DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lincoln 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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 3.57% - 14.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £599
25th Percentile - - £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £788
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.18%
75th Percentile - - £850
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median daily rate £650 £275 £663
% change year-on-year +136.36% -58.49% +20.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19 2 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 67.86% 14.29% 59.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £507 - £325
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £825 £350
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +135.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £613 - £644
90th Percentile £635 - £850
Lincolnshire median daily rate £177 £750 £375
% change year-on-year -76.37% +100.00% -31.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 0
10th Percentile £18.87 - -
25th Percentile £20.51 £40.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £41.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £24.29 £28.30 £20.51
% change year-on-year -14.18% +37.98% +4.11%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Lincoln

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow