DV Cleared Contracts

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 62 211
Rank change year-on-year +31 +149 -34
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,437 2,003 1,197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.66% 3.57% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.93% 13.13% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,760 1,430 872
10th Percentile £425 £415 £425
25th Percentile £513 £500 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £690 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 103 11
10th Percentile £51.28 £54.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £57.16 £61.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate £71.17 £70.00 £66.66
Median % change year-on-year +1.66% +5.01% +33.32%
75th Percentile £85.65 £78.00 £73.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £90.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.17 £75.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +10.29% +36.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

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Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +32 2,341 £600 - 437
UK excluding London +16 1,912 £600 - 366
South East +16 904 £605 +6.14% 134
South West +1 783 £570 -7.32% 140
Work from Home +63 450 £605 +0.83% 135
London +88 442 £650 +8.33% 71
Midlands +2 93 £575 -4.17% 31
East of England -18 76 £550 -8.33% 20
West Midlands +22 67 £575 -8.00% 25
North of England +15 58 £600 -1.44% 32
Yorkshire +29 31 £675 +53.41% 2
Scotland +28 28 £700 +33.33% 11
East Midlands -18 26 £563 -4.81% 6
North West -3 22 £550 -12.00% 29
Northern Ireland - 12 £588 - 5
North East - 5 £600 - 1
Wales +8 2 - -

DV Cleared
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 66 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 53 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.85%) Confluence
4 30 (1.23%) SharePoint Server
5 15 (0.62%) Apache
6 8 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.16%) CMS
8 4 (0.16%) IIS
8 4 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.082%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.082%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.041%) nginx
10 1 (0.041%) SAS
10 1 (0.041%) WildFly
Applications
1 69 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.74%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.21%) Siemens NX
7 5 (0.21%) Simulink
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.041%) InVision
8 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.041%) Sketch
8 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (0.98%) SAP QM
2 22 (0.90%) Primavera
3 9 (0.37%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 7 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.041%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 276 (11.33%) Azure
2 182 (7.47%) AWS
3 61 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (2.01%) PaaS
5 45 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (1.85%) SaaS
6 36 (1.48%) IaaS
7 34 (1.40%) Entra ID
8 32 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (1.15%) Azure Stack
10 23 (0.94%) OpenShift
11 22 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (0.90%) GCP
12 20 (0.82%) Azure Storage
12 20 (0.82%) Power Platform
13 16 (0.66%) OCI
14 12 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.49%) GitHub
14 12 (0.49%) Serverless
15 11 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 231 (9.48%) Firewall
2 96 (3.94%) Network Security
3 82 (3.36%) WAN
4 81 (3.32%) DNS
5 76 (3.12%) LAN
6 63 (2.59%) DHCP
7 54 (2.22%) BGP
8 47 (1.93%) Intrusion Detection
8 47 (1.93%) SSL
9 43 (1.76%) SAN
10 40 (1.64%) TCP/IP
11 36 (1.48%) VoIP
12 27 (1.11%) PBX
12 27 (1.11%) VSAN
13 23 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (0.86%) OSPF
15 18 (0.74%) DMVPN
15 18 (0.74%) EIGRP
16 16 (0.66%) SMTP
16 16 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 46 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
3 40 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (1.60%) Big Data
5 31 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 23 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.49%) Power BI
9 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.29%) InfluxDB
11 7 (0.29%) Metadata
11 7 (0.29%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (0.29%) MySQL
12 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.21%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.16%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.16%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 76 (3.12%) JIRA
2 66 (2.71%) Jenkins
3 48 (1.97%) Git
4 36 (1.48%) GitLab
5 21 (0.86%) JUnit
6 18 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.74%) TestRail
7 11 (0.45%) SonarQube
8 10 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 10 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.41%) Maven
8 10 (0.41%) Selenium
8 10 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 9 (0.37%) Robot Framework
10 8 (0.33%) MSI
11 4 (0.16%) Checkstyle
11 4 (0.16%) Gradle
11 4 (0.16%) InstallShield
12 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 431 (17.69%) Public Sector
2 403 (16.54%) Social Skills
3 192 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (5.74%) Finance
5 106 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 66 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (2.67%) Military
8 62 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 58 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 50 (2.05%) Electronics
11 49 (2.01%) Marketing
12 20 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (0.45%) Police
14 10 (0.41%) Local Government
15 9 (0.37%) Aviation
15 9 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.29%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.29%) Law
17 6 (0.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 545 (22.36%) Architect
2 224 (9.19%) Analyst
3 136 (5.58%) Senior
4 135 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
5 130 (5.33%) Consultant
6 123 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 104 (4.27%) Lead
8 94 (3.86%) Administrator
9 91 (3.73%) Network Engineer
10 85 (3.49%) Project Manager
11 81 (3.32%) Network Architect
12 76 (3.12%) Security Architect
13 75 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
13 75 (3.08%) Systems Administrator
14 72 (2.95%) Developer
15 60 (2.46%) Infrastructure Architect
16 57 (2.34%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 57 (2.34%) SOC Analyst
16 57 (2.34%) Software Engineer
17 54 (2.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.13%) Spring
2 50 (2.05%) Spring Boot
3 47 (1.93%) React
4 46 (1.89%) REST
5 39 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
6 34 (1.40%) Web Services
7 32 (1.31%) Apache NiFi
8 23 (0.94%) ARM Templates
9 20 (0.82%) .NET
10 18 (0.74%) Hibernate
10 18 (0.74%) JPA
11 12 (0.49%) Itk
12 11 (0.45%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.45%) Node.js
13 9 (0.37%) .NET Core
13 9 (0.37%) PySpark
14 8 (0.33%) RESTful
14 8 (0.33%) YAML
15 7 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
15 7 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 183 (7.51%) PKI
2 116 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 112 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
4 111 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 97 (3.98%) Management Information System
6 76 (3.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 59 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
8 47 (1.93%) Private Cloud
9 40 (1.64%) CSOC
10 38 (1.56%) Product Ownership
11 33 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
13 29 (1.19%) Driving Licence
14 22 (0.90%) Client/Server
14 22 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
15 21 (0.86%) Replication
16 18 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (0.70%) Virtual Team
18 15 (0.62%) Clustering
19 14 (0.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 462 (18.96%) Windows
2 302 (12.39%) Linux
3 189 (7.76%) Windows Server
4 93 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 84 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 84 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 53 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 45 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 39 (1.60%) Windows 7
9 28 (1.15%) Unix
10 22 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 17 (0.70%) Ubuntu
11 17 (0.70%) Windows NT
12 15 (0.62%) Android
13 14 (0.57%) Windows XP
14 12 (0.49%) Debian
15 10 (0.41%) Solaris
16 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.25%) CentOS
17 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (15.51%) Agile
2 321 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
3 252 (10.34%) DevOps
4 238 (9.77%) SIEM
5 236 (9.68%) ITIL
5 236 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 176 (7.22%) Service Management
7 172 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 157 (6.44%) Project Management
9 135 (5.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 122 (5.01%) CI/CD
11 121 (4.97%) Information Security
12 117 (4.80%) Security Operations
13 110 (4.51%) Incident Response
14 109 (4.47%) Project Delivery
14 109 (4.47%) Threat Intelligence
15 108 (4.43%) Software Engineering
16 106 (4.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 94 (3.86%) Use Case
18 93 (3.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 181 (7.43%) PowerShell
1 181 (7.43%) Python
2 135 (5.54%) Java
3 80 (3.28%) SQL
4 71 (2.91%) C#
5 65 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 55 (2.26%) C
7 40 (1.64%) VBScript
8 38 (1.56%) Bash
9 29 (1.19%) TypeScript
10 24 (0.98%) Bicep
11 20 (0.82%) VB
12 19 (0.78%) Go
13 17 (0.70%) C++
14 6 (0.25%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.21%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.16%) Perl
17 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
17 3 (0.12%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,437 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 557 (22.86%) SC Cleared
3 177 (7.26%) Degree
4 47 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (1.64%) CCNP
6 31 (1.27%) APMP
7 26 (1.07%) CISSP
8 25 (1.03%) ISTQB
9 24 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (0.98%) SANS
10 22 (0.90%) CCNA
11 20 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 18 (0.74%) CISM
12 18 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 17 (0.70%) PMP
13 17 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.62%) HND
14 15 (0.62%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.90%) NIST
2 68 (2.79%) QA
3 63 (2.59%) NIST 800
4 60 (2.46%) PMO
5 51 (2.09%) SLA
6 29 (1.19%) Government Security Classifications
6 29 (1.19%) NCSC
7 20 (0.82%) GDPR
7 20 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.37%) RMADS
10 8 (0.33%) JSP 440
11 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.29%) P3O
12 6 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.25%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.082%) COBIT
13 2 (0.082%) GRC
13 2 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.041%) WCAG
System Software
1 216 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 142 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (4.27%) Docker
4 80 (3.28%) VMware NSX
5 65 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
6 51 (2.09%) Hyper-V
7 36 (1.48%) vSphere
8 35 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
9 32 (1.31%) Firmware
10 24 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.16%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.16%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.12%) iptables
13 3 (0.12%) VMFS
14 2 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.082%) UAG
15 1 (0.041%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.041%) KVM
15 1 (0.041%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 125 (5.13%) Terraform
2 119 (4.88%) Ansible
3 118 (4.84%) Kubernetes
4 103 (4.23%) SCCM
5 71 (2.91%) WSUS
6 56 (2.30%) SCOM
7 45 (1.85%) vCenter Server
8 38 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 28 (1.15%) Kibana
9 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 25 (1.03%) logstash
11 24 (0.98%) Grafana
11 24 (0.98%) Prometheus
11 24 (0.98%) Puppet
12 22 (0.90%) FortiGate
13 20 (0.82%) Progress Chef
14 18 (0.74%) NetBackup
15 17 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (0.70%) Sysprep
16 15 (0.62%) vRealize
Vendors
1 464 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 269 (11.04%) VMware
3 122 (5.01%) Cisco
4 118 (4.84%) Juniper
5 89 (3.65%) SAP
6 87 (3.57%) Dell
7 53 (2.17%) Palo Alto
7 53 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 51 (2.09%) HP
9 44 (1.81%) Atlassian
10 42 (1.72%) Veeam
11 37 (1.52%) Oracle
12 26 (1.07%) F5
13 20 (0.82%) EMC
14 19 (0.78%) Fortinet
15 18 (0.74%) Symantec
16 17 (0.70%) ArcSight
17 16 (0.66%) IBM
18 15 (0.62%) Nokia
19 14 (0.57%) NetApp