DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 6 19
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +17
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 5 21 9
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.07% 13.64% 4.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.81% 41.18% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 5
10th Percentile £535 £265 £339
25th Percentile £625 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £360 £525
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -31.43% -27.59%
75th Percentile £875 £500 £538
90th Percentile £905 £560 £677
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £598 £610
% change year-on-year +0.42% -2.05% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £31.93
25th Percentile - - £32.94
Median hourly rate - - £35.75
75th Percentile - - £39.06
90th Percentile - - £39.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 64 51 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 39.26% 33.12% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 38 42
10th Percentile £96 £196 £165
25th Percentile £413 £208 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £390 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -22.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £538
90th Percentile £818 £624 £575
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile £25.15 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £41.83 - £35.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +164.81%
75th Percentile £73.56 - £39.69
90th Percentile £97.53 - £55.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.33 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -30.50% -41.67% -2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Southampton

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Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Southampton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DV Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Advisor
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) QMS
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Intel