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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 187 92
Rank change year-on-year +56 -95 +95
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 372 171 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 1.38% 2.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.35% 5.33% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 99 290
10th Percentile £413 £445 £412
25th Percentile £434 £481 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £750
90th Percentile £736 £714 £825
England median daily rate £600 £586 £600
% change year-on-year +2.39% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £85.20 £28.14 -
25th Percentile £85.50 £33.35 -
Median hourly rate £88.50 £41.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.55% -31.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £93.00 £48.13 -
90th Percentile £94.20 £49.25 -
England median hourly rate £48.35 £80.00 £70.39
% change year-on-year -39.56% +13.65% -6.02%

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 5,062 3,209 4,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.12% 25.90% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,626 2,152 2,824
10th Percentile £363 £355 £325
25th Percentile £446 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.15% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £740 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 59 108
10th Percentile £22.48 £18.39 £14.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £23.47 £19.98
Median hourly rate £55.00 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.20% +16.28% -40.83%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.75 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.68 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +18.85% - -23.81%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +1 30 £500 -13.04% 18
West London -20 6 £675 +106.11% 8
South London - 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 16 (4.30%) Confluence
2 6 (1.61%) Apache
3 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.34%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.08%) AutoCAD
1 4 (1.08%) Revit
1 4 (1.08%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.44%) AWS
2 36 (9.68%) Azure
3 23 (6.18%) GCP
4 13 (3.49%) Serverless
5 12 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.23%) PaaS
6 11 (2.96%) IaaS
7 9 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (2.42%) OCI
8 8 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.88%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.88%) GitHub
9 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (1.61%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.34%) Figma
12 4 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.38%) Firewall
2 13 (3.49%) DNS
2 13 (3.49%) Network Security
3 11 (2.96%) DHCP
3 11 (2.96%) VPN
4 8 (2.15%) SMTP
5 5 (1.34%) VSAN
5 5 (1.34%) WAN
6 4 (1.08%) LAN
7 2 (0.54%) BGP
7 2 (0.54%) Internet
7 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.54%) NAS
7 2 (0.54%) OSPF
7 2 (0.54%) SAN
7 2 (0.54%) SMS
7 2 (0.54%) SSL
7 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.34%) Big Data
4 5 (1.34%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.08%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.81%) Metadata
6 3 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Power BI
8 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.27%) EDMS
8 1 (0.27%) MySQL
8 1 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (5.11%) JIRA
2 7 (1.88%) Cypress.io
2 7 (1.88%) GitLab
3 6 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.34%) Git
5 4 (1.08%) Selenium
5 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.54%) ERwin
7 2 (0.54%) Maven
8 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 63 (16.94%) Public Sector
2 40 (10.75%) Social Skills
3 16 (4.30%) Finance
4 15 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.23%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.96%) Military
7 7 (1.88%) Law
7 7 (1.88%) Legal
8 6 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.34%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.08%) Police
11 3 (0.81%) Banking
12 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.54%) Local Government
13 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Marketing
13 1 (0.27%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (10.22%) Architect
2 37 (9.95%) Developer
3 25 (6.72%) Consultant
3 25 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (4.57%) Lead
5 17 (4.57%) Senior
6 15 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (4.03%) Software Engineer
7 14 (3.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (3.76%) Applications Developer
7 14 (3.76%) NetApp Engineer
7 14 (3.76%) Storage Engineer
8 13 (3.49%) Analyst
8 13 (3.49%) Enterprise Architect
9 12 (3.23%) User Researcher
10 11 (2.96%) Network Engineer
11 10 (2.69%) Administrator
11 10 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (2.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.57%) React
2 9 (2.42%) AngularJS
2 9 (2.42%) Web Services
3 8 (2.15%) REST
4 7 (1.88%) FastAPI
4 7 (1.88%) SOAP
5 6 (1.61%) Azure Blueprints
5 6 (1.61%) Django
5 6 (1.61%) Flask
5 6 (1.61%) Next.js
6 5 (1.34%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (1.34%) Node.js
6 5 (1.34%) RESTful
7 4 (1.08%) Kafka
7 4 (1.08%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.81%) .NET
8 3 (0.81%) JSON
8 3 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.81%) XML
9 2 (0.54%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.65%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.76%) PKI
3 13 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.15%) Clustering
5 8 (2.15%) CMDB
5 8 (2.15%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.81%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.54%) Handset
11 2 (0.54%) Replication
11 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.14%) Linux
2 28 (7.53%) Windows
3 14 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.88%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.54%) Android
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (15.86%) Agile
3 41 (11.02%) DevOps
4 40 (10.75%) CI/CD
5 30 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (7.53%) Software Engineering
6 28 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (6.99%) AI
7 26 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (6.45%) ITIL
9 22 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (5.91%) Decision-Making
9 22 (5.91%) Scrum
9 22 (5.91%) User Research
10 21 (5.65%) Service Design
11 20 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (5.11%) ITSM
13 18 (4.84%) Platform Engineering
14 17 (4.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.53%) Python
2 13 (3.49%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.23%) Java
4 8 (2.15%) C#
4 8 (2.15%) TypeScript
5 7 (1.88%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.88%) SQL
6 6 (1.61%) Bash
7 4 (1.08%) X++
8 3 (0.81%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.54%) C++
10 1 (0.27%) Bicep
10 1 (0.27%) C
10 1 (0.27%) R
10 1 (0.27%) Ruby
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 372 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 133 (35.75%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.15%) CISM
3 8 (2.15%) CISSP
4 7 (1.88%) Degree
5 6 (1.61%) CEH
5 6 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (1.61%) GIAC
6 4 (1.08%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.08%) CCNA
6 4 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.08%) PMP
7 3 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.54%) CCNP
8 2 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) ISACA
9 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.42%) PMO
1 9 (2.42%) QA
2 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.61%) NCSC
3 6 (1.61%) NIST
4 5 (1.34%) GDPR
5 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.08%) WCAG
6 3 (0.81%) COBIT
7 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) P3O
8 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (9.41%) Docker
2 16 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.96%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.15%) BitLocker
6 8 (2.15%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (1.61%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.61%) vSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.27%) UAG
Systems Management
1 43 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.33%) Terraform
3 13 (3.49%) Ansible
4 9 (2.42%) SCCM
5 8 (2.15%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.15%) vMotion
6 7 (1.88%) Puppet
7 3 (0.81%) Argo
7 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.54%) Grafana
8 2 (0.54%) Nagios
8 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.54%) Rancher
9 1 (0.27%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
9 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.45%) VMware
3 17 (4.57%) NetApp
4 15 (4.03%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.76%) Oracle
6 12 (3.23%) Cisco
7 9 (2.42%) Google
8 8 (2.15%) Citrix
8 8 (2.15%) Sparx
9 6 (1.61%) Palantir
10 5 (1.34%) Foundry
11 4 (1.08%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.08%) Splunk
12 3 (0.81%) Dell
12 3 (0.81%) HP
12 3 (0.81%) Tenable
13 2 (0.54%) Databricks
13 2 (0.54%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto