DV Cleared Contracts in Scotland

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 81 149 157
Rank change year-on-year +68 +8 -77
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 46 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.12% 0.64% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.74% 3.09% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 13
10th Percentile £370 £358 £413
25th Percentile £519 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £734 £539 £575
90th Percentile £829 £579 £598
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £570
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
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
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 594 583 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.35% 20.71% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 401 369
10th Percentile £188 £163 £194
25th Percentile £340 £375 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £598 £538 £550
90th Percentile £660 £631 £625
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 13 17
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.35 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.99 £25.28
Median hourly rate £26.00 £21.26 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year +22.30% -52.90% +144.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £54.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.20 £63.81 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Renfrewshire +5 21 £538 +1.07%
Glasgow +18 14 £763 +45.24% 3
South Lanarkshire +8 11 £473 +47.56%
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
1 9 (19.57%) Entra ID
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.57%) DHCP
1 9 (19.57%) DNS
2 6 (13.04%) Firewall
3 5 (10.87%) SMTP
3 5 (10.87%) VPN
3 5 (10.87%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Architect
2 3 (6.52%) Programme Manager
2 3 (6.52%) Wintel Engineer
3 2 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (4.35%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 2 (4.35%) Chief Security Officer
3 2 (4.35%) Exchange Engineer
3 2 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (4.35%) JIRA Engineer
3 2 (4.35%) Security Officer
3 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.17%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (2.17%) Chief Risk Officer
4 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.17%) IT Architect
4 1 (2.17%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (2.17%) Security Analyst
4 1 (2.17%) Senior
4 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Clustering
1 7 (15.22%) PKI
2 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.70%) Smartphone
4 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 8 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.70%) Apple iOS
4 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.35%) Linux
7 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Project Delivery
2 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (13.04%) Information Security
4 5 (10.87%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (10.87%) High Availability
4 5 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.87%) Project Management
5 4 (8.70%) Service Management
6 3 (6.52%) Agile
6 3 (6.52%) Cloud Security
6 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.52%) ITSM
6 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (4.35%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.35%) Risk Management
7 2 (4.35%) Security Architecture
7 2 (4.35%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (67.39%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) CISA
3 2 (4.35%) CISM
3 2 (4.35%) CISSP
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.17%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.17%) CRISC
4 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.17%) NCSC
2 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (32.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (26.09%) Hyper-V
3 10 (21.74%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (10.87%) BitLocker
4 5 (10.87%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (10.87%) Terminal Services
4 5 (10.87%) VMware NSX
5 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) vCenter Server
2 10 (21.74%) vMotion
3 5 (10.87%) vRealize
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.35%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (30.43%) VMware
3 9 (19.57%) McAfee
4 7 (15.22%) Citrix
5 5 (10.87%) Infoblox
6 4 (8.70%) Apple
6 4 (8.70%) Atlassian
7 2 (4.35%) HP
7 2 (4.35%) Symantec
7 2 (4.35%) Veritas
8 1 (2.17%) Red Hat