DV Cleared Contracts in England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 60 186
Rank change year-on-year +36 +126 -50
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,330 1,858 1,125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.32% 3.71% 1.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.25% 13.39% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,679 1,425 843
10th Percentile £412 £415 £413
25th Percentile £513 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year - +6.01% +10.44%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £669
90th Percentile £788 £740 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £570
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 71 12
10th Percentile £49.68 £54.56 £63.30
25th Percentile £56.65 £62.13 £65.82
Median hourly rate £70.39 £73.00 £69.53
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +5.00% +39.05%
75th Percentile £85.16 £79.19 £76.31
90th Percentile £87.53 £90.00 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £67.81 £69.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year -2.43% +0.65% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,509 13,878 15,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.22% 27.75% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 9,286 10,105
10th Percentile £310 £331 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 983 746 688
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.07 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +2.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.88
90th Percentile £76.64 £80.25 £67.59
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +16 859 £605 +5.22% 100
South West +2 811 £568 -9.20% 116
London +105 452 £650 +10.17% 72
Midlands +12 88 £563 -6.25% 29
East of England -18 65 £593 -3.27% 33
North of England +33 60 £582 +1.22% 21
West Midlands +20 53 £550 -13.04% 22
East Midlands -1 35 £575 -2.69% 7
Yorkshire +38 30 £650 +47.73% 3
North West +1 20 £550 -10.93% 17
North East +28 10 £575 +10.58% 1
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UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 72 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.89%) Confluence
3 41 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.50%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.47%) Apache
6 9 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.17%) CMS
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.086%) IIS
10 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.086%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.086%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.043%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.043%) nginx
Applications
1 79 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.73%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.21%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.21%) Simulink
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.043%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 24 (1.03%) Primavera
2 18 (0.77%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.34%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.13%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.043%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 245 (10.52%) Azure
2 170 (7.30%) AWS
3 48 (2.06%) PaaS
4 46 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (1.89%) SaaS
6 35 (1.50%) IaaS
7 34 (1.46%) Azure Stack
8 33 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (0.99%) Entra ID
11 19 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (0.77%) GCP
13 17 (0.73%) Azure Storage
14 16 (0.69%) OCI
15 15 (0.64%) OpenShift
15 15 (0.64%) Power Platform
16 12 (0.52%) Serverless
17 11 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
18 10 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
18 10 (0.43%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 228 (9.79%) Firewall
2 84 (3.61%) LAN
2 84 (3.61%) Network Security
3 82 (3.52%) WAN
4 80 (3.43%) DNS
5 62 (2.66%) BGP
6 58 (2.49%) DHCP
7 50 (2.15%) SAN
8 47 (2.02%) SSL
8 47 (2.02%) TCP/IP
9 43 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 34 (1.46%) VoIP
11 25 (1.07%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (1.03%) OSPF
12 24 (1.03%) PBX
13 23 (0.99%) VSAN
14 18 (0.77%) DMVPN
14 18 (0.77%) EIGRP
15 15 (0.64%) HTTP
16 13 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 56 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
3 37 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (1.33%) Big Data
5 30 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.64%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.39%) Power BI
10 8 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.30%) Metadata
11 7 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.26%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.21%) MySQL
14 4 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.17%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 77 (3.30%) JIRA
2 59 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 37 (1.59%) Git
4 34 (1.46%) GitLab
5 21 (0.90%) TestRail
6 20 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.82%) JUnit
8 11 (0.47%) Selenium
9 9 (0.39%) Artifactory
9 9 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.39%) Robot Framework
9 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.17%) Checkstyle
12 3 (0.13%) MSI
12 3 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.086%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.086%) Gradle
13 2 (0.086%) JIRA Agile
General
1 416 (17.85%) Social Skills
2 408 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 169 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (5.32%) Finance
5 95 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 73 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 68 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 65 (2.79%) Military
9 52 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 45 (1.93%) Electronics
11 40 (1.72%) Marketing
12 24 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 16 (0.69%) Police
14 15 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.56%) Aviation
16 11 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.39%) Local Government
18 8 (0.34%) Law
19 7 (0.30%) Digital Economy
19 7 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 514 (22.06%) Architect
2 239 (10.26%) Analyst
3 137 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
4 124 (5.32%) Consultant
5 116 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 114 (4.89%) Senior
7 102 (4.38%) Lead
8 90 (3.86%) Network Engineer
9 84 (3.61%) Administrator
10 74 (3.18%) Network Architect
10 74 (3.18%) Project Manager
10 74 (3.18%) Systems Administrator
11 66 (2.83%) Security Architect
12 64 (2.75%) Developer
12 64 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
13 62 (2.66%) SOC Analyst
14 58 (2.49%) Infrastructure Architect
15 54 (2.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 53 (2.27%) Service Architect
17 44 (1.89%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.89%) React
2 39 (1.67%) Spring
3 33 (1.42%) Spring Boot
4 31 (1.33%) REST
5 25 (1.07%) Apache NiFi
5 25 (1.07%) Web Services
6 21 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
7 20 (0.86%) ARM Templates
8 18 (0.77%) Hibernate
8 18 (0.77%) JPA
9 17 (0.73%) .NET
10 12 (0.52%) Itk
11 9 (0.39%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.39%) PySpark
12 8 (0.34%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.34%) YAML
13 6 (0.26%) JSON
13 6 (0.26%) Node.js
13 6 (0.26%) RESTful
13 6 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 183 (7.85%) PKI
2 113 (4.85%) Cyber Defence
3 111 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 103 (4.42%) Cyber Threat
5 86 (3.69%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 62 (2.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 56 (2.40%) Private Cloud
9 40 (1.72%) CSOC
10 37 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 32 (1.37%) Product Ownership
12 29 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 28 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
13 28 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
14 25 (1.07%) Replication
15 20 (0.86%) Client/Server
16 19 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
17 17 (0.73%) Virtual Team
18 15 (0.64%) Clustering
19 12 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 435 (18.67%) Windows
2 287 (12.32%) Linux
3 172 (7.38%) Windows Server
4 91 (3.91%) Windows 10
4 91 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 88 (3.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 50 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (2.02%) Windows 7
8 46 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (0.99%) Unix
10 21 (0.90%) Ubuntu
10 21 (0.90%) Windows NT
11 17 (0.73%) Debian
12 14 (0.60%) Apple iOS
12 14 (0.60%) Windows XP
13 11 (0.47%) Android
14 9 (0.39%) Solaris
14 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.26%) CentOS
15 6 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (15.58%) Agile
2 328 (14.08%) Cybersecurity
3 265 (11.37%) ITIL
4 252 (10.82%) SIEM
5 223 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (9.36%) DevOps
7 191 (8.20%) Service Management
8 158 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 156 (6.70%) Project Management
10 125 (5.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (5.11%) Security Operations
12 111 (4.76%) CI/CD
13 104 (4.46%) Project Delivery
14 103 (4.42%) Threat Intelligence
15 101 (4.33%) Information Security
16 97 (4.16%) Incident Response
17 96 (4.12%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 93 (3.99%) Network Management
19 91 (3.91%) Security Architecture
20 89 (3.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 167 (7.17%) Python
2 153 (6.57%) PowerShell
3 112 (4.81%) Java
4 76 (3.26%) SQL
5 65 (2.79%) C#
6 56 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 53 (2.27%) C
8 36 (1.55%) Bash
9 35 (1.50%) VBScript
10 26 (1.12%) TypeScript
11 20 (0.86%) Bicep
11 20 (0.86%) C++
12 18 (0.77%) Go
13 17 (0.73%) VB
14 6 (0.26%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.21%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.17%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
17 3 (0.13%) Perl
17 3 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,330 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 530 (22.75%) SC Cleared
3 183 (7.85%) Degree
4 51 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (1.85%) CCNP
6 28 (1.20%) APMP
6 28 (1.20%) CISSP
6 28 (1.20%) ISTQB
7 25 (1.07%) CCNA
8 24 (1.03%) SANS
9 22 (0.94%) CISM
10 21 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 19 (0.82%) PMP
12 18 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.73%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (0.69%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (3.43%) NIST
2 62 (2.66%) QA
3 61 (2.62%) PMO
4 52 (2.23%) NIST 800
5 48 (2.06%) SLA
6 42 (1.80%) NCSC
7 34 (1.46%) Government Security Classifications
8 25 (1.07%) RMADS
9 20 (0.86%) GDPR
9 20 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.64%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.39%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.30%) P3O
14 5 (0.21%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.086%) COBIT
15 2 (0.086%) GRC
15 2 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.043%) SOC 2
System Software
1 205 (8.80%) Active Directory
2 129 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (3.99%) Docker
4 58 (2.49%) VMware NSX
5 53 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (1.67%) Firmware
7 33 (1.42%) Hyper-V
8 31 (1.33%) vSphere
9 30 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
10 18 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.13%) iptables
12 2 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.043%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.043%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.043%) KVM
13 1 (0.043%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.043%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.043%) UAG
13 1 (0.043%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 119 (5.11%) SCCM
2 110 (4.72%) Terraform
3 105 (4.51%) Ansible
4 100 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 64 (2.75%) WSUS
6 59 (2.53%) SCOM
7 43 (1.85%) vCenter Server
8 40 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 27 (1.16%) Puppet
10 22 (0.94%) FortiGate
10 22 (0.94%) Prometheus
11 21 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
11 21 (0.90%) Sysprep
12 20 (0.86%) Grafana
13 19 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
13 19 (0.82%) Progress Chef
14 18 (0.77%) NetBackup
15 16 (0.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 16 (0.69%) vRealize
16 14 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 456 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 232 (9.96%) VMware
3 125 (5.36%) Cisco
4 115 (4.94%) Juniper
5 86 (3.69%) Dell
6 80 (3.43%) SAP
7 62 (2.66%) HP
8 53 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 51 (2.19%) Red Hat
10 47 (2.02%) Veeam
11 44 (1.89%) Atlassian
12 37 (1.59%) Oracle
13 22 (0.94%) EMC
14 21 (0.90%) Fortinet
15 18 (0.77%) Symantec
16 16 (0.69%) ArcSight
17 15 (0.64%) ServiceNow
18 14 (0.60%) 3PAR
18 14 (0.60%) Extreme Networks
18 14 (0.60%) IBM