DV Cleared Contracts with Work from Home Options

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 60 124 311
Rank change year-on-year +64 +187 -61
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 463 498 341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.06% 1.95% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.14% 7.64% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 336 225
10th Percentile £408 £453 £371
25th Percentile £493 £523 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £558
Median % change year-on-year - +7.62% +11.50%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £663
90th Percentile £780 £740 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £570
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 6
10th Percentile £56.52 £47.50 £64.38
25th Percentile £68.00 £62.50 £69.06
Median hourly rate £87.46 £67.50 £73.25
Median % change year-on-year +29.57% -7.85% +24.68%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.27 £76.44
90th Percentile - £87.50 £80.75
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 6,516 8,836
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.45% 25.48% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 4,383 6,202
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £730 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 288 224
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.43 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £82.13 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 30 (6.48%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.97%) Confluence
3 21 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (3.67%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.30%) Primavera
3 4 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.43%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.43%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 81 (17.49%) Azure
2 51 (11.02%) AWS
3 25 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (4.54%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.89%) Azure Stack
6 17 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (3.67%) Azure Storage
7 12 (2.59%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.65%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.65%) SaaS
11 2 (0.43%) GCP
11 2 (0.43%) GitHub
12 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.22%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 82 (17.71%) Firewall
2 22 (4.75%) DNS
2 22 (4.75%) SSL
3 21 (4.54%) DHCP
4 19 (4.10%) BGP
4 19 (4.10%) TCP/IP
5 15 (3.24%) SAN
6 13 (2.81%) Network Security
7 11 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (1.73%) 4G
9 7 (1.51%) 3G
10 5 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.86%) Junos
11 4 (0.86%) SDH
11 4 (0.86%) WAN
12 2 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.43%) OSPF
12 2 (0.43%) RTP
13 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.89%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.51%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.65%) Power BI
6 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) Big Data
7 1 (0.22%) Biml
7 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 26 (5.62%) JIRA
2 7 (1.51%) TestRail
3 6 (1.30%) Git
4 4 (0.86%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.86%) GitLab
4 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.43%) JIRA Agile
5 2 (0.43%) Maven
5 2 (0.43%) Selenium
6 1 (0.22%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.22%) Checkstyle
6 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (19.01%) Social Skills
2 72 (15.55%) Public Sector
3 40 (8.64%) Finance
4 25 (5.40%) Telecoms
5 21 (4.54%) Manufacturing
6 19 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.67%) Electronics
7 17 (3.67%) Marketing
8 14 (3.02%) Military
9 12 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.73%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.86%) Aviation
13 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.65%) Local Government
14 2 (0.43%) Advertising
14 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Police
14 2 (0.43%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 100 (21.60%) Architect
2 33 (7.13%) Senior
3 31 (6.70%) Analyst
4 26 (5.62%) Developer
5 25 (5.40%) Security Architect
6 24 (5.18%) Consultant
7 22 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (4.54%) Project Manager
9 18 (3.89%) Lead
10 17 (3.67%) Microsoft Engineer
11 16 (3.46%) Active Directory Support
11 16 (3.46%) Python Developer
12 15 (3.24%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (3.02%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (3.02%) SIEM Engineer
13 14 (3.02%) Support Specialist
14 13 (2.81%) Network Engineer
15 11 (2.38%) DV Cleared Project Manager
15 11 (2.38%) Technical Architect
15 11 (2.38%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.32%) Web Services
2 17 (3.67%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.51%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.30%) React
5 5 (1.08%) Spring
6 4 (0.86%) Node.js
6 4 (0.86%) RESTful
7 3 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.65%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.65%) REST
7 3 (0.65%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.65%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.43%) .NET
8 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.43%) Lucene
8 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.22%) JSON
9 1 (0.22%) Kafka
9 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.15%) PKI
2 18 (3.89%) Private Cloud
3 17 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.67%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.86%) CMDB
7 4 (0.86%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.65%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (0.65%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.22%) CSOC
10 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 70 (15.12%) Linux
2 60 (12.96%) Windows
3 22 (4.75%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (3.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.46%) Ubuntu
6 15 (3.24%) Debian
7 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (21.38%) Agile
2 79 (17.06%) ITIL
3 51 (11.02%) DevOps
3 51 (11.02%) Service Management
4 44 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (8.21%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (6.70%) ITSM
6 31 (6.70%) Project Management
7 29 (6.26%) Cryptography
8 27 (5.83%) CI/CD
9 25 (5.40%) SIEM
10 24 (5.18%) Analytics
11 23 (4.97%) Project Delivery
11 23 (4.97%) Security Architecture
12 22 (4.75%) Decision-Making
12 22 (4.75%) Programme Management
12 22 (4.75%) Software Engineering
13 20 (4.32%) Configuration Management
13 20 (4.32%) Release Management
13 20 (4.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.78%) Python
2 30 (6.48%) C#
3 26 (5.62%) PowerShell
4 24 (5.18%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.54%) SQL
6 17 (3.67%) VB
6 17 (3.67%) VBScript
7 16 (3.46%) Bicep
8 15 (3.24%) Bash
8 15 (3.24%) Java
9 13 (2.81%) C
10 6 (1.30%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.22%) Ada
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) Go
11 1 (0.22%) Perl
11 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 463 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 182 (39.31%) SC Cleared
3 54 (11.66%) Degree
4 17 (3.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 11 (2.38%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.73%) CCNP
8 7 (1.51%) CISM
8 7 (1.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.51%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.51%) PMP
9 6 (1.30%) HND
10 5 (1.08%) CISSP
10 5 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.86%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.67%) Government Security Classifications
2 16 (3.46%) NIST
3 14 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.38%) QA
5 7 (1.51%) NCSC
5 7 (1.51%) PMO
6 4 (0.86%) SLA
7 3 (0.65%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.65%) RMADS
8 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.43%) GDPR
8 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 53 (11.45%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.32%) Docker
3 17 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.73%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.86%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.22%) UAG
Systems Management
1 34 (7.34%) SCOM
2 33 (7.13%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (4.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (3.67%) SCCM
5 17 (3.67%) WSUS
6 14 (3.02%) Ansible
7 13 (2.81%) Terraform
8 3 (0.65%) Kibana
8 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.43%) Nagios
9 2 (0.43%) Nessus
10 1 (0.22%) Argo
10 1 (0.22%) Grafana
10 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.05%) VMware
3 22 (4.75%) Atlassian
4 21 (4.54%) Dell
4 21 (4.54%) SAP
5 15 (3.24%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.81%) Cisco
7 9 (1.94%) Juniper
8 8 (1.73%) CyberArk
8 8 (1.73%) Oracle
8 8 (1.73%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.51%) Sparx
9 7 (1.51%) Splunk
10 5 (1.08%) Apple
11 4 (0.86%) Ciena
11 4 (0.86%) IBM
11 4 (0.86%) Nokia
12 3 (0.65%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.65%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.43%) F5