DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 27 4
Rank change year-on-year -16 -23 +19
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 24 20 90
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.59% 5.17% 13.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.06% 14.81% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 77
10th Percentile - £475 £500
25th Percentile £400 £503 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.61% -14.81% -
75th Percentile £538 £606 £750
90th Percentile £598 £725 £869
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile £16.97 - -
25th Percentile £18.05 £71.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -37.93% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 217 135 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 32.44% 34.88% 38.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 42 142
10th Percentile £363 £292 £398
25th Percentile £456 £400 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -10.79% +9.09%
75th Percentile £644 £600 £725
90th Percentile £700 £674 £824
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £523
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.09% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 58 59
10th Percentile £16.79 £35.00 £26.24
25th Percentile £19.05 £49.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +35.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £84.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £95.00 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £62.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year -63.68% +109.17% +42.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Stevenage -5 12 £400 -23.81% 25
Hatfield - 8 - -
Hemel Hempstead -5 4 £526 -12.42% 9
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East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) DNS
1 10 (41.67%) FTP
1 10 (41.67%) HTTP
1 10 (41.67%) Network Security
1 10 (41.67%) SMTP
1 10 (41.67%) SSL
2 2 (8.33%) SAN
General
1 18 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Legal
3 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Security Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Engineering Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Management Information System
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (41.67%) CSOC
2 10 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (41.67%) Cyberattack
2 10 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (33.33%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Information Security
2 17 (70.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (41.67%) AI
3 10 (41.67%) Analytics
3 10 (41.67%) Behavioural Analytics
3 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (41.67%) Incident Response
3 10 (41.67%) Information Management
3 10 (41.67%) Machine Learning
3 10 (41.67%) Network Packet Capture
3 10 (41.67%) Security Operations
3 10 (41.67%) SIEM
3 10 (41.67%) Threat Detection
4 9 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (37.50%) Runbook
4 9 (37.50%) SOAR
4 9 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
5 8 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 7 (29.17%) Analytical Thinking
6 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 9 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (79.17%) SC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (4.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) VMware