DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 48 24
Rank change year-on-year -26 -24 +51
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 30 38 132
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.99% 2.99% 7.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.36% 10.61% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 116
10th Percentile £405 £347 £463
25th Percentile £488 £517 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £725
90th Percentile £851 £600 £788
England median daily rate £595 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £17.36 £57.75 -
25th Percentile £18.82 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.25 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £63.29 £69.33
% change year-on-year -60.26% -8.72% -2.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

DV Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 472 358 659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.24% 28.12% 35.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 140 333
10th Percentile £193 £200 £273
25th Percentile £374 £306 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £487 £535
Median % change year-on-year +6.37% -9.07% +3.18%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £689 £638 £746
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 81 151
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £23.75 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.46% +116.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.50 £59.38
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.25 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £53.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -5.37% +18.89%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the East of England

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the East of England

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -33 18 £500 -9.09% 27
Cambridgeshire - 10 £850 - 7
Bedfordshire -14 1 - - 4
Suffolk - 1 £550 -
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Cohesity
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) FTP
2 5 (16.67%) HTTP
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
2 5 (16.67%) SMTP
2 5 (16.67%) SSL
3 4 (13.33%) Firewall
3 4 (13.33%) SAN
4 1 (3.33%) DHCP
4 1 (3.33%) Skype
4 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SonarQube
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Legal
4 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Security Officer
5 2 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.67%) VMware Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Developer
6 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Engineering Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Incident Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) LDAP
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) Blazor
2 1 (3.33%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (16.67%) CSOC
2 5 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (16.67%) Cyberattack
2 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (13.33%) Insider Threat
4 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.67%) FPGA
4 2 (6.67%) Verilog
4 2 (6.67%) VHDL
4 2 (6.67%) YubiKey
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Smartcard
5 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
1 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.33%) CentOS
3 1 (3.33%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (30.00%) Information Security
3 8 (26.67%) SIEM
4 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.67%) AI
5 5 (16.67%) Analytics
5 5 (16.67%) Behavioural Analytics
5 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 5 (16.67%) Information Management
5 5 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 5 (16.67%) Network Packet Capture
5 5 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 5 (16.67%) Threat Detection
6 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
6 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) Runbook
6 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 4 (13.33%) SOAR
6 4 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) SQL
4 1 (3.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (43.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.67%) SANS
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) Ansible
3 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.67%) Terraform
3 2 (6.67%) WSUS
4 1 (3.33%) Istio
4 1 (3.33%) Nessus
4 1 (3.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (6.67%) Clearswift
3 2 (6.67%) Intel
3 2 (6.67%) Xilinx
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) NetApp
4 1 (3.33%) Splunk
4 1 (3.33%) Tenable