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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 106 141
Rank change year-on-year -55 +35 +163
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 247 377 373
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 2.43% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.64% 9.60% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 237 230
10th Percentile £450 £438 £450
25th Percentile £512 £513 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £725
90th Percentile £738 £752 £825
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 16
10th Percentile - £42.75 £57.50
25th Percentile - £60.00 £59.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £63.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.08% -3.08% -
75th Percentile - £112.00 £77.50
90th Percentile - - £90.00
England median hourly rate £28.58 £63.29 £69.75
% change year-on-year -54.85% -9.26% -3.79%

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 3,718 3,927 4,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.33% 25.28% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,538 2,508 3,198
10th Percentile £356 £350 £352
25th Percentile £438 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £675
90th Percentile £745 £765 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 54 99
10th Percentile £19.17 £20.15 £18.99
25th Percentile - £31.34 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.21 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.41% -19.61% +17.83%
75th Percentile £41.71 £64.31 £67.75
90th Percentile £65.29 £77.76 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +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 November 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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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 November 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 15 £594 +10.47% 28
South London - 2 - -
North London -2 1 £510 +22.16%
East London - 1 - - 4
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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 (10.53%) Apache
2 18 (7.29%) Confluence
3 9 (3.64%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) CMS
4 3 (1.21%) IIS
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.81%) nginx
6 1 (0.40%) Drupal
6 1 (0.40%) Mattermost
Applications
1 17 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.36%) AWS
2 30 (12.15%) Azure
3 27 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.50%) Serverless
5 11 (4.45%) GitHub
6 10 (4.05%) GCP
7 9 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.02%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.02%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.21%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.21%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.21%) SaaS
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.26%) LAN
1 13 (5.26%) WAN
1 13 (5.26%) Wireless
2 12 (4.86%) Firewall
3 11 (4.45%) Network Security
4 6 (2.43%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.02%) VLAN
6 4 (1.62%) VPN
6 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.21%) BGP
7 3 (1.21%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (1.21%) Internet
7 3 (1.21%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.81%) DNS
8 2 (0.81%) IPsec
8 2 (0.81%) Multicast
8 2 (0.81%) OSPF
8 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.81%) SMS
8 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.91%) Big Data
2 14 (5.67%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (5.67%) Hadoop
3 9 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.62%) Power BI
6 3 (1.21%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.21%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.21%) Metadata
6 3 (1.21%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.21%) Redis
7 2 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.40%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.40%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 18 (7.29%) JIRA
2 10 (4.05%) GitLab
3 8 (3.24%) Git
3 8 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.02%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.62%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.81%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.81%) Maven
6 2 (0.81%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.40%) JUnit
7 1 (0.40%) MLflow
7 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.40%) Vite
General
1 39 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 34 (13.77%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.07%) Banking
4 15 (6.07%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.26%) Law
6 12 (4.86%) Finance
6 12 (4.86%) Military
7 10 (4.05%) Legal
8 6 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.02%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.02%) Police
10 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Electronics
10 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.21%) Marketing
10 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (10.12%) Architect
2 21 (8.50%) Developer
3 20 (8.10%) Data Engineer
4 19 (7.69%) Senior
5 16 (6.48%) Consultant
6 15 (6.07%) Analyst
7 10 (4.05%) Software Engineer
8 9 (3.64%) Lead
8 9 (3.64%) Scrum Master
8 9 (3.64%) Technical Architect
9 8 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Telecoms Manager
10 7 (2.83%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.43%) Coordinator
11 6 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.43%) Network Architect
11 6 (2.43%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.02%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.93%) Apache NiFi
2 22 (8.91%) Kafka
3 17 (6.88%) React
4 11 (4.45%) .NET
4 11 (4.45%) RabbitMQ
5 7 (2.83%) Node.js
5 7 (2.83%) RESTful
5 7 (2.83%) Spring
6 6 (2.43%) PySpark
7 5 (2.02%) CSS
7 5 (2.02%) HTML
8 4 (1.62%) REST
9 3 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.21%) SOAP
9 3 (1.21%) XML
10 2 (0.81%) ADO
10 2 (0.81%) jQuery
10 2 (0.81%) Loki
10 2 (0.81%) Pandas
10 2 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.05%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.24%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.83%) PKI
6 4 (1.62%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.62%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.62%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.21%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.81%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.48%) Windows
2 13 (5.26%) Android
2 13 (5.26%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.24%) Linux
4 7 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.70%) Agile
2 33 (13.36%) Software Engineering
3 29 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (11.34%) Scrum
5 26 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (8.50%) CI/CD
7 20 (8.10%) Microservices
7 20 (8.10%) Risk Management
8 19 (7.69%) DevOps
8 19 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 18 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (6.48%) Data Modelling
11 15 (6.07%) Customer Service
12 13 (5.26%) AI
12 13 (5.26%) Data Engineering
12 13 (5.26%) Network Design
13 12 (4.86%) Project Delivery
13 12 (4.86%) Project Management
13 12 (4.86%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.19%) Python
2 21 (8.50%) JavaScript
3 17 (6.88%) Java
4 16 (6.48%) SQL
5 15 (6.07%) C#
6 10 (4.05%) C++
6 10 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.24%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.43%) Bash
9 2 (0.81%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 247 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 119 (48.18%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.64%) Degree
4 8 (3.24%) CISSP
5 6 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.02%) CEH
6 5 (2.02%) GIAC
7 4 (1.62%) CCNP
7 4 (1.62%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (1.62%) OSCP
7 4 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.21%) CISM
8 3 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.21%) IISP
8 3 (1.21%) ISACA
8 3 (1.21%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.21%) JNCIS
8 3 (1.21%) PMP
9 2 (0.81%) CCNA
9 2 (0.81%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.05%) SLA
2 9 (3.64%) NIST
3 7 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.02%) NCSC
5 3 (1.21%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.81%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.81%) QA
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.67%) Docker
2 10 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.21%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.81%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.05%) Terraform
3 9 (3.64%) Ansible
4 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.62%) Argo
5 4 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.21%) Grafana
6 3 (1.21%) SCCM
6 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.81%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.81%) Nmap
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
8 1 (0.40%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.40%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (12.15%) Palantir
2 23 (9.31%) Foundry
3 20 (8.10%) Microsoft
4 18 (7.29%) Cisco
5 14 (5.67%) Cloudera
5 14 (5.67%) Dell
6 13 (5.26%) Apple
6 13 (5.26%) HP
7 8 (3.24%) Oracle
7 8 (3.24%) Splunk
8 7 (2.83%) VMware
9 5 (2.02%) Juniper
10 4 (1.62%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.62%) UiPath
11 3 (1.21%) Citrix
11 3 (1.21%) Google
11 3 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.21%) SAP
11 3 (1.21%) Sparx
11 3 (1.21%) Tenable