DV Cleared Contracts 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 +54
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 40 61 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.39% 8.68% 16.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.69% 24.70% 40.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 59 99
10th Percentile £480 £343 £316
25th Percentile £525 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +18.07%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £700
90th Percentile - £640 £760
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +13.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 - -
75th Percentile £81.35 - -
90th Percentile £82.68 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year +0.84% - -

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 162 247 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 38.03% 35.14% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 97 165
10th Percentile £350 £246 £273
25th Percentile £489 £345 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £700
90th Percentile £700 £638 £783
East of England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 88 58
10th Percentile £17.80 £37.38 £20.72
25th Percentile £30.06 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -28.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66.75 £65.00 £67.81
90th Percentile £78.91 £85.00 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £32.74 £43.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -23.87% +104.76% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 August 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 3 August 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 +8 36 £550 - 28
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) Apache
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.50%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 24 (60.00%) Cohesity
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 35 (87.50%) DNS
2 21 (52.50%) SAN
3 11 (27.50%) FTP
3 11 (27.50%) HTTP
3 11 (27.50%) Network Security
3 11 (27.50%) SMTP
3 11 (27.50%) SSL
4 4 (10.00%) Skype
5 1 (2.50%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.50%) Flink
1 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.50%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Architect
4 2 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Data Engineer
5 1 (2.50%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) Security Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) VMware Architect
5 1 (2.50%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (2.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) LDAP
2 1 (2.50%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (2.50%) Kafka
2 1 (2.50%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 9 (22.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (22.50%) CSOC
2 9 (22.50%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (22.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.50%) Smartcard
4 3 (7.50%) YubiKey
5 2 (5.00%) YARA
6 1 (2.50%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) PKI
6 1 (2.50%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 25 (62.50%) Windows
1 25 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 21 (52.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (52.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.50%) Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) SIEM
2 20 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 20 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 20 (50.00%) Operations Management
3 11 (27.50%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (27.50%) Threat Detection
4 9 (22.50%) Information Management
4 9 (22.50%) Information Security
4 9 (22.50%) Network Packet Capture
4 9 (22.50%) Security Operations
5 8 (20.00%) Analytics
5 8 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 7 (17.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (17.50%) Behavioural Analytics
6 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.50%) Machine Learning
7 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Runbook
7 4 (10.00%) SOAR
7 4 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (65.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 25 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 21 (52.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.50%) Docker
5 1 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (62.50%) WSUS
2 24 (60.00%) SCCM
3 22 (55.00%) Ansible
4 3 (7.50%) Nessus
5 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (55.00%) Microsoft
1 22 (55.00%) VMware
2 21 (52.50%) NetApp
2 21 (52.50%) Splunk
3 4 (10.00%) Tenable
4 3 (7.50%) Sun
5 1 (2.50%) HP
5 1 (2.50%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.50%) Twitter