DV Cleared Contracts in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 20 50
Rank change year-on-year +16 +30 -2
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 842 505 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.02% 8.53% 4.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.35% 22.91% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 400 270
10th Percentile £394 £400 £408
25th Percentile £500 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +15.92%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £775 £725 £700
England median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.04% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 16 0
10th Percentile £51.79 £55.25 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £58.99 -
Median hourly rate £68.67 £64.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 -
90th Percentile £87.52 £83.35 -
England median hourly rate £68.24 £75.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year -9.02% +5.26% +42.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 2,204 2,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.03% 37.21% 32.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 1,457 1,607
10th Percentile £300 £293 £275
25th Percentile £438 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £646 £623 £615
90th Percentile £725 £708 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 142 87
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.52 £19.52
25th Percentile £26.73 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +25.14% +9.88%
75th Percentile £66.74 £67.41 £56.52
90th Percentile £84.44 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £36.46
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.64% -5.31%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +15 415 £575 +4.55% 24
Hampshire +5 410 £625 +6.97% 59
Berkshire +21 340 £575 -8.00% 23
Buckinghamshire +2 74 £550 +14.58% 1
Surrey -3 11 £850 +47.83% 7
M4 Corridor - 5 £540 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 54 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.71%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.59%) Siemens NX
3 5 (0.59%) Simulink
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.49%) Primavera
2 17 (2.02%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.95%) SAP EWM
4 7 (0.83%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 98 (11.64%) Azure
2 30 (3.56%) AWS
3 23 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (2.14%) Entra ID
5 16 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (1.78%) Azure Storage
7 12 (1.43%) OCI
8 7 (0.83%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (10.81%) Firewall
2 52 (6.18%) DNS
3 42 (4.99%) DHCP
4 38 (4.51%) LAN
5 35 (4.16%) SSL
6 28 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 27 (3.21%) WAN
8 26 (3.09%) BGP
9 25 (2.97%) SAN
10 20 (2.38%) Network Security
10 20 (2.38%) OSPF
11 18 (2.14%) DMVPN
11 18 (2.14%) EIGRP
12 17 (2.02%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.78%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.71%) MPLS
16 6 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Metadata
6 1 (0.12%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (2.73%) TestRail
2 7 (0.83%) Robot Framework
3 6 (0.71%) Selenium
4 3 (0.36%) JIRA
4 3 (0.36%) MSI
5 2 (0.24%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 175 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 125 (14.85%) Public Sector
3 49 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (2.38%) Military
6 16 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (1.78%) Finance
8 12 (1.43%) Aviation
8 12 (1.43%) Telecoms
9 8 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 6 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.36%) Electronics
12 3 (0.36%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.24%) Marketing
13 2 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 249 (29.57%) Architect
2 67 (7.96%) Senior
3 63 (7.48%) Consultant
4 53 (6.29%) Analyst
5 52 (6.18%) Infrastructure Architect
6 49 (5.82%) Security Architect
7 43 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 35 (4.16%) SAP Consultant
10 34 (4.04%) Network Architect
10 34 (4.04%) Network Engineer
11 33 (3.92%) Support Specialist
12 30 (3.56%) Lead
12 30 (3.56%) Service Architect
13 27 (3.21%) Azure Specialist
13 27 (3.21%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 26 (3.09%) Active Directory Specialist
14 26 (3.09%) Active Directory Support
14 26 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 26 (3.09%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.61%) Web Services
2 14 (1.66%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.43%) Itk
4 2 (0.24%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.12%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 84 (9.98%) PKI
2 37 (4.39%) Driving Licence
3 34 (4.04%) Cyber Defence
4 31 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 20 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 18 (2.14%) Client/Server
9 18 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.31%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.71%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.36%) CMDB
14 3 (0.36%) FPGA
14 3 (0.36%) iPad
14 3 (0.36%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.36%) VHDL
15 2 (0.24%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 187 (22.21%) Windows
2 89 (10.57%) Windows Server
3 85 (10.10%) Linux
4 82 (9.74%) Windows 10
5 57 (6.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (6.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (4.39%) Windows 7
7 37 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (2.49%) Windows NT
10 12 (1.43%) Windows XP
11 11 (1.31%) Debian
12 10 (1.19%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.24%) Unix
14 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (15.91%) Agile
2 122 (14.49%) ITIL
3 97 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
5 83 (9.86%) DevOps
6 77 (9.14%) Service Management
7 76 (9.03%) Customer Service
8 61 (7.24%) SIEM
9 57 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 49 (5.82%) Release Management
11 48 (5.70%) Project Management
12 44 (5.23%) Prototyping
13 42 (4.99%) Security Architecture
14 38 (4.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 37 (4.39%) Project Delivery
16 32 (3.80%) GAP Analysis
16 32 (3.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 31 (3.68%) Customer Requirements
17 31 (3.68%) Test Automation
17 31 (3.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (10.33%) PowerShell
2 55 (6.53%) Python
3 33 (3.92%) VBScript
4 20 (2.38%) Java
5 17 (2.02%) C#
6 15 (1.78%) VB
7 14 (1.66%) Bicep
8 13 (1.54%) C
9 11 (1.31%) C++
10 9 (1.07%) SQL
11 5 (0.59%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.36%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.36%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.12%) Ada
13 1 (0.12%) Bash
13 1 (0.12%) Go
13 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 842 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 188 (22.33%) SC Cleared
3 89 (10.57%) Degree
4 31 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (3.33%) CCNP
6 23 (2.73%) ISTQB
6 23 (2.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 16 (1.90%) CCNA
8 15 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (0.83%) CISM
10 4 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.36%) PMP
12 2 (0.24%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.24%) ISEB
12 2 (0.24%) MCSE
12 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.85%) QA
2 23 (2.73%) NIST
3 22 (2.61%) NCSC
4 18 (2.14%) NIST 800
4 18 (2.14%) RMADS
5 10 (1.19%) PMO
5 10 (1.19%) SLA
6 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.24%) GDPR
8 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.12%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 116 (13.78%) Active Directory
2 55 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (4.75%) Firmware
4 18 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.07%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.71%) Docker
9 3 (0.36%) vSphere
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) UAG
10 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 101 (12.00%) SCCM
2 55 (6.53%) WSUS
3 32 (3.80%) SCOM
4 21 (2.49%) Sysprep
5 20 (2.38%) Ansible
6 19 (2.26%) FortiGate
7 17 (2.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 17 (2.02%) Kubernetes
8 16 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (1.90%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (1.90%) Terraform
9 14 (1.66%) vCenter Server
10 12 (1.43%) Nessus
10 12 (1.43%) NetBackup
11 5 (0.59%) Endace
11 5 (0.59%) WMI
12 4 (0.48%) vRealize
13 3 (0.36%) MOM
13 3 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 214 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 88 (10.45%) VMware
3 87 (10.33%) Juniper
4 74 (8.79%) Cisco
5 55 (6.53%) HP
6 40 (4.75%) SAP
7 33 (3.92%) Palo Alto
8 24 (2.85%) Dell
9 23 (2.73%) Oracle
10 20 (2.38%) Fortinet
11 17 (2.02%) ArcSight
11 17 (2.02%) EMC
12 15 (1.78%) Veeam
13 13 (1.54%) Symantec
14 12 (1.43%) 3PAR
14 12 (1.43%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (1.43%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.43%) ScienceLogic
14 12 (1.43%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.07%) Citrix