DV Cleared Contracts 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 102 170
Rank change year-on-year -89 +68 +123
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 186 432 408
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.41% 2.45% 1.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.45% 10.40% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 296 282
10th Percentile £439 £412 £363
25th Percentile £513 £522 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.88% -0.83%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £700
90th Percentile £736 £825 £800
England median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 24
10th Percentile £25.05 - £54.00
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% -7.69% -14.75%
75th Percentile £38.75 - £87.50
90th Percentile £48.00 - £90.00
England median hourly rate £78.70 £71.17 £75.00
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.11% +3.45%

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 3,415 4,155 5,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.83% 23.58% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,301 2,858 3,781
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £769 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 106 83
10th Percentile £18.40 £14.84 £18.72
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £26.41 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -52.78% +27.06%
75th Percentile £50.54 £42.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £66.54 £68.38 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.99%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

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 4 July 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 -3 16 £563 -13.46% 40
South London -1 2 - - 3
West London +4 1 - - 9
East London - 1 - - 3
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England

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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 11 (5.91%) Apache
2 7 (3.76%) Confluence
3 6 (3.23%) SAS
3 6 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.61%) CMS
5 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.08%) nginx
6 1 (0.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.54%) Drupal
6 1 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 47 (25.27%) AWS
2 41 (22.04%) Azure
3 18 (9.68%) GCP
4 11 (5.91%) Serverless
5 10 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.38%) OpenShift
6 7 (3.76%) GitHub
7 4 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.15%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.61%) SaaS
9 2 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.99%) Firewall
2 7 (3.76%) Wireless
3 5 (2.69%) VPN
4 4 (2.15%) LAN
4 4 (2.15%) WAN
5 3 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.08%) BGP
6 2 (1.08%) DHCP
6 2 (1.08%) DNS
6 2 (1.08%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.08%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (1.08%) IPsec
6 2 (1.08%) Multicast
6 2 (1.08%) Network Security
6 2 (1.08%) OSPF
6 2 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (1.08%) VLAN
6 2 (1.08%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.30%) Big Data
2 7 (3.76%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (3.23%) Hadoop
3 6 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.15%) Power BI
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.08%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.08%) EDRMS
6 2 (1.08%) Metadata
6 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.08%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) MySQL
7 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.99%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.91%) Git
3 9 (4.84%) GitLab
3 9 (4.84%) SonarQube
4 8 (4.30%) JIRA
5 6 (3.23%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.08%) Burp Suite
6 2 (1.08%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.08%) Metasploit
6 2 (1.08%) MSI
6 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.54%) JUnit
7 1 (0.54%) Maven
General
1 31 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.98%) Public Sector
3 14 (7.53%) Legal
4 9 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.30%) Banking
5 8 (4.30%) Law
5 8 (4.30%) Police
6 7 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.76%) Finance
7 4 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.61%) Military
9 2 (1.08%) Electronics
9 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.08%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 27 (14.52%) Developer
2 13 (6.99%) Analyst
2 13 (6.99%) Data Engineer
2 13 (6.99%) Senior
3 12 (6.45%) Lead
4 11 (5.91%) Software Developer
5 10 (5.38%) Consultant
6 8 (4.30%) Architect
6 8 (4.30%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (3.76%) Scrum Master
7 7 (3.76%) Telecoms Manager
8 6 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.23%) Project Manager
9 5 (2.69%) Information Manager
9 5 (2.69%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.69%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.69%) Technical Leader
10 4 (2.15%) Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.84%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (4.30%) Kafka
3 7 (3.76%) .NET
3 7 (3.76%) RabbitMQ
3 7 (3.76%) React
4 6 (3.23%) RESTful
5 5 (2.69%) HTML
5 5 (2.69%) Spring
6 4 (2.15%) CSS
6 4 (2.15%) Node.js
6 4 (2.15%) REST
7 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.08%) jQuery
7 2 (1.08%) Material-UI
7 2 (1.08%) SPFx
7 2 (1.08%) Web Services
8 1 (0.54%) LDAP
8 1 (0.54%) Middleware
8 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.38%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.30%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.30%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.69%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.15%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.15%) PKI
4 4 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.61%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.08%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.08%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.54%) BYOD
7 1 (0.54%) Clustering
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.45%) Windows
2 10 (5.38%) Linux
3 7 (3.76%) Android
3 7 (3.76%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.76%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.15%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.51%) Agile
2 34 (18.28%) Software Engineering
3 33 (17.74%) DevOps
4 18 (9.68%) Mentoring
4 18 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (9.14%) Scrum
6 15 (8.06%) CI/CD
6 15 (8.06%) Microservices
7 14 (7.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (6.45%) Test Automation
10 11 (5.91%) Data Modelling
10 11 (5.91%) Unit Testing
11 10 (5.38%) Configuration Management
11 10 (5.38%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (5.38%) Integration Testing
12 9 (4.84%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.67%) Python
2 23 (12.37%) Java
3 15 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.53%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.38%) Go
6 8 (4.30%) C#
6 8 (4.30%) SQL
7 7 (3.76%) Bash
8 2 (1.08%) C++
9 1 (0.54%) C
9 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 186 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 58 (31.18%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.15%) Degree
4 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.61%) CISSP
5 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.08%) CCNA
5 2 (1.08%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (1.08%) CREST Certified
5 2 (1.08%) JNCIA
5 2 (1.08%) OSCP
5 2 (1.08%) Tigerscheme
5 2 (1.08%) VCAP
6 1 (0.54%) APMP
6 1 (0.54%) CCNP
6 1 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.54%) ISEB
6 1 (0.54%) OCP
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.15%) SLA
2 3 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.61%) NCSC
2 3 (1.61%) QA
3 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.08%) NIST
4 1 (0.54%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.54%) GDPR
4 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.30%) Docker
2 8 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (2.69%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.08%) Firmware
6 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.68%) Ansible
3 8 (4.30%) Terraform
4 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.69%) SCCM
6 3 (1.61%) PowerCLI
6 3 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.08%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.08%) Nmap
7 2 (1.08%) vRealize
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.54%) Grafana
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.54%) vMotion
8 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (7.53%) Cisco
2 11 (5.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.91%) Palantir
2 11 (5.91%) VMware
3 10 (5.38%) Citrix
4 8 (4.30%) HP
4 8 (4.30%) Oracle
5 7 (3.76%) Apple
5 7 (3.76%) Dell
6 6 (3.23%) Cloudera
6 6 (3.23%) Foundry
7 4 (2.15%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.15%) Splunk
7 4 (2.15%) UiPath
8 3 (1.61%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.61%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.08%) F5
9 2 (1.08%) Google
9 2 (1.08%) Juniper
9 2 (1.08%) SAP