DV Cleared Contracts in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 20 56
Rank change year-on-year +17 +36 -5
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 863 458 314
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.82% 8.18% 4.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.66% 22.52% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 340 231
10th Percentile £425 £380 £413
25th Percentile £512 £488 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.14% +3.64% +19.57%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £650
90th Percentile £775 £721 £700
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 20 0
10th Percentile £51.41 £54.56 -
25th Percentile £56.65 £58.99 -
Median hourly rate £70.39 £64.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% - -
75th Percentile £85.65 £75.89 -
90th Percentile £87.49 £80.02 -
England median hourly rate £70.39 £74.79 £69.05
% change year-on-year -5.88% +8.31% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,420 2,034 2,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.36% 36.32% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 1,331 1,565
10th Percentile £334 £300 £313
25th Percentile £449 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £618 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 132 82
10th Percentile £16.88 £20.62 £18.53
25th Percentile £25.70 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £59.45 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +32.85% +7.83%
75th Percentile £66.94 £70.00 £54.75
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.68 £67.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.93 £41.36
% change year-on-year -24.42% +27.98% +10.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +5 456 £625 +8.70% 52
Thames Valley +16 391 £575 +4.55% 58
Berkshire +20 314 £595 -2.46% 52
Buckinghamshire +4 75 £550 +14.58% 6
Surrey 0 11 £850 +47.83% 8
M4 Corridor - 4 £540 -
West Sussex - 2 £550 - 4
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 49 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.58%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (2.55%) Primavera
2 17 (1.97%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.93%) SAP EWM
4 7 (0.81%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.12%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (12.40%) Azure
2 31 (3.59%) AWS
3 28 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (2.32%) Entra ID
5 17 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (1.97%) Azure Storage
6 16 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.62%) OCI
8 7 (0.81%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.23%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.23%) PaaS
9 2 (0.23%) Slack
10 1 (0.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 101 (11.70%) Firewall
2 52 (6.03%) DNS
3 43 (4.98%) DHCP
4 35 (4.06%) LAN
4 35 (4.06%) SSL
5 33 (3.82%) WAN
6 28 (3.24%) Intrusion Detection
7 26 (3.01%) BGP
8 24 (2.78%) Network Security
9 23 (2.67%) SAN
10 20 (2.32%) OSPF
11 18 (2.09%) DMVPN
11 18 (2.09%) EIGRP
12 15 (1.74%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (1.39%) TCP/IP
14 9 (1.04%) VPN
15 6 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.70%) MPLS
16 5 (0.58%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.35%) MariaDB
3 3 (0.35%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.12%) Power BI
5 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (2.43%) TestRail
2 8 (0.93%) Robot Framework
3 6 (0.70%) Selenium
4 3 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.35%) MSI
5 2 (0.23%) Git
5 2 (0.23%) GitLab
5 2 (0.23%) JIRA
5 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 176 (20.39%) Social Skills
2 131 (15.18%) Public Sector
3 53 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (2.32%) Military
6 17 (1.97%) Finance
7 14 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (1.51%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.39%) Aviation
10 8 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 6 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.35%) Electronics
13 3 (0.35%) Environmental Health
14 2 (0.23%) Marketing
15 1 (0.12%) Advertising
15 1 (0.12%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.12%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 258 (29.90%) Architect
2 78 (9.04%) Senior
3 57 (6.60%) Consultant
4 55 (6.37%) Analyst
5 53 (6.14%) Infrastructure Architect
6 52 (6.03%) Security Architect
7 45 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 43 (4.98%) Network Architect
9 42 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (3.82%) Network Engineer
10 33 (3.82%) Support Specialist
11 31 (3.59%) Administrator
11 31 (3.59%) Lead
11 31 (3.59%) Security Engineer
12 30 (3.48%) Active Directory Support
12 30 (3.48%) SAP Consultant
13 27 (3.13%) Active Directory Specialist
13 27 (3.13%) Azure Specialist
13 27 (3.13%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 26 (3.01%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.67%) Web Services
2 17 (1.97%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.39%) Itk
4 3 (0.35%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.23%) ATL
5 2 (0.23%) Fluent Bit
5 2 (0.23%) Loki
6 1 (0.12%) CSS
6 1 (0.12%) HTML
6 1 (0.12%) JSP
6 1 (0.12%) LDAP
6 1 (0.12%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.12%) REST
6 1 (0.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 91 (10.54%) PKI
2 30 (3.48%) Data Centre
2 30 (3.48%) Driving Licence
3 28 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
5 22 (2.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 22 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.09%) Client/Server
7 8 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.70%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.35%) FPGA
10 3 (0.35%) iPad
10 3 (0.35%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.35%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.35%) VHDL
11 2 (0.23%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 191 (22.13%) Windows
2 99 (11.47%) Windows Server
3 88 (10.20%) Linux
4 76 (8.81%) Windows 10
5 61 (7.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (6.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (3.48%) Windows 7
9 29 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (2.20%) Windows NT
11 14 (1.62%) Windows XP
12 7 (0.81%) Debian
13 6 (0.70%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.35%) Unix
15 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (16.69%) Agile
2 117 (13.56%) ITIL
3 99 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (10.43%) DevOps
5 84 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
6 74 (8.57%) Service Management
7 65 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 63 (7.30%) Customer Service
9 55 (6.37%) SIEM
10 51 (5.91%) Project Management
11 49 (5.68%) Release Management
12 40 (4.63%) Prototyping
13 37 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (3.94%) Project Delivery
15 30 (3.48%) GAP Analysis
15 30 (3.48%) Scaled Agile Framework
15 30 (3.48%) Test Automation
16 27 (3.13%) Security Architecture
16 27 (3.13%) User Acceptance Testing
17 26 (3.01%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 103 (11.94%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.18%) Python
3 35 (4.06%) VBScript
4 21 (2.43%) Java
5 19 (2.20%) C#
6 17 (1.97%) Bicep
6 17 (1.97%) SQL
6 17 (1.97%) VB
7 12 (1.39%) C
8 11 (1.27%) C++
9 5 (0.58%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.35%) Bash
10 3 (0.35%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.35%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.12%) Go
11 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 863 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.55%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.85%) Degree
4 34 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (3.48%) CCNP
6 21 (2.43%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 18 (2.09%) CCNA
8 17 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.04%) CISM
10 5 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.58%) ISEB
11 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.35%) APMP
12 3 (0.35%) CISSP
12 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.35%) PMP
12 3 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.35%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.90%) NIST
2 22 (2.55%) QA
3 19 (2.20%) NIST 800
4 10 (1.16%) SLA
5 9 (1.04%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 7 (0.81%) NCSC
7 3 (0.35%) GDPR
7 3 (0.35%) RMADS
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 123 (14.25%) Active Directory
2 65 (7.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (4.06%) Firmware
4 30 (3.48%) Hyper-V
5 21 (2.43%) VMware NSX
6 17 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 17 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.70%) Docker
9 3 (0.35%) vSphere
10 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.12%) UAG
10 1 (0.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 93 (10.78%) SCCM
2 64 (7.42%) WSUS
3 34 (3.94%) SCOM
4 32 (3.71%) Ansible
5 28 (3.24%) Terraform
6 21 (2.43%) Kubernetes
7 20 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.20%) FortiGate
8 19 (2.20%) Sysprep
9 18 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
10 16 (1.85%) vCenter Server
11 14 (1.62%) NetBackup
12 12 (1.39%) Nessus
13 7 (0.81%) NetIQ Identity Manager
14 5 (0.58%) Endace
14 5 (0.58%) WMI
15 4 (0.46%) vRealize
16 3 (0.35%) MOM
16 3 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 216 (25.03%) Microsoft
2 101 (11.70%) VMware
3 93 (10.78%) Juniper
4 73 (8.46%) Cisco
5 49 (5.68%) HP
6 36 (4.17%) Palo Alto
7 35 (4.06%) SAP
8 26 (3.01%) Dell
9 24 (2.78%) Oracle
10 20 (2.32%) Fortinet
11 17 (1.97%) EMC
11 17 (1.97%) F5
11 17 (1.97%) Veeam
12 16 (1.85%) ArcSight
13 15 (1.74%) Symantec
14 14 (1.62%) 3PAR
14 14 (1.62%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (1.39%) ScienceLogic
16 11 (1.27%) NetIQ
17 10 (1.16%) ServiceNow