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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 192 106
Rank change year-on-year +60 -86 +54
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 430 186 430
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.20% 1.39% 2.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.91% 5.41% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 113 293
10th Percentile £419 £439 £413
25th Percentile £450 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £630
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £750
90th Percentile £725 £736 £825
England median daily rate £600 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile £85.20 £25.10 -
25th Percentile £85.50 - -
Median hourly rate £88.50 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +251.89% -58.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93.00 £35.35 -
90th Percentile £94.20 £47.75 -
England median hourly rate £48.84 £76.85 £71.00
% change year-on-year -36.45% +8.24% -5.33%

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 5,433 3,436 4,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.78% 25.72% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,921 2,311 2,855
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.17%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £774
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 78 107
10th Percentile £19.42 £18.57 £14.96
25th Percentile £26.19 £25.01 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.74 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.83% +0.92% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.19 £49.38 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.15 £68.30
England median hourly rate £53.95 £28.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +92.68% -34.12% -22.73%

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

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

DV Cleared
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

DV Cleared
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 8 July 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 +9 35 £575 +2.22% 19
West London -8 10 £675 - 5
South London -4 5 £550 - 1
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 18 (4.19%) Confluence
2 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.16%) CMS
4 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (2.33%) AutoCAD
1 10 (2.33%) Revit
1 10 (2.33%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.49%) AWS
2 48 (11.16%) Azure
3 36 (8.37%) GCP
4 14 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
4 14 (3.26%) GitHub
4 14 (3.26%) PaaS
5 13 (3.02%) IaaS
5 13 (3.02%) Serverless
6 12 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.79%) OCI
7 11 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (1.63%) SaaS
12 6 (1.40%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.40%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.65%) Firewall
2 15 (3.49%) DNS
3 13 (3.02%) DHCP
3 13 (3.02%) Network Security
4 12 (2.79%) VPN
5 9 (2.09%) SMTP
6 5 (1.16%) VSAN
6 5 (1.16%) WAN
7 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 3 (0.70%) SMS
8 2 (0.47%) BGP
8 2 (0.47%) Internet
8 2 (0.47%) OSPF
8 2 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.47%) VLAN
9 1 (0.23%) 4G
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.23%) PCoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.16%) Metadata
3 5 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.70%) Big Data
5 3 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.23%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (4.65%) JIRA
2 17 (3.95%) GitLab
2 17 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.33%) Git
4 7 (1.63%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.93%) Selenium
5 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.47%) ERwin
6 2 (0.47%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.47%) Subversion
7 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.23%) Maven
General
1 76 (17.67%) Public Sector
2 59 (13.72%) Social Skills
3 30 (6.98%) Finance
4 16 (3.72%) Military
5 13 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.02%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.79%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.09%) Law
8 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.86%) Police
9 6 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.40%) Legal
9 6 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.16%) Marketing
11 4 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Automotive
13 1 (0.23%) Local Government
13 1 (0.23%) Retail
13 1 (0.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (10.00%) Architect
2 40 (9.30%) Developer
3 30 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (6.51%) Lead
5 23 (5.35%) Consultant
6 22 (5.12%) Analyst
7 21 (4.88%) Senior
8 20 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.72%) User Researcher
10 15 (3.49%) Applications Developer
10 15 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (3.02%) Enterprise Architect
12 13 (3.02%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.56%) Network Engineer
14 10 (2.33%) NetApp Engineer
14 10 (2.33%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.49%) REST
2 14 (3.26%) React
3 8 (1.86%) Azure Blueprints
3 8 (1.86%) FastAPI
4 7 (1.63%) Flask
4 7 (1.63%) SOAP
4 7 (1.63%) Web Services
5 6 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.40%) Node.js
6 5 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.16%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.16%) RESTful
7 4 (0.93%) .NET
7 4 (0.93%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.70%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.70%) Django
8 3 (0.70%) LangChain
8 3 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.70%) Next.js
8 3 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.02%) Private Cloud
3 13 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.79%) PKI
5 11 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.09%) Clustering
6 9 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.09%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.86%) CMDB
7 8 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.40%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.70%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.84%) Linux
2 26 (6.05%) Windows
3 17 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.30%) Agile
2 61 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (13.95%) CI/CD
4 55 (12.79%) DevOps
5 42 (9.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (9.53%) AI
7 40 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 36 (8.37%) Software Engineering
10 34 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (6.51%) ITIL
12 28 (6.51%) Platform Engineering
13 27 (6.28%) Roadmaps
13 27 (6.28%) User Research
14 26 (6.05%) Containerisation
14 26 (6.05%) Decision-Making
15 25 (5.81%) TOGAF
16 23 (5.35%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.37%) Python
2 16 (3.72%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.02%) Java
4 9 (2.09%) TypeScript
5 8 (1.86%) C#
6 7 (1.63%) SQL
7 5 (1.16%) Bash
7 5 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.93%) X++
9 3 (0.70%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.70%) Bicep
10 1 (0.23%) C
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Groovy
10 1 (0.23%) R
10 1 (0.23%) Ruby
10 1 (0.23%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 430 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 171 (39.77%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.26%) Degree
4 10 (2.33%) CISSP
5 9 (2.09%) PMP
6 7 (1.63%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.63%) CISM
7 6 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (0.93%) CEH
9 4 (0.93%) GIAC
10 3 (0.70%) CCNA
10 3 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.47%) CCNP
11 2 (0.47%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.02%) PMO
1 13 (3.02%) QA
2 10 (2.33%) NCSC
3 8 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.86%) NIST
4 7 (1.63%) GDPR
4 7 (1.63%) GRC
5 5 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.16%) WCAG
6 4 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.47%) COBIT
7 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
8 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (10.70%) Docker
2 22 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.42%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.79%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.09%) BitLocker
5 9 (2.09%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.63%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.40%) vSphere
8 4 (0.93%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Samba
9 1 (0.23%) UAG
Systems Management
1 62 (14.42%) Kubernetes
2 46 (10.70%) Terraform
3 20 (4.65%) Ansible
4 12 (2.79%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.56%) Puppet
6 9 (2.09%) vMotion
7 7 (1.63%) SCCM
8 4 (0.93%) Nagios
9 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.47%) Grafana
10 2 (0.47%) Istio
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Argo
11 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.23%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.23%) QRadar
11 1 (0.23%) SCOM
11 1 (0.23%) WSUS
11 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.21%) VMware
3 21 (4.88%) Google
4 16 (3.72%) Oracle
5 14 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.02%) NetApp
7 11 (2.56%) Sparx
8 10 (2.33%) Cisco
9 9 (2.09%) Citrix
10 7 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.16%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.93%) HP
12 4 (0.93%) Symantec
12 4 (0.93%) Tenable
13 3 (0.70%) Databricks
13 3 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.70%) Pardot
13 3 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.70%) Splunk
14 2 (0.47%) SolarWinds