DV Cleared Contracts in the UK excluding London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 30 100
Rank change year-on-year +16 +70 -28
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 1,883 1,449 752
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.29% 6.26% 2.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.55% 19.15% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,094 552
10th Percentile £413 £415 £420
25th Percentile £513 £510 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £675 £687 £675
90th Percentile £775 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 50 10
10th Percentile £48.88 £55.80 £47.22
25th Percentile £56.65 £63.14 £63.30
Median hourly rate £70.39 £74.90 £68.53
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +9.30% +37.05%
75th Percentile £85.32 £78.89 £69.88
90th Percentile £87.53 £94.55 £76.15
UK median hourly rate £70.39 £69.75 £68.00
% change year-on-year +0.92% +2.57% +36.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,369 7,567 8,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.36% 32.71% 26.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,304 5,055 5,252
10th Percentile £270 £288 £260
25th Percentile £425 £424 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £706 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 600 533
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.89 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 +18 863 £605 +6.14% 156
South West +2 800 £568 -9.20% 127
Midlands -3 84 £550 -8.33% 29
East of England -16 71 £550 -8.33% 28
North of England +26 57 £600 - 28
West Midlands +15 51 £550 -12.52% 21
Scotland +49 39 £700 +33.33% 8
East Midlands -7 33 £563 -4.81% 8
Yorkshire +34 30 £650 +47.73% 2
North West -7 22 £550 -12.00% 26
Northern Ireland - 10 £588 - 9
North East +17 5 £600 +15.38%
Wales +14 2 - - 1
DV Cleared
UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 62 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.44%) Confluence
3 45 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.86%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 4 (0.21%) CMS
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.053%) nginx
8 1 (0.053%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 76 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
4 31 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.96%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.27%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.27%) Primavera
2 17 (0.90%) SAP QM
3 8 (0.42%) SAP EWM
4 7 (0.37%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.053%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.053%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.053%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 222 (11.79%) Azure
2 105 (5.58%) AWS
3 46 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (2.34%) PaaS
5 41 (2.18%) SaaS
6 40 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (1.81%) Azure Stack
8 31 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 30 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 28 (1.49%) IaaS
11 19 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (0.90%) Azure Storage
13 15 (0.80%) OCI
14 12 (0.64%) Power Platform
15 11 (0.58%) OpenShift
16 10 (0.53%) GitHub
17 8 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (0.42%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
17 8 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 165 (8.76%) Firewall
2 85 (4.51%) Network Security
3 78 (4.14%) DNS
4 76 (4.04%) WAN
5 72 (3.82%) LAN
6 63 (3.35%) DHCP
7 60 (3.19%) BGP
8 44 (2.34%) SAN
9 43 (2.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 36 (1.91%) SSL
11 32 (1.70%) TCP/IP
12 28 (1.49%) VoIP
13 26 (1.38%) PBX
14 24 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
15 23 (1.22%) VSAN
16 22 (1.17%) OSPF
17 18 (0.96%) DMVPN
17 18 (0.96%) EIGRP
18 16 (0.85%) VPN
19 15 (0.80%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.17%) Relational Database
3 20 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (0.69%) Big Data
6 9 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.37%) Metadata
7 7 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
8 6 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.32%) Power BI
8 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.21%) SQLite
11 3 (0.16%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.16%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (3.93%) JIRA
2 27 (1.43%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.33%) Git
4 20 (1.06%) TestRail
5 19 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
6 13 (0.69%) GitLab
6 13 (0.69%) JUnit
7 9 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.48%) Robot Framework
7 9 (0.48%) Selenium
7 9 (0.48%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.42%) Maven
9 6 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.21%) Checkstyle
11 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.16%) MSI
12 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.11%) Gradle
13 2 (0.11%) HP UFT
General
1 352 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 301 (15.99%) Public Sector
3 149 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (4.67%) Finance
5 78 (4.14%) Telecoms
6 65 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 64 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (2.28%) Military
9 34 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 26 (1.38%) Electronics
11 22 (1.17%) Marketing
12 19 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 13 (0.69%) Aviation
14 8 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.37%) Digital Economy
15 7 (0.37%) Legal
16 6 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.27%) Aeronautics
18 4 (0.21%) Advertising
19 3 (0.16%) Banking
Job Titles
1 455 (24.16%) Architect
2 216 (11.47%) Analyst
3 104 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
4 103 (5.47%) Senior
5 95 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 89 (4.73%) Lead
7 87 (4.62%) Consultant
8 79 (4.20%) Network Architect
9 78 (4.14%) Administrator
10 68 (3.61%) Project Manager
11 66 (3.51%) Systems Administrator
12 61 (3.24%) Security Architect
13 57 (3.03%) SOC Analyst
14 56 (2.97%) Infrastructure Architect
15 54 (2.87%) Network Engineer
16 49 (2.60%) Developer
17 47 (2.50%) DevOps Engineer
18 44 (2.34%) Security Engineer
19 42 (2.23%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
20 41 (2.18%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (1.91%) REST
2 33 (1.75%) Spring
3 32 (1.70%) Spring Boot
4 28 (1.49%) Web Services
5 27 (1.43%) React
6 22 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
7 19 (1.01%) ARM Templates
8 13 (0.69%) .NET
8 13 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (0.64%) Hibernate
9 12 (0.64%) Itk
9 12 (0.64%) JPA
10 6 (0.32%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.32%) LDAP
10 6 (0.32%) RESTful
11 5 (0.27%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.27%) JSON
11 5 (0.27%) Software Packaging
11 5 (0.27%) XML
11 5 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 184 (9.77%) PKI
2 94 (4.99%) Cyber Threat
3 83 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
4 82 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 79 (4.20%) Management Information System
6 62 (3.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 54 (2.87%) Private Cloud
8 53 (2.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 40 (2.12%) CSOC
10 34 (1.81%) Product Ownership
11 31 (1.65%) Driving Licence
12 28 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
14 19 (1.01%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
16 15 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
17 14 (0.74%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.69%) Clustering
19 11 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
20 10 (0.53%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 394 (20.92%) Windows
2 209 (11.10%) Linux
3 150 (7.97%) Windows Server
4 81 (4.30%) Windows 10
5 70 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 39 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
9 37 (1.96%) Windows 7
10 25 (1.33%) Unix
11 19 (1.01%) Windows NT
12 17 (0.90%) Ubuntu
13 16 (0.85%) Apple iOS
14 14 (0.74%) Windows XP
15 12 (0.64%) Debian
16 11 (0.58%) Android
17 10 (0.53%) Solaris
18 7 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
19 6 (0.32%) Windows Vista
20 3 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (15.24%) Agile
2 254 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
3 215 (11.42%) ITIL
4 206 (10.94%) SIEM
5 193 (10.25%) DevOps
5 193 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (7.91%) Service Management
7 124 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 122 (6.48%) Project Management
9 110 (5.84%) Security Operations
10 105 (5.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 93 (4.94%) Project Delivery
12 92 (4.89%) Threat Intelligence
13 90 (4.78%) Incident Response
13 90 (4.78%) Network Management
14 87 (4.62%) Information Security
14 87 (4.62%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 75 (3.98%) Software Engineering
16 74 (3.93%) Mentoring
16 74 (3.93%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 146 (7.75%) PowerShell
2 128 (6.80%) Python
3 99 (5.26%) Java
4 52 (2.76%) C
5 46 (2.44%) C#
6 45 (2.39%) SQL
7 35 (1.86%) VBScript
8 20 (1.06%) Bicep
9 18 (0.96%) Bash
9 18 (0.96%) JavaScript
10 17 (0.90%) VB
11 16 (0.85%) C++
11 16 (0.85%) Go
11 16 (0.85%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.16%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,883 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 374 (19.86%) SC Cleared
3 163 (8.66%) Degree
4 45 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (2.12%) CCNP
6 30 (1.59%) APMP
7 24 (1.27%) SANS
8 22 (1.17%) CISSP
9 21 (1.12%) CCNA
9 21 (1.12%) ISTQB
10 20 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 19 (1.01%) CISM
12 17 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.80%) HND
14 13 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.48%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.77%) NIST
2 50 (2.66%) PMO
3 47 (2.50%) NIST 800
4 44 (2.34%) QA
5 42 (2.23%) SLA
6 34 (1.81%) Government Security Classifications
7 23 (1.22%) NCSC
8 20 (1.06%) GDPR
9 18 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.74%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.48%) RMADS
13 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.37%) P3O
14 2 (0.11%) COBIT
14 2 (0.11%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.053%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.053%) IFRS
15 1 (0.053%) WCAG
System Software
1 175 (9.29%) Active Directory
2 114 (6.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (3.56%) Docker
4 59 (3.13%) VMware NSX
5 56 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
6 50 (2.66%) Hyper-V
7 36 (1.91%) Firmware
8 26 (1.38%) vSphere
9 25 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
10 20 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.27%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.27%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.16%) iptables
13 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.053%) KVM
13 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.053%) UAG
13 1 (0.053%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 104 (5.52%) SCCM
2 80 (4.25%) Ansible
3 79 (4.20%) Terraform
4 76 (4.04%) Kubernetes
5 66 (3.51%) WSUS
6 60 (3.19%) SCOM
7 42 (2.23%) vCenter Server
8 24 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 21 (1.12%) Grafana
9 21 (1.12%) Prometheus
10 19 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
10 19 (1.01%) FortiGate
10 19 (1.01%) Sysprep
11 17 (0.90%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.69%) vRealize
13 12 (0.64%) Nessus
14 11 (0.58%) vMotion
15 10 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
15 10 (0.53%) OPNET
Vendors
1 419 (22.25%) Microsoft
2 213 (11.31%) VMware
3 111 (5.89%) Cisco
4 109 (5.79%) Juniper
5 62 (3.29%) Dell
6 57 (3.03%) HP
7 56 (2.97%) SAP
8 49 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 46 (2.44%) Atlassian
10 45 (2.39%) Red Hat
11 26 (1.38%) Oracle
11 26 (1.38%) Veeam
12 22 (1.17%) EMC
13 20 (1.06%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.01%) F5
15 18 (0.96%) Symantec
16 16 (0.85%) ArcSight
17 15 (0.80%) IBM
17 15 (0.80%) Nokia
18 14 (0.74%) 3PAR