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 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 24 59 185
Rank change year-on-year +35 +126 -36
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 2,308 1,807 1,093
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.34% 3.75% 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.57% 13.62% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,672 1,367 807
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £513 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.65%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £675
90th Percentile £780 £739 £728
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 65 11
10th Percentile £48.88 £54.56 £63.30
25th Percentile £56.65 £61.50 £64.98
Median hourly rate £70.39 £74.79 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +8.31% +38.10%
75th Percentile £85.32 £79.19 £76.13
90th Percentile £87.53 £90.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £70.39 £69.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year +1.28% +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 11,220 13,267 15,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.80% 27.53% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,953 8,906 10,133
10th Percentile £313 £333 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 672 677
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.87 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.93 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% +27.98% +10.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.23 £68.48
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

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 18 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 18 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 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
South East +17 863 £605 +6.14% 141
South West +2 803 £568 -9.20% 123
London +93 439 £650 +8.33% 85
Midlands +4 87 £550 -8.33% 25
East of England -15 70 £550 -8.33% 27
North of England +30 57 £600 -1.44% 25
West Midlands +17 54 £550 -12.52% 19
East Midlands -9 33 £563 -4.81% 6
Yorkshire +30 30 £650 +47.73% 1
North West -1 22 £550 -12.00% 24
North East +17 5 £600 +15.38%
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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 69 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.91%) Confluence
2 44 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
4 12 (0.52%) Apache
5 9 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.17%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.087%) IIS
9 2 (0.087%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.087%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.087%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.043%) nginx
10 1 (0.043%) SAS
Applications
1 78 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.48%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.22%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.22%) 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%) InVision
9 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.043%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (1.08%) Primavera
2 18 (0.78%) SAP QM
3 9 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 8 (0.35%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.043%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.043%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.043%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 247 (10.70%) Azure
2 172 (7.45%) AWS
3 50 (2.17%) PaaS
4 45 (1.95%) SaaS
5 44 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (1.47%) Azure Stack
6 34 (1.47%) IaaS
7 33 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (1.04%) Entra ID
9 19 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (0.78%) GCP
11 17 (0.74%) Azure Storage
11 17 (0.74%) OpenShift
12 16 (0.69%) OCI
12 16 (0.69%) Power Platform
13 11 (0.48%) Serverless
14 10 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (0.43%) Amazon S3
14 10 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 230 (9.97%) Firewall
2 86 (3.73%) Network Security
2 86 (3.73%) WAN
3 81 (3.51%) LAN
4 79 (3.42%) DNS
5 61 (2.64%) BGP
6 58 (2.51%) DHCP
7 47 (2.04%) SSL
8 45 (1.95%) SAN
9 43 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
9 43 (1.86%) TCP/IP
10 35 (1.52%) VoIP
11 25 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
11 25 (1.08%) PBX
12 23 (1.00%) OSPF
13 22 (0.95%) VSAN
14 18 (0.78%) DMVPN
14 18 (0.78%) EIGRP
15 15 (0.65%) HTTP
15 15 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 46 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
3 37 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (1.34%) Big Data
5 30 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 10 (0.43%) Power BI
9 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.30%) Metadata
11 7 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (0.26%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.22%) MySQL
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 76 (3.29%) JIRA
2 63 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 41 (1.78%) Git
4 34 (1.47%) GitLab
5 21 (0.91%) TestRail
6 19 (0.82%) JUnit
6 19 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
7 10 (0.43%) Selenium
8 9 (0.39%) Artifactory
8 9 (0.39%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.17%) Checkstyle
12 3 (0.13%) MSI
12 3 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.087%) Gradle
13 2 (0.087%) JIRA Agile
13 2 (0.087%) Mercurial
General
1 408 (17.68%) Public Sector
2 398 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 172 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.55%) Finance
5 97 (4.20%) Telecoms
6 66 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 63 (2.73%) Military
9 52 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 44 (1.91%) Electronics
11 40 (1.73%) Marketing
12 23 (1.00%) Aerospace
13 14 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (0.56%) Aviation
14 13 (0.56%) Police
15 10 (0.43%) Local Government
16 9 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.35%) Law
18 7 (0.30%) Digital Economy
18 7 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 515 (22.31%) Architect
2 240 (10.40%) Analyst
3 135 (5.85%) Solutions Architect
4 126 (5.46%) Senior
5 119 (5.16%) Consultant
6 118 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 103 (4.46%) Lead
8 88 (3.81%) Administrator
9 87 (3.77%) Network Engineer
10 80 (3.47%) Project Manager
11 79 (3.42%) Network Architect
12 73 (3.16%) Systems Administrator
13 68 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
14 66 (2.86%) Security Architect
15 62 (2.69%) SOC Analyst
16 58 (2.51%) Infrastructure Architect
17 54 (2.34%) Developer
18 52 (2.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
19 49 (2.12%) Service Architect
20 48 (2.08%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.86%) Spring
2 40 (1.73%) React
3 36 (1.56%) Spring Boot
4 33 (1.43%) REST
5 27 (1.17%) Web Services
6 26 (1.13%) Apache NiFi
7 22 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
8 20 (0.87%) ARM Templates
9 18 (0.78%) .NET
9 18 (0.78%) Hibernate
9 18 (0.78%) JPA
10 12 (0.52%) Itk
11 9 (0.39%) PySpark
12 8 (0.35%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.35%) YAML
13 6 (0.26%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.26%) Node.js
13 6 (0.26%) RESTful
14 5 (0.22%) Kafka
14 5 (0.22%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 183 (7.93%) PKI
2 108 (4.68%) Data Centre
3 103 (4.46%) Cyber Threat
4 99 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
5 87 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
7 62 (2.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 55 (2.38%) Private Cloud
9 40 (1.73%) CSOC
10 33 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 31 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 28 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
13 23 (1.00%) Replication
14 20 (0.87%) Client/Server
14 20 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
16 17 (0.74%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.61%) Operational Technology
18 12 (0.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 440 (19.06%) Windows
2 288 (12.48%) Linux
3 177 (7.67%) Windows Server
4 88 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 84 (3.64%) Windows 10
5 84 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 47 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 47 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (1.86%) Windows 7
8 25 (1.08%) Unix
9 19 (0.82%) Windows NT
10 17 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 14 (0.61%) Windows XP
12 13 (0.56%) Debian
13 11 (0.48%) Android
14 10 (0.43%) Solaris
15 9 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.26%) CentOS
16 6 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (15.47%) Agile
2 311 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
3 249 (10.79%) ITIL
4 239 (10.36%) SIEM
5 222 (9.62%) DevOps
6 220 (9.53%) Problem-Solving
7 179 (7.76%) Service Management
8 163 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 155 (6.72%) Project Management
10 124 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (5.16%) Security Operations
12 115 (4.98%) CI/CD
13 106 (4.59%) Project Delivery
14 103 (4.46%) Threat Intelligence
15 101 (4.38%) Information Security
16 98 (4.25%) Incident Response
17 97 (4.20%) Software Engineering
18 96 (4.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
19 91 (3.94%) Network Management
20 87 (3.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 167 (7.24%) Python
2 160 (6.93%) PowerShell
3 118 (5.11%) Java
4 81 (3.51%) SQL
5 62 (2.69%) C#
6 53 (2.30%) C
6 53 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 36 (1.56%) Bash
8 35 (1.52%) VBScript
9 26 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 21 (0.91%) Bicep
11 19 (0.82%) C++
12 18 (0.78%) Go
13 17 (0.74%) VB
14 5 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.17%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
16 3 (0.13%) Embedded C++
16 3 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,308 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 512 (22.18%) SC Cleared
3 178 (7.71%) Degree
4 51 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (1.86%) CCNP
6 31 (1.34%) APMP
7 28 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 27 (1.17%) CISSP
9 24 (1.04%) CCNA
9 24 (1.04%) SANS
10 21 (0.91%) CISM
10 21 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (0.74%) PMP
12 17 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (0.69%) AWS Certification
14 15 (0.65%) HND
14 15 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.42%) NIST
2 61 (2.64%) PMO
3 58 (2.51%) QA
4 52 (2.25%) NIST 800
5 49 (2.12%) SLA
6 34 (1.47%) Government Security Classifications
7 27 (1.17%) NCSC
8 20 (0.87%) GDPR
9 18 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 15 (0.65%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.48%) RMADS
13 7 (0.30%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.30%) P3O
14 5 (0.22%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.087%) COBIT
15 2 (0.087%) GRC
15 2 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.043%) WCAG
System Software
1 202 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 127 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (4.25%) Docker
4 65 (2.82%) VMware NSX
5 52 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
6 41 (1.78%) Hyper-V
7 36 (1.56%) Firmware
8 30 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
8 30 (1.30%) vSphere
9 20 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.13%) iptables
11 2 (0.087%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.043%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.043%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.043%) KVM
12 1 (0.043%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.043%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.043%) UAG
12 1 (0.043%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 115 (4.98%) Terraform
2 112 (4.85%) Ansible
3 111 (4.81%) SCCM
4 106 (4.59%) Kubernetes
5 66 (2.86%) WSUS
6 60 (2.60%) SCOM
7 39 (1.69%) vCenter Server
8 38 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (1.08%) Puppet
10 24 (1.04%) Prometheus
11 22 (0.95%) FortiGate
11 22 (0.95%) Grafana
12 21 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
13 19 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
13 19 (0.82%) Sysprep
14 18 (0.78%) NetBackup
14 18 (0.78%) Progress Chef
15 14 (0.61%) Kibana
16 13 (0.56%) Nessus
17 12 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 443 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 236 (10.23%) VMware
3 123 (5.33%) Cisco
4 119 (5.16%) Juniper
5 86 (3.73%) Dell
6 77 (3.34%) SAP
7 57 (2.47%) HP
8 54 (2.34%) Palo Alto
9 47 (2.04%) Red Hat
10 45 (1.95%) Veeam
11 44 (1.91%) Atlassian
12 38 (1.65%) Oracle
13 22 (0.95%) EMC
13 22 (0.95%) F5
14 21 (0.91%) Fortinet
15 18 (0.78%) Symantec
16 16 (0.69%) ArcSight
16 16 (0.69%) IBM
17 15 (0.65%) Nokia
18 14 (0.61%) 3PAR