DV Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 4 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +43
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 125 409 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.27% 15.23% 9.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.85% 37.08% 26.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 256 216
10th Percentile £513 £205 £328
25th Percentile £568 £449 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £637 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £700 £617 £650
90th Percentile £709 £716 £721
South East median daily rate £586 £605 £575
% change year-on-year -3.10% +5.22% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 65 16
10th Percentile £59.00 £51.36 £55.25
25th Percentile £60.75 £56.65 £61.34
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% - -
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.65 £75.89
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £63.75 £68.67 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.17% +5.64% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -16 106 £650 +13.04% 51
Buckinghamshire -14 16 £568 +3.18% 5
Oxfordshire +7 3 £475 - 17
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.80%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (6.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.20%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.40%) SAP GRC
3 3 (2.40%) SAP MDG
4 2 (1.60%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.80%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.40%) Azure
2 6 (4.80%) AWS
3 5 (4.00%) SaaS
4 4 (3.20%) IaaS
4 4 (3.20%) PaaS
5 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.60%) GCP
5 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.80%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.80%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.20%) Firewall
2 6 (4.80%) VSAN
3 5 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.40%) Network Security
5 2 (1.60%) DNS
5 2 (1.60%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.80%) BGP
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.80%) DHCP
6 1 (0.80%) Junos
6 1 (0.80%) LAN
6 1 (0.80%) MPLS
6 1 (0.80%) OSPF
6 1 (0.80%) SSL
6 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.80%) VLAN
6 1 (0.80%) VPN
6 1 (0.80%) WAN
6 1 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.40%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (2.40%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (1.60%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.80%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.80%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Git
1 2 (1.60%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (32.00%) Public Sector
2 31 (24.80%) Finance
3 29 (23.20%) Telecoms
4 27 (21.60%) Manufacturing
5 23 (18.40%) Electronics
5 23 (18.40%) Marketing
6 20 (16.00%) Social Skills
7 8 (6.40%) Military
8 7 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.80%) Automotive
10 1 (0.80%) Banking
10 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (32.80%) Architect
2 35 (28.00%) Senior
3 21 (16.80%) Active Directory Architect
4 14 (11.20%) Security Specialist
5 13 (10.40%) Information Security Specialist
5 13 (10.40%) Information Specialist
5 13 (10.40%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 13 (10.40%) Senior Security Specialist
6 12 (9.60%) Senior Information Security Specialist
7 10 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.40%) Consultant
8 8 (6.40%) Lead
9 7 (5.60%) Administrator
10 5 (4.00%) DBA
10 5 (4.00%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) SAP Architect
10 5 (4.00%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.20%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.20%) Senior Architect
11 4 (3.20%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (4.00%) JBoss Seam
2 4 (3.20%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.80%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.80%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.60%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.80%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.20%) PKI
5 3 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.60%) CESG
6 2 (1.60%) CSOC
6 2 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.80%) CMDB
7 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.80%) Life Science
7 1 (0.80%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.80%) Replication
7 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (27.20%) Windows
2 10 (8.00%) Windows 10
2 10 (8.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.20%) Linux
4 3 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.60%) Unix
5 2 (1.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.80%) AIX
6 1 (0.80%) Android
6 1 (0.80%) CentOS
6 1 (0.80%) HPUX
6 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.80%) Solaris
6 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.20%) Agile
2 26 (20.80%) Identity Access Management
3 24 (19.20%) Programme Management
4 23 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (18.40%) Digital Marketing
5 22 (17.60%) Risk Management
6 21 (16.80%) Test Automation
7 20 (16.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 19 (15.20%) Security Architecture
9 17 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (12.80%) Decision-Making
10 16 (12.80%) Information Security
11 14 (11.20%) Risk Assessment
12 12 (9.60%) ITIL
12 12 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.00%) Information Assurance
13 10 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 8 (6.40%) DevOps
14 8 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (5.60%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 33 (26.40%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.80%) ABAP
3 5 (4.00%) SQL
4 2 (1.60%) VB
5 1 (0.80%) Bash
5 1 (0.80%) Bicep
5 1 (0.80%) C#
5 1 (0.80%) Java
5 1 (0.80%) Python
5 1 (0.80%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.80%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 125 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.20%) CISM
4 6 (4.80%) CISSP
5 4 (3.20%) MCSE
5 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.40%) Degree
7 2 (1.60%) ACCA
7 2 (1.60%) CIMA
7 2 (1.60%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.80%) CCNP
8 1 (0.80%) CEH
8 1 (0.80%) CISA
8 1 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.80%) HNC
8 1 (0.80%) HND
8 1 (0.80%) ISEB
8 1 (0.80%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.80%) NCSC
2 15 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (7.20%) NIST
4 6 (4.80%) SLA
5 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.40%) GRC
7 2 (1.60%) COBIT
7 2 (1.60%) GDPR
8 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.80%) JSP 440
System Software
1 33 (26.40%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.40%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.60%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.40%) vSphere
5 2 (1.60%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Ansible
1 3 (2.40%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.60%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.60%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (1.60%) SCCM
3 1 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle ZFS
3 1 (0.80%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.80%) Puppet
3 1 (0.80%) QRadar
3 1 (0.80%) SCOM
3 1 (0.80%) vRealize
3 1 (0.80%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (28.80%) SAP
2 19 (15.20%) VMware
3 11 (8.80%) Oracle
4 10 (8.00%) Dell
5 9 (7.20%) Wyse
6 5 (4.00%) Cisco
6 5 (4.00%) Darktrace
6 5 (4.00%) Juniper
6 5 (4.00%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.40%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.60%) HP
8 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.80%) Apple
9 1 (0.80%) Citrix
9 1 (0.80%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.80%) F5
9 1 (0.80%) Snow
9 1 (0.80%) Splunk
9 1 (0.80%) Veeam