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 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 179 115
Rank change year-on-year +57 -64 +34
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 483 201 351
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 1.50% 2.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.39% 5.67% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 126 232
10th Percentile £419 £449 £450
25th Percentile £513 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £699
90th Percentile £755 £738 £806
England median daily rate £600 £580 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £87.00 £25.15 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +245.92% -60.08% -3.08%
75th Percentile - - £112.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £74.68 £45.00 £70.39
% change year-on-year +65.96% -36.07% +0.56%

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 5,757 3,548 3,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.28% 26.53% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 2,385 2,546
10th Percentile £369 £357 £350
25th Percentile £457 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £765
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 80 58
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.05
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -26.84% -31.25%
75th Percentile £83.44 £35.94 £56.00
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £70.63
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% +1.85%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +21 55 £596 -0.63% 41
West London - 12 £675 - 15
South London -8 1 £550 - 3
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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 26 (5.38%) Confluence
2 13 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.45%) Apache
4 6 (1.24%) CMS
5 4 (0.83%) Camunda
6 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) nginx
7 2 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 16 (3.31%) AutoCAD
1 16 (3.31%) Revit
1 16 (3.31%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (18.84%) AWS
2 84 (17.39%) Azure
3 45 (9.32%) GCP
4 23 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.14%) Serverless
6 18 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
6 18 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (3.31%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (3.11%) GitHub
9 14 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (2.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (2.07%) Amazon EventBridge
12 10 (2.07%) Figma
12 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.66%) IaaS
14 8 (1.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.73%) DNS
2 16 (3.31%) Firewall
3 13 (2.69%) Network Security
4 10 (2.07%) DHCP
4 10 (2.07%) VPN
5 8 (1.66%) Internet
6 7 (1.45%) WAN
7 5 (1.04%) SMTP
7 5 (1.04%) SSL
8 4 (0.83%) BGP
8 4 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.83%) VSAN
9 3 (0.62%) MPLS
9 3 (0.62%) SMS
10 2 (0.41%) 4G
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.41%) LAN
10 2 (0.41%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.28%) Data Lake
2 10 (2.07%) MongoDB
3 9 (1.86%) Metadata
4 8 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.45%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.24%) MySQL
7 4 (0.83%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.62%) Big Data
8 3 (0.62%) Parquet
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.41%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (0.41%) Power BI
9 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (7.04%) Jenkins
2 29 (6.00%) GitLab
3 27 (5.59%) JIRA
4 25 (5.18%) Git
5 10 (2.07%) Selenium
6 8 (1.66%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.45%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.45%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.24%) JUnit
9 5 (1.04%) JMeter
10 4 (0.83%) Gatling
11 3 (0.62%) Gradle
11 3 (0.62%) Maven
11 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.62%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.62%) TestNG
12 2 (0.41%) Mockito
12 2 (0.41%) Postman
12 2 (0.41%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 110 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 93 (19.25%) Public Sector
3 39 (8.07%) Finance
4 24 (4.97%) Law
5 22 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.35%) Military
7 18 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.73%) Police
8 14 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.45%) Legal
11 7 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.04%) Marketing
13 4 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.41%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.41%) Local Government
15 1 (0.21%) Banking
15 1 (0.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (14.49%) Architect
2 40 (8.28%) Developer
2 40 (8.28%) Lead
3 32 (6.63%) Consultant
4 31 (6.42%) Analyst
5 29 (6.00%) Senior
6 27 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (4.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 22 (4.55%) Security Architect
8 22 (4.55%) Software Engineer
9 18 (3.73%) Enterprise Architect
9 18 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.31%) User Researcher
11 15 (3.11%) Data Architect
12 14 (2.90%) CAD Operator
12 14 (2.90%) Cyber Threat Analyst
12 14 (2.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (2.90%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (2.69%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (12.84%) Terraform
2 27 (5.59%) REST
3 21 (4.35%) React
4 15 (3.11%) RESTful
5 14 (2.90%) FastAPI
6 12 (2.48%) Flask
7 10 (2.07%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.07%) SOAP
8 9 (1.86%) Node.js
9 8 (1.66%) Kafka
9 8 (1.66%) Web Services
10 7 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.45%) XML
11 6 (1.24%) .NET
11 6 (1.24%) Keycloak
11 6 (1.24%) Spring
12 5 (1.04%) Azure Blueprints
12 5 (1.04%) HTML
12 5 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.84%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.73%) Private Cloud
4 17 (3.52%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.90%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.86%) PKI
11 7 (1.45%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.83%) Clustering
14 4 (0.83%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (0.83%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.49%) Linux
2 34 (7.04%) Windows
3 24 (4.97%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.83%) VMS
6 4 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.62%) OpenVMS
7 3 (0.62%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.41%) Unix
9 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (23.81%) Agile
2 93 (19.25%) CI/CD
3 73 (15.11%) DevOps
4 65 (13.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (12.22%) AI
6 57 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 56 (11.59%) Containerisation
8 54 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (11.18%) Software Engineering
9 48 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
9 48 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 39 (8.07%) Decision-Making
12 37 (7.66%) Platform Engineering
13 36 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (7.04%) Risk Management
14 34 (7.04%) Roadmaps
15 33 (6.83%) Test Automation
16 30 (6.21%) Microservices
17 28 (5.80%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.66%) Python
2 25 (5.18%) Java
3 18 (3.73%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.73%) SQL
4 16 (3.31%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.11%) C#
6 14 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.48%) Bash
8 6 (1.24%) X++
9 5 (1.04%) Bicep
9 5 (1.04%) Go
10 4 (0.83%) C++
11 3 (0.62%) Groovy
12 2 (0.41%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.21%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.21%) SOQL
13 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 483 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 218 (45.13%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.38%) CISSP
4 23 (4.76%) CISM
5 22 (4.55%) Degree
6 14 (2.90%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.48%) PMP
8 8 (1.66%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.24%) GIAC
9 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.83%) CEH
11 4 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.62%) GSEC
12 3 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.18%) NCSC
2 24 (4.97%) QA
3 16 (3.31%) NIST
4 15 (3.11%) GRC
4 15 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.69%) PMO
6 12 (2.48%) Government Security Classifications
7 10 (2.07%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.86%) GDPR
8 9 (1.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.45%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.04%) WCAG
11 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.62%) COBIT
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (10.56%) Docker
2 26 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.97%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.83%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.83%) vSphere
7 3 (0.62%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.21%) NFS
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.21%) oVirt
9 1 (0.21%) RHEV
9 1 (0.21%) Samba
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (19.25%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.38%) Ansible
3 11 (2.28%) vCenter Server
4 10 (2.07%) Istio
5 9 (1.86%) Puppet
6 7 (1.45%) Nagios
6 7 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.45%) SCCM
7 5 (1.04%) Grafana
8 4 (0.83%) vMotion
8 4 (0.83%) WSUS
9 3 (0.62%) Argo
9 3 (0.62%) Cilium
9 3 (0.62%) Kibana
9 3 (0.62%) linkerd
9 3 (0.62%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 69 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.25%) VMware
3 29 (6.00%) Google
4 18 (3.73%) Oracle
5 12 (2.48%) Sparx
6 9 (1.86%) Splunk
7 7 (1.45%) Cisco
8 6 (1.24%) NetApp
8 6 (1.24%) Palantir
8 6 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.83%) Citrix
10 4 (0.83%) Tenable
11 3 (0.62%) HP
11 3 (0.62%) Pardot
11 3 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.62%) Symantec
11 3 (0.62%) Veeam
11 3 (0.62%) Veritas