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 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 38 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 -15 +66
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 44 54 130
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.12% 4.05% 6.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.73% 14.63% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 48 119
10th Percentile £490 £433 £463
25th Percentile £525 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £725
90th Percentile £618 £600 £775
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +1.69%
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 £28.58 £63.29 £70.00
% change year-on-year -54.85% -9.59% -

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 452 369 652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.08% 27.68% 34.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 157 331
10th Percentile £199 £208 £273
25th Percentile £382 £325 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £675
90th Percentile £669 £605 £747
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 77 152
10th Percentile £15.50 £22.54 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £38.40 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +119.05% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55.38 £65.00 £59.06
90th Percentile £80.75 £77.65 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

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 28 October 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 28 October 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 28 October 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 -14 34 £550 - 20
Cambridgeshire - 8 £850 - 4
Bedfordshire -12 1 - - 2
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 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (45.45%) Cohesity
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (59.09%) DNS
2 20 (45.45%) SAN
3 5 (11.36%) FTP
3 5 (11.36%) HTTP
3 5 (11.36%) Network Security
3 5 (11.36%) SMTP
3 5 (11.36%) SSL
4 4 (9.09%) Firewall
5 1 (2.27%) DHCP
5 1 (2.27%) Skype
5 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SonarQube
General
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Legal
4 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Law
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (6.82%) Security Officer
4 2 (4.55%) Consultant
4 2 (4.55%) FPGA Engineer
4 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 2 (4.55%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (4.55%) Security Consultant
4 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
4 2 (4.55%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Developer
5 1 (2.27%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (2.27%) Incident Manager
5 1 (2.27%) Lead
5 1 (2.27%) Lead Developer
5 1 (2.27%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) LDAP
2 1 (2.27%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) Blazor
2 1 (2.27%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (11.36%) CSOC
2 5 (11.36%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (11.36%) Cyberattack
2 5 (11.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (9.09%) Insider Threat
4 2 (4.55%) FPGA
4 2 (4.55%) Verilog
4 2 (4.55%) VHDL
4 2 (4.55%) YubiKey
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.27%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (47.73%) Windows
1 21 (47.73%) Windows Server
2 20 (45.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 19 (43.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (2.27%) CentOS
5 1 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (59.09%) SIEM
2 19 (43.18%) Build Automation
2 19 (43.18%) Deployment Automation
2 19 (43.18%) Operations Management
3 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (20.45%) Information Security
5 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (11.36%) AI
6 5 (11.36%) Analytics
6 5 (11.36%) Behavioural Analytics
6 5 (11.36%) Incident Response
6 5 (11.36%) Information Management
6 5 (11.36%) Machine Learning
6 5 (11.36%) Network Packet Capture
6 5 (11.36%) Security Operations
6 5 (11.36%) Threat Detection
7 4 (9.09%) Runbook
7 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.09%) SOAR
7 4 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (56.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.36%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) SQL
4 1 (2.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.55%) SANS
5 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.27%) CCNA
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Degree
5 1 (2.27%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) SLA
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (43.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 19 (43.18%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (47.73%) Ansible
2 20 (45.45%) SCCM
2 20 (45.45%) WSUS
3 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.55%) Terraform
4 1 (2.27%) Istio
4 1 (2.27%) Nessus
4 1 (2.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 20 (45.45%) VMware
3 19 (43.18%) NetApp
3 19 (43.18%) Splunk
4 2 (4.55%) Clearswift
4 2 (4.55%) Intel
4 2 (4.55%) Xilinx
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco
5 1 (2.27%) Tenable