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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 107 140
Rank change year-on-year -57 +33 +160
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 233 378 387
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.74% 2.36% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.50% 9.39% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 241 236
10th Percentile £456 £450 £450
25th Percentile £513 £525 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £700 £688 £725
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
England median daily rate £593 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.21% - +2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 23
10th Percentile - £42.75 £57.50
25th Percentile - £60.00 £60.00
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 £32.00 £65.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.15% -6.43% -

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 3,586 4,025 4,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.81% 25.17% 22.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,426 2,564 3,324
10th Percentile £358 £350 £353
25th Percentile £440 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £787
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 95
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £19.10
25th Percentile - £27.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -26.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £38.75 £60.00 £65.05
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.25 £82.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 14 £594 -1.04% 30
South London - 2 - -
North London -3 1 £510 +9.68%
East London - 1 - - 1
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 (10.73%) Apache
2 18 (7.73%) Confluence
3 9 (3.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.29%) CMS
4 3 (1.29%) IIS
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.86%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) Drupal
6 1 (0.43%) Mattermost
Applications
1 17 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.73%) Azure
2 31 (13.30%) AWS
3 26 (11.16%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.58%) Serverless
5 10 (4.29%) GitHub
6 9 (3.86%) GCP
6 9 (3.86%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.15%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.15%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.72%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.58%) Wireless
2 11 (4.72%) LAN
2 11 (4.72%) WAN
3 10 (4.29%) Firewall
4 8 (3.43%) Network Security
5 4 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.72%) VLAN
5 4 (1.72%) VPN
6 3 (1.29%) BGP
6 3 (1.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (1.29%) Internet
6 3 (1.29%) VXLAN
6 3 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.86%) IPsec
7 2 (0.86%) Multicast
7 2 (0.86%) OSPF
7 2 (0.86%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.86%) SMS
7 2 (0.86%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.43%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.01%) Big Data
2 14 (6.01%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (6.01%) Hadoop
3 7 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.58%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.72%) Power BI
6 3 (1.29%) Apache Hive
6 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.29%) Metadata
6 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.29%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.29%) Redis
7 2 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.43%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.43%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 18 (7.73%) JIRA
2 10 (4.29%) GitLab
3 8 (3.43%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.00%) Git
5 5 (2.15%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.72%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.86%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.86%) Maven
7 2 (0.86%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.43%) JUnit
8 1 (0.43%) MLflow
8 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (17.17%) Public Sector
2 36 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.44%) Banking
4 15 (6.44%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.58%) Law
6 12 (5.15%) Military
7 11 (4.72%) Finance
8 9 (3.86%) Legal
9 7 (3.00%) Police
10 6 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.29%) Electronics
12 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.29%) Marketing
13 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (9.87%) Architect
2 21 (9.01%) Data Engineer
2 21 (9.01%) Senior
3 19 (8.15%) Developer
4 14 (6.01%) Analyst
4 14 (6.01%) Consultant
5 9 (3.86%) Lead
5 9 (3.86%) Software Engineer
5 9 (3.86%) Technical Architect
6 8 (3.43%) Business Analyst
6 8 (3.43%) Telecoms Manager
7 7 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (3.00%) Scrum Master
7 7 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (2.58%) Network Engineer
8 6 (2.58%) Project Manager
9 5 (2.15%) Coordinator
9 5 (2.15%) Information Manager
9 5 (2.15%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.16%) Apache NiFi
2 21 (9.01%) Kafka
3 14 (6.01%) React
4 11 (4.72%) RabbitMQ
5 9 (3.86%) .NET
6 7 (3.00%) Node.js
6 7 (3.00%) RESTful
6 7 (3.00%) Spring
7 6 (2.58%) PySpark
8 5 (2.15%) HTML
9 4 (1.72%) CSS
9 4 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.72%) REST
10 2 (0.86%) ADO
10 2 (0.86%) jQuery
10 2 (0.86%) Loki
10 2 (0.86%) SOAP
10 2 (0.86%) SPFx
10 2 (0.86%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.58%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.29%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.86%) PKI
4 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.72%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.29%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.86%) Cybercrime
10 2 (0.86%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.01%) Windows
2 13 (5.58%) Android
2 13 (5.58%) Mac OS
3 8 (3.43%) Linux
4 6 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) CentOS
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.32%) Agile
2 32 (13.73%) Software Engineering
3 25 (10.73%) Scrum
4 24 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (9.44%) Mentoring
7 19 (8.15%) CI/CD
7 19 (8.15%) Microservices
7 19 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (7.73%) DevOps
9 17 (7.30%) Risk Management
10 15 (6.44%) Customer Service
10 15 (6.44%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (6.01%) Data Modelling
12 13 (5.58%) Data Engineering
12 13 (5.58%) Service Design
12 13 (5.58%) User Experience
13 11 (4.72%) AI
13 11 (4.72%) Data Pipeline
13 11 (4.72%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.31%) Python
2 20 (8.58%) JavaScript
3 16 (6.87%) Java
4 13 (5.58%) C#
4 13 (5.58%) SQL
5 9 (3.86%) C++
6 8 (3.43%) PowerShell
6 8 (3.43%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.58%) Bash
8 2 (0.86%) Go
Qualifications
1 233 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 105 (45.06%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.00%) Degree
4 6 (2.58%) CISSP
5 5 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.72%) OSCP
7 3 (1.29%) CCNP
7 3 (1.29%) CEH
7 3 (1.29%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (1.29%) GIAC
7 3 (1.29%) IISP
7 3 (1.29%) ISACA
7 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.86%) CCNA
8 2 (0.86%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.86%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.86%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.86%) JNCIP
8 2 (0.86%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.29%) SLA
2 7 (3.00%) NIST
3 6 (2.58%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.15%) NCSC
5 3 (1.29%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.86%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.86%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (5.58%) Docker
2 11 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.86%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.86%) Ansible
2 9 (3.86%) Terraform
3 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.72%) Argo
4 4 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.29%) Grafana
5 3 (1.29%) SCCM
5 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.86%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.86%) Nmap
7 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) Kibana
7 1 (0.43%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.43%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (12.88%) Palantir
2 21 (9.01%) Foundry
3 19 (8.15%) Microsoft
4 18 (7.73%) Cisco
5 14 (6.01%) Cloudera
5 14 (6.01%) Dell
6 13 (5.58%) Apple
6 13 (5.58%) HP
7 8 (3.43%) VMware
8 7 (3.00%) Splunk
9 6 (2.58%) Oracle
10 4 (1.72%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.72%) Juniper
10 4 (1.72%) UiPath
11 3 (1.29%) Citrix
11 3 (1.29%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.29%) SAP
11 3 (1.29%) Sparx
12 2 (0.86%) Mitel