DV Cleared Contracts in the South West

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 4 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 -8
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 803 649 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 25.41% 18.74% 8.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.63% 35.60% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 503 236
10th Percentile £438 £450 £459
25th Percentile £500 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £625 £591
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% +5.71% +12.62%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £775 £738 £769
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 30 7
10th Percentile £56.27 £61.35 £63.30
25th Percentile £57.36 £70.13 £66.18
Median hourly rate £74.44 £75.25 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +8.98% +38.10%
75th Percentile £87.50 £82.31 £73.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £101.25 £76.60
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 West

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 West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,760 1,823 1,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.70% 52.64% 40.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,342 1,037
10th Percentile £360 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £484 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +10.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £733 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 140 91
10th Percentile £22.05 £39.55 £42.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.01 £52.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.29 £75.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire +1 453 £550 -12.00% 35
Gloucestershire 0 162 £600 - 43
Bristol +21 145 £600 -7.69% 37
Dorset -3 13 £800 +30.40% 2
Somerset +8 9 £600 - 4
Devon -3 2 £600 +140.00% 3
Cornwall -7 1 - -
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England

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 58 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 42 (5.23%) Confluence
3 35 (4.36%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.62%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 26 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (2.24%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.25%) Primavera
3 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 88 (10.96%) Azure
2 70 (8.72%) AWS
3 44 (5.48%) PaaS
4 41 (5.11%) SaaS
5 34 (4.23%) Azure Stack
6 29 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (3.49%) IaaS
8 13 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.25%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.00%) Serverless
12 4 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.50%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.37%) Lucidchart
14 2 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (7.10%) Firewall
2 43 (5.35%) Network Security
3 41 (5.11%) WAN
4 36 (4.48%) LAN
5 34 (4.23%) BGP
6 23 (2.86%) VoIP
7 22 (2.74%) PBX
8 14 (1.74%) VSAN
9 11 (1.37%) DNS
10 10 (1.25%) SAN
11 9 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (0.87%) 3G
12 7 (0.87%) 4G
12 7 (0.87%) SDH
12 7 (0.87%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.62%) AMQP
13 5 (0.62%) DHCP
13 5 (0.62%) NAS
13 5 (0.62%) Wireless
14 4 (0.50%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.62%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (1.25%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.87%) Metadata
4 7 (0.87%) Metadata Repository
5 6 (0.75%) InfluxDB
6 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.50%) Power BI
7 4 (0.50%) SQLite
8 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.25%) Tableau
10 1 (0.12%) Biml
10 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (8.34%) JIRA
2 24 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (1.37%) Git
5 8 (1.00%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.00%) GitLab
5 8 (1.00%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.50%) Checkstyle
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.25%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Babel
10 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.12%) ESLint
10 1 (0.12%) JMeter
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 159 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 136 (16.94%) Public Sector
3 74 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.59%) Finance
5 66 (8.22%) Telecoms
6 44 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.49%) Electronics
9 20 (2.49%) Marketing
9 20 (2.49%) Military
10 8 (1.00%) Aerospace
11 7 (0.87%) Digital Economy
11 7 (0.87%) Legal
12 5 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.50%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.37%) Banking
15 2 (0.25%) Advertising
15 2 (0.25%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 177 (22.04%) Architect
2 148 (18.43%) Analyst
3 63 (7.85%) Lead
4 61 (7.60%) Solutions Architect
5 53 (6.60%) SOC Analyst
6 42 (5.23%) Administrator
7 41 (5.11%) Project Manager
7 41 (5.11%) Systems Administrator
7 41 (5.11%) Wintel Administrator
7 41 (5.11%) Wintel Systems Administrator
8 36 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
8 36 (4.48%) Network Architect
8 36 (4.48%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 31 (3.86%) Service Analyst
10 28 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (3.36%) Consultant
12 26 (3.24%) Service Desk Analyst
13 24 (2.99%) Project Leader
14 21 (2.62%) Network Engineer
15 20 (2.49%) Cyber Threat Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.87%) React
1 15 (1.87%) Spring
2 12 (1.49%) .NET
3 9 (1.12%) REST
4 6 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
4 6 (0.75%) Spring Boot
5 5 (0.62%) .NET Core
5 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (0.62%) RESTful
5 5 (0.62%) XML
5 5 (0.62%) YAML
6 4 (0.50%) JSON
6 4 (0.50%) Node.js
6 4 (0.50%) Vue
7 3 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.25%) Fluent Bit
8 2 (0.25%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.34%) PKI
2 58 (7.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 56 (6.97%) Cyber Threat
4 52 (6.48%) Management Information System
5 50 (6.23%) Data Centre
6 46 (5.73%) Private Cloud
7 42 (5.23%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (4.61%) CSOC
9 34 (4.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 13 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (1.25%) Blackberry
12 9 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.12%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.00%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (0.75%) Onboarding
16 5 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
17 4 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
17 4 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
17 4 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 125 (15.57%) Windows
2 54 (6.72%) Linux
3 21 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.37%) Unix
5 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (15.57%) SIEM
3 123 (15.32%) Agile
4 91 (11.33%) Security Operations
5 84 (10.46%) ITIL
6 81 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (9.84%) Threat Intelligence
8 74 (9.22%) DevOps
8 74 (9.22%) Incident Response
9 70 (8.72%) Project Management
10 69 (8.59%) Use Case
11 68 (8.47%) Network Management
12 67 (8.34%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 67 (8.34%) SOAR
13 62 (7.72%) Open Source
14 61 (7.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 60 (7.47%) Service Management
16 58 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 56 (6.97%) Information Security
18 51 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.22%) Python
2 42 (5.23%) Java
3 37 (4.61%) C
4 34 (4.23%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.49%) SQL
6 18 (2.24%) C#
7 16 (1.99%) Bash
8 15 (1.87%) Go
9 13 (1.62%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.62%) C++
10 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.37%) Bicep
13 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.12%) Rust
Qualifications
1 803 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.60%) Degree
4 27 (3.36%) APMP
5 24 (2.99%) SANS
6 16 (1.99%) CISSP
6 16 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (1.87%) HND
8 13 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.25%) CCNP
9 10 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.12%) CISM
11 6 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.62%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.50%) CLAS
13 4 (0.50%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.50%) PMP
14 3 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.73%) NIST
2 42 (5.23%) PMO
3 37 (4.61%) NIST 800
4 34 (4.23%) Government Security Classifications
5 28 (3.49%) SLA
6 18 (2.24%) QA
7 17 (2.12%) GDPR
8 16 (1.99%) NCSC
9 14 (1.74%) JSP 440
10 9 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (1.00%) RMADS
12 7 (0.87%) P3O
13 2 (0.25%) COBIT
13 2 (0.25%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (5.73%) Docker
2 27 (3.36%) VMware NSX
3 26 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
4 24 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (2.74%) vSphere
6 19 (2.37%) Active Directory
7 4 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (6.10%) Terraform
2 42 (5.23%) Ansible
3 39 (4.86%) Kubernetes
4 23 (2.86%) SCOM
5 21 (2.62%) Grafana
5 21 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.37%) OPNET
6 11 (1.37%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.50%) vRealize
10 3 (0.37%) SCCM
11 2 (0.25%) Argo
11 2 (0.25%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.25%) MOM
11 2 (0.25%) Puppet
11 2 (0.25%) VxRail
12 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 157 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.22%) VMware
3 42 (5.23%) Atlassian
4 36 (4.48%) Dell
5 33 (4.11%) Cisco
6 22 (2.74%) SAP
7 15 (1.87%) Juniper
7 15 (1.87%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.74%) Nokia
9 13 (1.62%) IBM
10 10 (1.25%) Avaya
10 10 (1.25%) Ericsson
10 10 (1.25%) Google
10 10 (1.25%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.00%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.00%) Remedy
12 7 (0.87%) Sparx
13 6 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
14 4 (0.50%) Ciena
14 4 (0.50%) Splunk