DV Cleared Contracts with Work from Home Options

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 122 307
Rank change year-on-year +57 +185 -34
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 439 480 364
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.98% 2.01% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.34% 8.02% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 298 247
10th Percentile £410 £450 £380
25th Percentile £513 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +4.35% +10.58%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £670
90th Percentile £762 £766 £768
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 4
10th Percentile £58.18 £47.50 £66.13
25th Percentile £67.95 £58.98 £67.81
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.25 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year +32.02% -7.02% +29.55%
75th Percentile £87.53 £77.97 £76.06
90th Percentile - £89.00 £76.18
UK median hourly rate £72.33 £70.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +3.33% +6.06% +25.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

DV Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

DV Cleared daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

DV Cleared hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 25 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 25 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.56%) Confluence
3 13 (2.96%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) WildFly
Applications
1 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.91%) Primavera
2 4 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.46%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP QM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.13%) Azure
2 49 (11.16%) AWS
3 29 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (5.47%) Entra ID
5 21 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (4.78%) Azure Storage
6 13 (2.96%) Azure Stack
7 12 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.28%) GitHub
9 8 (1.82%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.68%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.68%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.68%) SaaS
12 2 (0.46%) GCP
12 2 (0.46%) PaaS
12 2 (0.46%) Slack
13 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 80 (18.22%) Firewall
2 25 (5.69%) DHCP
2 25 (5.69%) DNS
3 22 (5.01%) SSL
4 14 (3.19%) BGP
5 13 (2.96%) Network Security
5 13 (2.96%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (2.05%) 4G
7 9 (2.05%) SAN
8 8 (1.82%) 3G
9 5 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (1.14%) WAN
10 4 (0.91%) Junos
10 4 (0.91%) SDH
11 3 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.46%) RTP
13 1 (0.23%) MPLS
13 1 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.91%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.68%) Power BI
6 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Biml
7 1 (0.23%) Flink
7 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.23%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 23 (5.24%) JIRA
2 8 (1.82%) Git
2 8 (1.82%) Maven
3 7 (1.59%) TestRail
4 5 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.91%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.46%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.46%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) Checkstyle
7 1 (0.23%) GitLab
7 1 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 83 (18.91%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.08%) Public Sector
3 42 (9.57%) Finance
4 26 (5.92%) Telecoms
5 21 (4.78%) Manufacturing
6 18 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.10%) Electronics
6 18 (4.10%) Marketing
7 14 (3.19%) Military
8 8 (1.82%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.91%) Aeronautics
10 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Local Government
12 2 (0.46%) Advertising
12 2 (0.46%) Aviation
12 2 (0.46%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (21.87%) Architect
2 34 (7.74%) Senior
3 26 (5.92%) Analyst
3 26 (5.92%) Developer
4 24 (5.47%) Consultant
4 24 (5.47%) Security Architect
5 22 (5.01%) Lead
6 21 (4.78%) Active Directory Support
7 20 (4.56%) Project Manager
8 17 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (3.19%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (3.19%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (3.19%) Support Specialist
10 13 (2.96%) Microsoft Engineer
10 13 (2.96%) Software Engineer
11 12 (2.73%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 12 (2.73%) Network Engineer
12 11 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (2.51%) Test Analyst
13 10 (2.28%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.01%) Web Services
2 21 (4.78%) ARM Templates
3 16 (3.64%) Spring Boot
4 12 (2.73%) REST
5 9 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (1.82%) Spring
7 6 (1.37%) React
8 5 (1.14%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.91%) Node.js
9 4 (0.91%) RESTful
10 3 (0.68%) PyTorch
10 3 (0.68%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.68%) TensorFlow
11 2 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.46%) ATL
11 2 (0.46%) Fluent Bit
11 2 (0.46%) Loki
11 2 (0.46%) Lucene
12 1 (0.23%) .NET
12 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.93%) PKI
2 21 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.87%) Virtual Team
4 16 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (2.96%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (2.28%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.68%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.46%) Clustering
11 2 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.46%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.46%) SCADA
12 1 (0.23%) CSOC
12 1 (0.23%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.72%) Linux
2 67 (15.26%) Windows
3 28 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 25 (5.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (5.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (2.05%) Debian
6 9 (2.05%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.91%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (19.36%) Agile
2 68 (15.49%) ITIL
3 63 (14.35%) DevOps
4 49 (11.16%) Service Management
5 48 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (6.61%) Analytics
7 29 (6.61%) Project Management
7 29 (6.61%) Software Engineering
8 27 (6.15%) CI/CD
8 27 (6.15%) Cryptography
8 27 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (5.69%) ITSM
9 25 (5.69%) Security Architecture
10 24 (5.47%) Release Management
11 23 (5.24%) Programme Management
12 22 (5.01%) Identity Management
12 22 (5.01%) RBAC
13 21 (4.78%) Log Analytics
13 21 (4.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.52%) PowerShell
2 31 (7.06%) C#
3 26 (5.92%) Python
4 22 (5.01%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.78%) Bicep
5 21 (4.78%) Java
5 21 (4.78%) VB
5 21 (4.78%) VBScript
6 17 (3.87%) SQL
7 12 (2.73%) Bash
7 12 (2.73%) C
8 5 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.23%) Go
Qualifications
1 439 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 173 (39.41%) SC Cleared
3 55 (12.53%) Degree
4 21 (4.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 11 (2.51%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.59%) CCNP
7 7 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.59%) PMP
8 6 (1.37%) HND
9 5 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.91%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.91%) CISM
10 4 (0.91%) JNCIA
10 4 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.68%) HNC
11 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.56%) NIST
2 13 (2.96%) Government Security Classifications
3 11 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.51%) QA
4 9 (2.05%) NIST 800
5 7 (1.59%) NCSC
6 6 (1.37%) PMO
7 4 (0.91%) SLA
8 3 (0.68%) RMADS
9 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.23%) GDPR
10 1 (0.23%) IFRS
10 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 54 (12.30%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 21 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (3.64%) Docker
4 10 (2.28%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.91%) vSphere
7 3 (0.68%) VMFS
7 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.23%) Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) UAG
Systems Management
1 34 (7.74%) SCOM
2 33 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 24 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (5.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (4.78%) SCCM
5 21 (4.78%) WSUS
6 18 (4.10%) Ansible
7 16 (3.64%) Terraform
8 6 (1.37%) Kibana
8 6 (1.37%) logstash
9 3 (0.68%) Grafana
9 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.46%) Argo
10 2 (0.46%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.46%) Nessus
10 2 (0.46%) VxRail
11 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 104 (23.69%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.92%) VMware
3 22 (5.01%) SAP
4 21 (4.78%) Dell
5 19 (4.33%) Atlassian
6 11 (2.51%) Cisco
6 11 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.82%) CyberArk
7 8 (1.82%) Juniper
8 7 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.59%) Sparx
9 6 (1.37%) Oracle
9 6 (1.37%) Tanium
10 5 (1.14%) Apple
11 4 (0.91%) Ciena
11 4 (0.91%) IBM
11 4 (0.91%) Nokia
12 3 (0.68%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.46%) F5