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 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 100 132
Rank change year-on-year -32 +32 +179
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 300 386 364
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.10% 2.47% 1.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.54% 9.70% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 236 232
10th Percentile £408 £432 £450
25th Percentile £502 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £586 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -0.49%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £738
90th Percentile £751 £730 £825
England median daily rate £600 £595 £600
% change year-on-year +0.84% -0.83% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 8
10th Percentile - £42.75 £57.50
25th Percentile - £60.00 £59.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.08% +0.80% -5.66%
75th Percentile - £112.00 £76.56
90th Percentile - - £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £63.15 £67.75
% change year-on-year -60.17% -6.79% -3.21%

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 3,981 3,980 4,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.93% 25.45% 23.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 2,529 3,045
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £745 £764 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 54 94
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.15 £19.33
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £44.44 £60.56 £65.59
90th Percentile £72.25 £83.20 £85.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 +9 25 £575 +6.98% 18
North London 0 2 £510 +22.16%
South London - 2 - -
East London - 1 - - 4
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 25 (8.33%) Apache
2 17 (5.67%) Confluence
3 7 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.00%) CMS
4 3 (1.00%) IIS
4 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) Mattermost
Applications
1 19 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 36 (12.00%) AWS
1 36 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (11.00%) Azure
3 22 (7.33%) Serverless
4 10 (3.33%) GCP
5 9 (3.00%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.33%) GitHub
7 5 (1.67%) Amazon S3
7 5 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.33%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.67%) IaaS
10 2 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.33%) Wireless
2 16 (5.33%) Firewall
2 16 (5.33%) Network Security
3 12 (4.00%) LAN
3 12 (4.00%) WAN
4 5 (1.67%) DNS
4 5 (1.67%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.33%) Internet
5 4 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.00%) VLAN
7 2 (0.67%) DHCP
7 2 (0.67%) NAS
7 2 (0.67%) SAN
7 2 (0.67%) SMS
7 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 2 (0.67%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.67%) VPN
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.67%) Big Data
2 14 (4.67%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (4.67%) Hadoop
3 11 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.00%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.00%) Metadata
6 3 (1.00%) Power BI
6 3 (1.00%) Redis
7 2 (0.67%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.67%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.33%) EDMS
8 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.33%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 18 (6.00%) JIRA
2 9 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.33%) GitLab
4 4 (1.33%) Git
5 3 (1.00%) Maven
5 3 (1.00%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.33%) JUnit
7 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.33%) MLflow
7 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.33%) Vite
General
1 52 (17.33%) Public Sector
2 39 (13.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.00%) Banking
5 15 (5.00%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.33%) Finance
6 13 (4.33%) Law
7 12 (4.00%) Military
8 10 (3.33%) Legal
9 9 (3.00%) Police
10 5 (1.67%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.00%) Electronics
12 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.00%) Marketing
12 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.67%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (14.00%) Architect
2 21 (7.00%) Developer
3 20 (6.67%) Senior
4 19 (6.33%) Analyst
5 18 (6.00%) Data Engineer
6 17 (5.67%) Consultant
7 13 (4.33%) Software Engineer
8 11 (3.67%) Enterprise Architect
8 11 (3.67%) Technical Architect
9 10 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.00%) IT Engineer
10 9 (3.00%) Lead
10 9 (3.00%) Network Engineer
10 9 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (2.67%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.67%) Coordinator
11 8 (2.67%) Telecoms Manager
12 7 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (2.33%) Network Architect
12 7 (2.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.00%) Apache NiFi
2 22 (7.33%) Kafka
3 18 (6.00%) React
4 11 (3.67%) .NET
5 10 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (2.33%) Node.js
6 7 (2.33%) RESTful
6 7 (2.33%) Spring
7 6 (2.00%) PySpark
8 4 (1.33%) SOAP
8 4 (1.33%) Web Services
8 4 (1.33%) XML
9 3 (1.00%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.00%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.00%) CSS
9 3 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.00%) JSON
9 3 (1.00%) Pandas
9 3 (1.00%) PyTorch
9 3 (1.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.33%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.00%) PKI
4 8 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.00%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.67%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.67%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.67%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.67%) Handset
8 2 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.67%) Replication
8 2 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.00%) Windows
2 19 (6.33%) Android
2 19 (6.33%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.67%) Linux
4 8 (2.67%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (19.33%) Agile
2 35 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (11.33%) Software Engineering
4 29 (9.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 27 (9.00%) Scrum
6 25 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (8.00%) CI/CD
7 24 (8.00%) DevOps
8 23 (7.67%) Risk Management
9 21 (7.00%) Mentoring
9 21 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (6.33%) Microservices
11 17 (5.67%) AI
11 17 (5.67%) Data Modelling
12 16 (5.33%) Customer Service
13 15 (5.00%) Data Engineering
14 14 (4.67%) Containerisation
14 14 (4.67%) Data Pipeline
14 14 (4.67%) Machine Learning
14 14 (4.67%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.67%) Python
2 22 (7.33%) Java
2 22 (7.33%) JavaScript
3 17 (5.67%) SQL
4 16 (5.33%) C#
5 12 (4.00%) C++
6 11 (3.67%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.33%) Bash
8 5 (1.67%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.67%) Go
9 2 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 300 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 137 (45.67%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.00%) Degree
4 11 (3.67%) CISSP
5 9 (3.00%) GIAC
6 8 (2.67%) CEH
7 6 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.00%) CISM
7 6 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.67%) ISACA
9 4 (1.33%) CCNP
9 4 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.00%) IISP
10 3 (1.00%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.00%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.00%) OSCP
10 3 (1.00%) PMP
11 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.67%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.67%) NIST
2 10 (3.33%) SLA
3 9 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.67%) NCSC
5 3 (1.00%) EU AI Act
5 3 (1.00%) QA
6 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.67%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (5.67%) Docker
2 13 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.67%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 22 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.00%) Terraform
3 9 (3.00%) Ansible
4 7 (2.33%) SCCM
5 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.67%) Argo
6 5 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.33%) Grafana
8 3 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.67%) Kibana
10 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.33%) logstash
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.33%) Nagios
10 1 (0.33%) Nmap
10 1 (0.33%) Rancher
10 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.33%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (10.00%) Palantir
2 24 (8.00%) Foundry
2 24 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.67%) Cisco
4 20 (6.67%) Dell
5 19 (6.33%) Apple
5 19 (6.33%) HP
6 13 (4.33%) Cloudera
7 11 (3.67%) Oracle
8 10 (3.33%) VMware
9 9 (3.00%) Splunk
10 7 (2.33%) Sparx
11 6 (2.00%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.67%) Google
12 5 (1.67%) Tenable
13 4 (1.33%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (1.33%) Juniper
13 4 (1.33%) Remedy
13 4 (1.33%) Veeam
14 3 (1.00%) Red Hat