17%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.17%) Replication
9 5 (1.17%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.93%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.70%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.47%) Clustering
12 2 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 90 (21.03%) Windows
2 71 (16.59%) Linux
3 20 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.57%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.64%) AIX
7 6 (1.40%) Unix
8 5 (1.17%) Android
9 4 (0.93%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) CentOS
11 1 (0.23%) Rocky
11 1 (0.23%) Solaris
11 1 (0.23%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (15.89%) Technical Leadership
2 65 (15.19%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 56 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (13.08%) SIEM
5 55 (12.85%) CI/CD
5 55 (12.85%) Infrastructure as Code
6 50 (11.68%) Mentoring
7 46 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (10.51%) DevOps
9 43 (10.05%) Platform Engineering
10 42 (9.81%) DevSecOps
11 41 (9.58%) Agile
12 40 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (8.64%) Containerisation
15 36 (8.41%) ITIL
15 36 (8.41%) ITSM
16 34 (7.94%) Project Delivery
17 28 (6.54%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.19%) Python
2 50 (11.68%) PowerShell
3 40 (9.35%) Bash
4 28 (6.54%) SQL
5 23 (5.37%) Java
6 8 (1.87%) C#
7 6 (1.40%) Search Processing Language
8 4 (0.93%) Perl
9 3 (0.70%) Go
9 3 (0.70%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.47%) C++
10 2 (0.47%) Groovy
10 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.23%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.23%) Bicep
11 1 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 428 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 116 (27.10%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.74%) CISSP
4 15 (3.50%) VCAP
5 12 (2.80%) Degree
6 11 (2.57%) CISM
7 10 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.10%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.40%) CCNP
9 6 (1.40%) SANS
9 6 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.93%) CEH
11 4 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.70%) CompTIA CySA+
13 2 (0.47%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.84%) NIST
1 25 (5.84%) QA
2 24 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.80%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.57%) JSP 440
4 11 (2.57%) NCSC
5 10 (2.34%) PMO
6 7 (1.64%) ISO 9000
7 6 (1.40%) SLA
8 5 (1.17%) RMADS
9 3 (0.70%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.47%) GDPR
11 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 56 (13.08%) Active Directory
2 43 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (9.81%) Docker
4 30 (7.01%) Hyper-V
5 26 (6.07%) VMware NSX
6 25 (5.84%) vSphere
7 7 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.93%) KVM
8 4 (0.93%) NFS
9 2 (0.47%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (14.49%) Ansible
2 61 (14.25%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.50%) VxRail
4 8 (1.87%) SCCM
5 7 (1.64%) Nagios
5 7 (1.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (1.64%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.17%) Grafana
7 5 (1.17%) Netcool
7 5 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.17%) Tivoli
8 4 (0.93%) OpenView
8 4 (0.93%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 4 (0.93%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.70%) Podman
9 3 (0.70%) PowerCLI
9 3 (0.70%) QRadar
9 3 (0.70%) WSUS
10 2 (0.47%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 60 (14.02%) VMware
2 54 (12.62%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.61%) CyberArk
4 22 (5.14%) Cisco
5 21 (4.91%) Oracle
6 17 (3.97%) Google
7 14 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.27%) Splunk
8 11 (2.57%) Red Hat
8 11 (2.57%) Remedy
9 9 (2.10%) BMC
9 9 (2.10%) HP
9 9 (2.10%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.40%) Clearswift
10 6 (1.40%) IBM
10 6 (1.40%) Tanium
10 6 (1.40%) Trend Micro
11 5 (1.17%) Apple
11 5 (1.17%) Juniper
11 5 (1.17%) NetApp