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 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 124 84
Rank change year-on-year -11 -40 +181
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 337 289 462
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 2.18% 2.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.02% 8.63% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 160 301
10th Percentile £388 £370 £413
25th Percentile £430 £497 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £643
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -6.69% +11.83%
75th Percentile £673 £688 £750
90th Percentile £738 £699 £825
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £22.12 £27.30 £58.00
25th Percentile £24.07 £31.25 £58.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -37.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £42.61 £112.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £74.05 - £62.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £63.45 £63.15
% change year-on-year -44.84% +0.48% -12.90%

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 4,801 3,347 4,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.54% 25.22% 24.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,412 2,162 2,917
10th Percentile £359 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -3.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £774
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 62 128
10th Percentile £20.24 £21.50 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £29.38
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +25.11% -27.02%
75th Percentile £72.50 £56.19 £61.32
90th Percentile £76.61 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.47 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -49.06% +25.00% -18.37%

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 5 March 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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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 5 March 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 -6 28 £553 -3.91% 28
South London - 3 £505 -
North London 0 2 £510 +37.84%
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 (4.75%) Apache
2 13 (3.86%) Palantir Foundry
3 10 (2.97%) Confluence
4 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 40 (11.87%) AWS
2 28 (8.31%) Azure
3 21 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.93%) GCP
5 14 (4.15%) Serverless
6 10 (2.97%) GitHub
7 8 (2.37%) IaaS
7 8 (2.37%) PaaS
8 7 (2.08%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (1.78%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.78%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.19%) OCI
12 3 (0.89%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.12%) Firewall
2 22 (6.53%) Network Security
3 11 (3.26%) DNS
4 9 (2.67%) LAN
4 9 (2.67%) WAN
5 8 (2.37%) Wireless
6 7 (2.08%) DHCP
6 7 (2.08%) VPN
7 6 (1.78%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.48%) SMTP
8 5 (1.48%) VLAN
9 4 (1.19%) NAS
9 4 (1.19%) SAN
10 3 (0.89%) BGP
10 3 (0.89%) VSAN
10 3 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.59%) Internet
11 2 (0.59%) OSPF
11 2 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.30%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (3.56%) Big Data
2 12 (3.56%) Oracle Database
3 10 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.37%) Hadoop
4 8 (2.37%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.19%) Metadata
5 4 (1.19%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.89%) Power BI
6 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.30%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.30%) Redis
8 1 (0.30%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 13 (3.86%) JIRA
2 5 (1.48%) GitLab
3 4 (1.19%) Git
3 4 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.89%) Maven
4 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.59%) ERwin
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) MLflow
6 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 51 (15.13%) Public Sector
2 38 (11.28%) Social Skills
3 22 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.97%) Finance
5 9 (2.67%) Banking
5 9 (2.67%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.08%) Police
7 6 (1.78%) Military
8 5 (1.48%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.48%) Law
8 5 (1.48%) Legal
9 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.59%) Local Government
9 2 (0.59%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (11.28%) Architect
2 29 (8.61%) Developer
3 21 (6.23%) Consultant
4 15 (4.45%) Senior
5 13 (3.86%) Administrator
5 13 (3.86%) Applications Developer
5 13 (3.86%) Software Engineer
6 12 (3.56%) Network Engineer
7 11 (3.26%) Analyst
7 11 (3.26%) Data Engineer
7 11 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (3.26%) Enterprise Architect
8 10 (2.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (2.97%) IT Engineer
9 9 (2.67%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (2.67%) Platform Manager
9 9 (2.67%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (2.67%) Systems Manager
9 9 (2.67%) Wintel Administrator
9 9 (2.67%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.75%) React
2 15 (4.45%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (3.26%) Kafka
4 6 (1.78%) .NET
4 6 (1.78%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.78%) Node.js
4 6 (1.78%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.78%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (1.48%) JSON
5 5 (1.48%) Web Services
5 5 (1.48%) XML
6 4 (1.19%) Django
6 4 (1.19%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.19%) SOAP
6 4 (1.19%) Spring
7 3 (0.89%) Azure Blueprints
7 3 (0.89%) Bootstrap
7 3 (0.89%) Flask
7 3 (0.89%) Next.js
7 3 (0.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.75%) PKI
2 12 (3.56%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.56%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.37%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.48%) Clustering
6 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.19%) Replication
7 4 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.89%) CMDB
8 3 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.59%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.59%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.59%) Handset
9 2 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.09%) Windows
2 29 (8.61%) Linux
3 10 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.37%) Android
4 8 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.78%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.59%) VMS
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (12.17%) Agile
3 33 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (9.20%) DevOps
5 26 (7.72%) CI/CD
6 25 (7.42%) Software Engineering
7 23 (6.82%) AI
8 22 (6.53%) Risk Management
9 21 (6.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (5.64%) Scrum
11 17 (5.04%) Machine Learning
12 16 (4.75%) Change Management
12 16 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (4.45%) Containerisation
13 15 (4.45%) Data Engineering
13 15 (4.45%) Decision-Making
13 15 (4.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (4.15%) Business Continuity
14 14 (4.15%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.87%) Python
2 17 (5.04%) Java
2 17 (5.04%) SQL
3 12 (3.56%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.97%) C#
5 9 (2.67%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.67%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.08%) C++
7 6 (1.78%) Bash
8 2 (0.59%) Go
8 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 337 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 137 (40.65%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.86%) CISSP
4 8 (2.37%) CISM
4 8 (2.37%) Degree
5 7 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.08%) GIAC
6 6 (1.78%) CCNP
6 6 (1.78%) CEH
6 6 (1.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.19%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (1.19%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.89%) CCNA
8 3 (0.89%) JNCIP
8 3 (0.89%) JNCIS
8 3 (0.89%) PMP
8 3 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.59%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.15%) NIST
2 9 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.78%) NCSC
5 3 (0.89%) EU AI Act
5 3 (0.89%) GDPR
5 3 (0.89%) QA
6 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) COBIT
7 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) P3O
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) PMO
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (8.61%) Docker
2 15 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.78%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.48%) BitLocker
5 5 (1.48%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (1.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.34%) Terraform
3 13 (3.86%) Ansible
4 8 (2.37%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.48%) Argo
5 5 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.48%) Puppet
5 5 (1.48%) SCCM
5 5 (1.48%) vMotion
6 4 (1.19%) Grafana
7 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.59%) Nagios
8 2 (0.59%) Rancher
9 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.30%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.30%) logstash
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 32 (9.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.23%) VMware
3 18 (5.34%) Oracle
4 16 (4.75%) Cisco
4 16 (4.75%) Palantir
5 13 (3.86%) Foundry
6 12 (3.56%) NetApp
7 11 (3.26%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.67%) Dell
9 8 (2.37%) Apple
9 8 (2.37%) HP
9 8 (2.37%) Splunk
10 7 (2.08%) Google
11 6 (1.78%) Citrix
11 6 (1.78%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.78%) Juniper
12 5 (1.48%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.48%) Remedy
12 5 (1.48%) Sparx
12 5 (1.48%) Tenable