DV Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 20 57
Rank change year-on-year +16 +37 +33
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 391 244 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.02% 8.67% 3.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.31% 25.55% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 180 115
10th Percentile £213 £316 £365
25th Percentile £455 £438 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile £716 £721 £688
South East median daily rate £605 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +6.14% +3.64% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 17 0
10th Percentile £50.80 £54.56 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £74.79 -
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 -
South East median hourly rate £70.39 £64.84 -
% change year-on-year +8.56% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,048 955 1,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.25% 33.93% 29.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 633 701
10th Percentile £232 £316 £271
25th Percentile £416 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £624 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 44 27
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.80 £16.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £26.77 £17.88
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.73 £74.84 £50.88
90th Percentile £87.05 £80.25 £80.94
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £59.45 £44.75
% change year-on-year -3.54% +32.85% +7.83%

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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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 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
Berkshire +20 314 £595 -2.46% 54
Buckinghamshire +4 75 £550 +14.58% 5
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
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South East

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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 23 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 49 (12.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.28%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (5.63%) Primavera
2 17 (4.35%) SAP QM
3 8 (2.05%) SAP EWM
4 7 (1.79%) Teamcenter
5 4 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.26%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 71 (18.16%) Azure
2 28 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.86%) Entra ID
4 17 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (4.35%) Azure Storage
5 14 (3.58%) OCI
6 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.28%) AWS
8 2 (0.51%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.51%) PaaS
8 2 (0.51%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 84 (21.48%) Firewall
2 44 (11.25%) DNS
3 43 (11.00%) DHCP
4 31 (7.93%) LAN
5 28 (7.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (5.12%) SAN
7 19 (4.86%) WAN
8 12 (3.07%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (3.07%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (3.07%) Network Security
9 11 (2.81%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.77%) BGP
12 2 (0.51%) CATAPAN
12 2 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.51%) MPLS
12 2 (0.51%) PBX
12 2 (0.51%) Skype
12 2 (0.51%) VPN
12 2 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.02%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Robot Framework
1 3 (0.77%) Selenium
2 2 (0.51%) Git
2 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 118 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.97%) Public Sector
3 37 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (3.07%) Aviation
6 12 (3.07%) Military
7 10 (2.56%) Finance
8 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.02%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.51%) Electronics
10 2 (0.51%) Environmental Health
10 2 (0.51%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (15.86%) Architect
2 58 (14.83%) Senior
3 33 (8.44%) Consultant
3 33 (8.44%) Security Architect
4 32 (8.18%) Support Specialist
5 30 (7.67%) SAP Consultant
6 29 (7.42%) Active Directory Support
7 27 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (6.65%) Active Directory Specialist
8 26 (6.65%) Azure Specialist
8 26 (6.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 24 (6.14%) Administrator
9 24 (6.14%) Systems Administrator
10 22 (5.63%) Analyst
11 21 (5.37%) Support Engineer
12 19 (4.86%) Build Engineer
12 19 (4.86%) Windows Build Engineer
12 19 (4.86%) Windows Engineer
13 17 (4.35%) Project Manager
13 17 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.35%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.07%) Itk
3 3 (0.77%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (0.51%) ATL
4 2 (0.51%) Fluent Bit
4 2 (0.51%) Loki
5 1 (0.26%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.67%) Driving Licence
2 23 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.88%) PKI
3 22 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.05%) Private Cloud
6 7 (1.79%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.77%) iPad
9 3 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.77%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.51%) CSOC
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.51%) Robotics
11 1 (0.26%) iPhone
11 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.26%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 113 (28.90%) Windows
2 71 (18.16%) Windows 10
3 68 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 57 (14.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 57 (14.58%) Windows Server 2019
5 55 (14.07%) Linux
6 33 (8.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (7.67%) Windows 7
8 19 (4.86%) Windows NT
9 14 (3.58%) Windows XP
10 9 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.79%) Debian
12 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.09%) ITIL
2 71 (18.16%) DevOps
2 71 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (16.11%) Customer Service
4 57 (14.58%) Agile
5 44 (11.25%) Release Management
6 42 (10.74%) Service Management
7 41 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (10.23%) Project Management
9 33 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (6.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 25 (6.39%) Project Delivery
13 24 (6.14%) Service Delivery
14 21 (5.37%) Security Architecture
15 20 (5.12%) Decision-Making
15 20 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
16 19 (4.86%) Analytics
16 19 (4.86%) CI/CD
16 19 (4.86%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.51%) PowerShell
2 24 (6.14%) VBScript
3 17 (4.35%) Bicep
3 17 (4.35%) C#
3 17 (4.35%) Python
3 17 (4.35%) VB
4 9 (2.30%) C
5 7 (1.79%) SQL
6 5 (1.28%) C++
7 3 (0.77%) Bash
Qualifications
1 391 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 119 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 63 (16.11%) Degree
4 30 (7.67%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (7.42%) CCNP
6 17 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (3.84%) CCNA
8 7 (1.79%) CISM
9 5 (1.28%) ISEB
10 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.77%) APMP
11 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.77%) PMP
11 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.77%) RIBA
12 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.51%) MCSE
12 2 (0.51%) VCAP
12 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.12%) QA
2 6 (1.53%) SLA
3 5 (1.28%) PMO
4 3 (0.77%) NCSC
5 2 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 77 (19.69%) Active Directory
2 35 (8.95%) Firmware
3 31 (7.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (5.37%) Hyper-V
5 17 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.02%) Docker
8 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.51%) vSphere
9 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 89 (22.76%) SCCM
2 50 (12.79%) WSUS
3 34 (8.70%) SCOM
4 20 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (4.86%) Kubernetes
5 19 (4.86%) Sysprep
6 17 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (4.09%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (3.58%) NetBackup
8 14 (3.58%) vCenter Server
9 11 (2.81%) Nessus
10 5 (1.28%) Ansible
11 2 (0.51%) Argo
11 2 (0.51%) Grafana
11 2 (0.51%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.51%) Terraform
12 1 (0.26%) Endace
Vendors
1 145 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.53%) HP
3 46 (11.76%) VMware
4 41 (10.49%) Juniper
5 40 (10.23%) Cisco
6 35 (8.95%) SAP
7 26 (6.65%) Palo Alto
8 23 (5.88%) Oracle
9 16 (4.09%) EMC
9 16 (4.09%) Veeam
10 14 (3.58%) 3PAR
10 14 (3.58%) Dell
10 14 (3.58%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (3.58%) Symantec
11 12 (3.07%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.05%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.28%) Siemens
15 4 (1.02%) Apple
15 4 (1.02%) Citrix