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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 121 148
Rank change year-on-year -62 +27 +146
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 198 344 407
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.50% 2.14% 1.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.65% 8.76% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 236 261
10th Percentile £448 £450 £400
25th Percentile £513 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £700 £699 £703
90th Percentile £738 £803 £800
England median daily rate £583 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.92% +4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 23
10th Percentile - - £54.70
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% -7.69% -14.47%
75th Percentile - £62.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £63.60 £90.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £71.17 £72.40
% change year-on-year -36.77% -1.70% -1.17%

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 3,502 3,926 5,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.45% 24.41% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,350 2,573 3,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £355
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £759 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.34
25th Percentile - £22.00 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -41.29% +22.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £66.30
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £81.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -53.43% -1.42% +21.73%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 15 £613 - 25
South London - 2 - -
North London -5 1 £510 +9.68%
East London - 1 - - 1
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (9.60%) Apache
2 13 (6.57%) Confluence
3 7 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.52%) CMS
4 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) nginx
6 1 (0.51%) Drupal
6 1 (0.51%) Mattermost
Applications
1 16 (8.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.51%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.67%) Azure
2 32 (16.16%) AWS
3 22 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (9.60%) Serverless
5 8 (4.04%) GCP
5 8 (4.04%) GitHub
6 6 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.02%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.52%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.52%) SaaS
10 2 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.01%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.06%) Wireless
2 9 (4.55%) Firewall
2 9 (4.55%) LAN
2 9 (4.55%) WAN
3 5 (2.53%) VPN
4 2 (1.01%) BGP
4 2 (1.01%) DNS
4 2 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (1.01%) Internet
4 2 (1.01%) IPsec
4 2 (1.01%) Multicast
4 2 (1.01%) Network Security
4 2 (1.01%) OSPF
4 2 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (1.01%) SMS
4 2 (1.01%) SSL
4 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.01%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.01%) VLAN
4 2 (1.01%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) Big Data
2 12 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.06%) Hadoop
3 6 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.52%) Power BI
6 2 (1.01%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.01%) Metadata
6 2 (1.01%) Redis
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.51%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.51%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 13 (6.57%) JIRA
2 9 (4.55%) GitLab
3 7 (3.54%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.03%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.53%) Git
6 3 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.01%) Burp Suite
7 2 (1.01%) Metasploit
7 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.51%) JUnit
8 1 (0.51%) Maven
8 1 (0.51%) MLflow
General
1 37 (18.69%) Public Sector
2 27 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.07%) Banking
4 13 (6.57%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.56%) Finance
6 10 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.05%) Law
7 9 (4.55%) Military
8 8 (4.04%) Legal
9 7 (3.54%) Police
10 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.02%) Electronics
11 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.02%) Marketing
12 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (11.11%) Architect
2 19 (9.60%) Developer
3 17 (8.59%) Data Engineer
3 17 (8.59%) Senior
4 13 (6.57%) Analyst
5 8 (4.04%) Business Analyst
5 8 (4.04%) Consultant
5 8 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (3.54%) Project Manager
6 7 (3.54%) Scrum Master
6 7 (3.54%) Telecoms Manager
7 6 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.03%) Software Engineer
7 6 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (3.03%) Technical Architect
8 5 (2.53%) Designer
8 5 (2.53%) Information Manager
8 5 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (2.53%) Network Architect
8 5 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.10%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (8.59%) Kafka
3 10 (5.05%) React
4 9 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
5 7 (3.54%) .NET
6 6 (3.03%) Node.js
6 6 (3.03%) RESTful
7 5 (2.53%) REST
7 5 (2.53%) Spring
8 3 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.52%) HTML
8 3 (1.52%) PySpark
9 2 (1.01%) ADO
9 2 (1.01%) CSS
9 2 (1.01%) jQuery
9 2 (1.01%) Loki
9 2 (1.01%) SOAP
9 2 (1.01%) SPFx
9 2 (1.01%) Web Services
10 1 (0.51%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.05%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.54%) PKI
5 6 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.52%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.01%) Cybercrime
9 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.51%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.06%) Android
1 12 (6.06%) Mac OS
2 11 (5.56%) Windows
3 6 (3.03%) Linux
3 6 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.01%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.51%) CentOS
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) Agile
2 29 (14.65%) Software Engineering
3 23 (11.62%) Scrum
4 21 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (10.10%) DevOps
6 19 (9.60%) Mentoring
7 18 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 18 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (8.59%) Microservices
9 14 (7.07%) Customer Service
9 14 (7.07%) Service Design
10 13 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (6.57%) User Experience
11 11 (5.56%) Risk Management
12 10 (5.05%) Data Modelling
12 10 (5.05%) Project Delivery
13 9 (4.55%) Containerisation
13 9 (4.55%) Network Design
13 9 (4.55%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.14%) Python
2 19 (9.60%) JavaScript
3 14 (7.07%) Java
4 11 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.05%) C#
6 6 (3.03%) Bash
7 5 (2.53%) C++
7 5 (2.53%) SQL
8 3 (1.52%) Go
8 3 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 198 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 82 (41.41%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.03%) Degree
4 4 (2.02%) OSCP
5 3 (1.52%) CEH
5 3 (1.52%) GIAC
5 3 (1.52%) IISP
5 3 (1.52%) ISACA
6 2 (1.01%) CCNA
6 2 (1.01%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.01%) CISSP
6 2 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.01%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.01%) GREM
6 2 (1.01%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.01%) Tigerscheme
7 1 (0.51%) CBAP
7 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.05%) SLA
2 3 (1.52%) Def Stans
2 3 (1.52%) EU AI Act
2 3 (1.52%) NCSC
2 3 (1.52%) NIST
2 3 (1.52%) QA
3 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.56%) Docker
3 7 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.01%) Firmware
5 2 (1.01%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.51%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (7.07%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.05%) Terraform
3 8 (4.04%) Ansible
3 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.53%) SCCM
5 3 (1.52%) Argo
5 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.01%) Grafana
6 2 (1.01%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.01%) Nmap
7 1 (0.51%) Kibana
7 1 (0.51%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.51%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.51%) vMotion
7 1 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (12.12%) Palantir
2 17 (8.59%) Cisco
2 17 (8.59%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.08%) Foundry
4 12 (6.06%) Apple
4 12 (6.06%) Cloudera
4 12 (6.06%) Dell
4 12 (6.06%) HP
5 8 (4.04%) VMware
6 6 (3.03%) Citrix
6 6 (3.03%) Splunk
7 4 (2.02%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.02%) SAP
7 4 (2.02%) UiPath
8 2 (1.01%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.01%) Google
8 2 (1.01%) Juniper
8 2 (1.01%) Mitel
8 2 (1.01%) Oracle
8 2 (1.01%) Palo Alto