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 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 3 4 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 -7
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 783 648 288
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 24.08% 19.15% 7.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.26% 36.28% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 491 228
10th Percentile £450 £450 £463
25th Percentile £510 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £775 £738 £775
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 6
10th Percentile £55.70 £61.50 £63.30
25th Percentile £57.33 £70.50 £64.10
Median hourly rate £72.72 £78.00 £69.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +13.04% +38.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £82.31 £74.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £99.23 £76.75
England median hourly rate £71.08 £75.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year -5.22% +10.29% +36.00%

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 1,769 1,786 1,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.41% 52.79% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,132 1,300 1,038
10th Percentile £363 £400 £338
25th Percentile £473 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +10.33% +9.38%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £725 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 135 93
10th Percentile £21.26 £39.55 £41.61
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.27 £52.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +5.69% +30.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £67.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
Wiltshire +1 433 £550 -12.00% 50
Gloucestershire 0 170 £600 - 55
Bristol +23 138 £600 -7.69% 30
Dorset -1 11 £800 +30.72% 1
Somerset +3 9 £600 +8.60% 5
Devon -3 3 £600 +140.00% 1
Cornwall -6 1 - -
DV Cleared
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 54 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.85%) Confluence
3 30 (3.83%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.64%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
1 25 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
1 25 (3.19%) Spreadsheet
2 18 (2.30%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 80 (10.22%) Azure
2 71 (9.07%) AWS
3 43 (5.49%) PaaS
4 41 (5.24%) SaaS
5 29 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 28 (3.58%) Azure Stack
6 28 (3.58%) IaaS
7 15 (1.92%) OpenShift
8 14 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.15%) Serverless
11 5 (0.64%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.38%) Lucidchart
14 2 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.02%) Firewall
2 44 (5.62%) Network Security
3 40 (5.11%) WAN
4 36 (4.60%) LAN
5 29 (3.70%) BGP
6 22 (2.81%) PBX
6 22 (2.81%) VoIP
7 16 (2.04%) VSAN
8 10 (1.28%) DNS
8 10 (1.28%) SAN
9 9 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
10 8 (1.02%) 3G
10 8 (1.02%) 4G
11 7 (0.89%) SDH
11 7 (0.89%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.77%) AMQP
13 5 (0.64%) DHCP
13 5 (0.64%) NAS
13 5 (0.64%) Wireless
14 4 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.89%) InfluxDB
5 7 (0.89%) Metadata
5 7 (0.89%) Metadata Repository
6 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.51%) Big Data
7 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.51%) Power BI
7 4 (0.51%) SQLite
8 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (8.05%) JIRA
2 24 (3.07%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (1.66%) Git
5 8 (1.02%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.02%) GitLab
5 8 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.89%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.89%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) Checkstyle
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.13%) Babel
10 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.13%) ESLint
10 1 (0.13%) JMeter
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 159 (20.31%) Social Skills
2 136 (17.37%) Public Sector
3 72 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.81%) Finance
5 67 (8.56%) Telecoms
6 44 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 23 (2.94%) Electronics
8 23 (2.94%) Marketing
8 23 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.30%) Military
10 8 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 7 (0.89%) Digital Economy
12 6 (0.77%) Legal
13 4 (0.51%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Banking
15 2 (0.26%) Advertising
16 1 (0.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 177 (22.61%) Architect
2 136 (17.37%) Analyst
3 60 (7.66%) Lead
3 60 (7.66%) Solutions Architect
4 45 (5.75%) SOC Analyst
5 40 (5.11%) Administrator
6 39 (4.98%) Project Manager
6 39 (4.98%) Systems Administrator
6 39 (4.98%) Wintel Administrator
6 39 (4.98%) Wintel Systems Administrator
7 36 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (4.47%) Network Architect
9 32 (4.09%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 31 (3.96%) Service Analyst
11 29 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (3.58%) Consultant
13 26 (3.32%) Service Desk Analyst
14 24 (3.07%) Network Engineer
14 24 (3.07%) Project Leader
15 23 (2.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.17%) React
2 16 (2.04%) Spring
3 15 (1.92%) .NET
3 15 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.15%) REST
5 7 (0.89%) .NET Core
5 7 (0.89%) Spring Boot
6 6 (0.77%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.77%) Apache NiFi
6 6 (0.77%) Node.js
6 6 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (0.64%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.64%) RESTful
7 5 (0.64%) XML
7 5 (0.64%) YAML
8 4 (0.51%) JSON
8 4 (0.51%) Vue
9 3 (0.38%) Kafka
10 2 (0.26%) Loki
10 2 (0.26%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.45%) PKI
2 63 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
3 57 (7.28%) Management Information System
4 53 (6.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 52 (6.64%) Cyber Defence
5 52 (6.64%) Data Centre
6 43 (5.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 40 (5.11%) Private Cloud
8 37 (4.73%) CSOC
9 14 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (1.28%) Blackberry
11 9 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.77%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.51%) Clustering
15 4 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 119 (15.20%) Windows
2 60 (7.66%) Linux
3 23 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (15.84%) Agile
3 120 (15.33%) SIEM
4 83 (10.60%) Security Operations
5 82 (10.47%) Threat Intelligence
6 80 (10.22%) Incident Response
7 79 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (9.83%) ITIL
9 75 (9.58%) DevOps
9 75 (9.58%) Use Case
10 72 (9.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 67 (8.56%) Project Management
12 65 (8.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 64 (8.17%) Information Security
14 62 (7.92%) Network Management
14 62 (7.92%) SOAR
15 58 (7.41%) Open Source
15 58 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 52 (6.64%) Service Management
17 51 (6.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 60 (7.66%) Python
2 44 (5.62%) Java
3 36 (4.60%) C
4 33 (4.21%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.55%) Bash
6 19 (2.43%) C#
6 19 (2.43%) SQL
7 17 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.04%) Go
9 6 (0.77%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.38%) Bicep
10 3 (0.38%) C++
11 2 (0.26%) Perl
11 2 (0.26%) Ruby
11 2 (0.26%) Rust
11 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 783 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 105 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.15%) Degree
4 27 (3.45%) APMP
5 24 (3.07%) SANS
6 16 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (1.92%) HND
8 13 (1.66%) CISSP
9 9 (1.15%) CCNP
9 9 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.02%) CISM
11 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (0.51%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.51%) CLAS
13 4 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.51%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.51%) PMP
14 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.90%) NIST
2 46 (5.87%) NIST 800
3 42 (5.36%) PMO
4 29 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
5 28 (3.58%) SLA
6 18 (2.30%) QA
7 17 (2.17%) GDPR
8 16 (2.04%) NCSC
9 8 (1.02%) RMADS
10 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.89%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.89%) P3O
11 2 (0.26%) COBIT
11 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (6.39%) Docker
2 30 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
3 29 (3.70%) VMware NSX
4 26 (3.32%) vSphere
5 25 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 20 (2.55%) Active Directory
7 5 (0.64%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.13%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 50 (6.39%) Terraform
2 43 (5.49%) Ansible
2 43 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.68%) Grafana
3 21 (2.68%) Prometheus
4 18 (2.30%) SCOM
5 11 (1.40%) vCenter Server
6 10 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (1.28%) Kibana
7 9 (1.15%) logstash
8 8 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.51%) vRealize
10 3 (0.38%) OPNET
10 3 (0.38%) SCCM
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.26%) MOM
11 2 (0.26%) Puppet
11 2 (0.26%) Rancher
11 2 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 146 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.05%) VMware
3 38 (4.85%) Atlassian
4 36 (4.60%) Dell
5 35 (4.47%) Cisco
6 23 (2.94%) SAP
7 15 (1.92%) Juniper
7 15 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.79%) Nokia
9 13 (1.66%) IBM
10 10 (1.28%) Avaya
10 10 (1.28%) Ericsson
10 10 (1.28%) Google
10 10 (1.28%) Ribbon
11 9 (1.15%) Tanium
12 8 (1.02%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.89%) Remedy
13 7 (0.89%) Sparx
14 6 (0.77%) BiZZdesign
15 4 (0.51%) Splunk