DV Cleared Software Engineer Contracts

Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer
UK

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 687 836
Rank change year-on-year +129 +149 -179
Contract jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer 20 29 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.049% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.052% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 28
10th Percentile £519 £519 -
25th Percentile £525 £575 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £618 £646
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -4.45% +26.10%
75th Percentile £720 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £694 £682
UK excluding London median daily rate £556 £621 £655
% change year-on-year -10.46% -5.15% +27.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £72.00 -
25th Percentile £75.00 £74.25 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £78.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year +2.56% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +99 20 £550 -10.93% 8
UK excluding London +46 14 £556 -10.46% 5
South West +17 10 £556 -14.42% 4
Work from Home +133 6 £550 -12.00% 2
London +117 6 £550 -8.33% 2
East of England - 2 - -
North of England +24 1 £525 -14.98%
North West +23 1 £525 -14.98%
South East +15 1 £750 +25.00% 1

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, DV Cleared Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 20 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (65.00%) Java
3 12 (60.00%) AWS
3 12 (60.00%) Docker
4 11 (55.00%) Kubernetes
5 9 (45.00%) React
6 8 (40.00%) Spring Boot
6 8 (40.00%) TypeScript
6 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
7 7 (35.00%) C
8 5 (25.00%) Spring
9 4 (20.00%) Agile
9 4 (20.00%) DevOps
9 4 (20.00%) Node.js
9 4 (20.00%) Git
9 4 (20.00%) RESTful
9 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
10 3 (15.00%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (15.00%) Ansible
10 3 (15.00%) Degree
10 3 (15.00%) C#
10 3 (15.00%) .NET
11 2 (10.00%) XML
11 2 (10.00%) HND
11 2 (10.00%) C++
11 2 (10.00%) Linux
11 2 (10.00%) OO
11 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (5.00%) Apache
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQLite
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Checkstyle
2 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (10.00%) SonarQube
3 1 (5.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (5.00%) GitLab
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Mercurial
3 1 (5.00%) Selenium
3 1 (5.00%) TeamCity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) React
2 8 (40.00%) Spring Boot
3 5 (25.00%) Spring
4 4 (20.00%) Node.js
4 4 (20.00%) RESTful
5 3 (15.00%) .NET
5 3 (15.00%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (10.00%) .NET Core
6 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (10.00%) JSON
6 2 (10.00%) Kafka
6 2 (10.00%) REST
6 2 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (5.00%) Lucene
7 1 (5.00%) TensorFlow
7 1 (5.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) CentOS
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
2 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) BDD
3 2 (10.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (10.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (10.00%) OO
3 2 (10.00%) Open Source
3 2 (10.00%) TDD
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.00%) Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.00%) Product Management
4 1 (5.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Java
2 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 7 (35.00%) C
4 3 (15.00%) C#
5 2 (10.00%) C++
5 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) HND
4 1 (5.00%) PhD
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 12 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (55.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (15.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat