DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 200 97
Rank change year-on-year +67 -103 +82
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 397 161 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.10% 1.30% 2.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.52% 5.05% 10.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 93 297
10th Percentile £419 £452 £408
25th Percentile £447 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +10.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £750
90th Percentile £725 £718 £825
England median daily rate £600 £583 £600
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £85.20 £24.91 -
25th Percentile £85.50 £25.15 -
Median hourly rate £88.50 £31.33 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +182.52% -47.79% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93.00 £45.31 -
90th Percentile £94.20 £48.75 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £80.68 £71.17
% change year-on-year -47.32% +13.36% -5.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,280 3,185 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.92% 25.75% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,788 2,139 2,855
10th Percentile £364 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +0.38% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £735 £750 £765
England median daily rate £525 £525 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.75% -2.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 67 113
10th Percentile £19.19 £18.51 £14.49
25th Percentile £27.56 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.75 £27.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.09% +10.00% -51.69%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.00 £68.60
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.31 £41.27
% change year-on-year +73.24% -26.56% -24.97%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in London

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Central London -4 32 £569 +9.69% 5
West London -10 10 £675 - 6
South London -7 4 £678 -
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 15 (3.78%) Confluence
2 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.26%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) AutoCAD
1 8 (2.02%) Revit
1 8 (2.02%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.36%) AWS
2 42 (10.58%) Azure
3 31 (7.81%) GCP
4 15 (3.78%) PaaS
5 14 (3.53%) IaaS
6 13 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (3.27%) Serverless
7 12 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.77%) GitHub
8 11 (2.77%) OCI
9 10 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.27%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.51%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.29%) Firewall
2 17 (4.28%) DNS
3 14 (3.53%) DHCP
3 14 (3.53%) Network Security
4 13 (3.27%) VPN
5 10 (2.52%) SMTP
6 6 (1.51%) WAN
7 5 (1.26%) LAN
7 5 (1.26%) VSAN
8 4 (1.01%) SMS
9 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.50%) BGP
10 2 (0.50%) Internet
10 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.50%) OSPF
10 2 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.50%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.50%) VLAN
11 1 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.25%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.76%) Big Data
3 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.76%) Metadata
3 3 (0.76%) Metadata Repository
3 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
5 1 (0.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.28%) JIRA
2 11 (2.77%) GitLab
3 10 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.76%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.26%) Git
6 4 (1.01%) Selenium
6 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.50%) ERwin
7 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.25%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 77 (19.40%) Public Sector
2 47 (11.84%) Social Skills
3 24 (6.05%) Finance
4 14 (3.53%) Military
5 13 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.77%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.52%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.27%) Law
9 7 (1.76%) Legal
10 6 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.51%) Police
11 5 (1.26%) Marketing
11 5 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Local Government
14 1 (0.25%) Automotive
14 1 (0.25%) Banking
14 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (10.33%) Architect
2 40 (10.08%) Developer
3 32 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (6.05%) Consultant
5 22 (5.54%) Lead
6 20 (5.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (4.53%) Senior
8 16 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (4.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (3.78%) Applications Developer
9 15 (3.78%) User Researcher
10 14 (3.53%) Analyst
10 14 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
11 13 (3.27%) Enterprise Architect
12 12 (3.02%) NetApp Engineer
12 12 (3.02%) Storage Engineer
13 11 (2.77%) Network Engineer
13 11 (2.77%) Project Manager
13 11 (2.77%) Software Engineer
14 10 (2.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.78%) React
2 12 (3.02%) REST
3 8 (2.02%) AngularJS
3 8 (2.02%) Azure Blueprints
3 8 (2.02%) FastAPI
4 7 (1.76%) Flask
4 7 (1.76%) SOAP
4 7 (1.76%) Web Services
5 6 (1.51%) Django
5 6 (1.51%) Next.js
6 5 (1.26%) Node.js
6 5 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.26%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.26%) RESTful
7 3 (0.76%) .NET
7 3 (0.76%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.76%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.50%) Blazor
8 2 (0.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 18 (4.53%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.03%) PKI
4 12 (3.02%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.02%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.52%) Clustering
7 8 (2.02%) CMDB
7 8 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.02%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.50%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.32%) Linux
2 29 (7.30%) Windows
3 18 (4.53%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (18.39%) Agile
2 63 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (12.09%) CI/CD
4 46 (11.59%) DevOps
5 37 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 36 (9.07%) AI
7 35 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (7.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (6.80%) ITIL
11 26 (6.55%) Software Engineering
11 26 (6.55%) User Research
12 24 (6.05%) Decision-Making
12 24 (6.05%) TOGAF
13 23 (5.79%) Roadmaps
14 22 (5.54%) Platform Engineering
14 22 (5.54%) Risk Management
14 22 (5.54%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.80%) Python
2 14 (3.53%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.76%) TypeScript
4 6 (1.51%) Java
5 5 (1.26%) C#
5 5 (1.26%) SQL
6 4 (1.01%) X++
7 3 (0.76%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.50%) Bash
8 2 (0.50%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.25%) Bicep
9 1 (0.25%) Groovy
9 1 (0.25%) R
9 1 (0.25%) Ruby
9 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 397 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 155 (39.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.52%) CISSP
3 10 (2.52%) Degree
4 8 (2.02%) CISM
5 7 (1.76%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.51%) PMP
7 5 (1.26%) CEH
7 5 (1.26%) GIAC
7 5 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.76%) CCNA
8 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.50%) CCNP
9 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.27%) QA
2 11 (2.77%) NCSC
2 11 (2.77%) PMO
3 9 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.76%) GDPR
5 6 (1.51%) GRC
6 5 (1.26%) NIST
7 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.01%) WCAG
8 3 (0.76%) COBIT
9 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.25%) P3O
10 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (10.33%) Docker
2 18 (4.53%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.27%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.52%) BitLocker
5 10 (2.52%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.51%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.51%) vSphere
7 4 (1.01%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.25%) UAG
Systems Management
1 52 (13.10%) Kubernetes
2 39 (9.82%) Terraform
3 15 (3.78%) Ansible
4 10 (2.52%) vCenter Server
4 10 (2.52%) vMotion
5 9 (2.27%) Puppet
6 7 (1.76%) SCCM
7 3 (0.76%) Nagios
8 2 (0.50%) Istio
8 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.25%) QRadar
9 1 (0.25%) SCOM
9 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.55%) VMware
3 18 (4.53%) Google
4 15 (3.78%) Oracle
5 14 (3.53%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.27%) NetApp
7 11 (2.77%) Cisco
8 10 (2.52%) Citrix
8 10 (2.52%) Sparx
9 7 (1.76%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.26%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.26%) Splunk
11 4 (1.01%) HP
11 4 (1.01%) Symantec
12 3 (0.76%) Databricks
12 3 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.76%) Pardot
12 3 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.76%) Tenable
13 2 (0.50%) Zscaler