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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 95 111
Rank change year-on-year -40 +16 +213
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 288 370 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.01% 2.64% 2.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.82% 10.23% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 216 262
10th Percentile £403 £400 £450
25th Percentile £508 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £643
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -10.56% +7.17%
75th Percentile £711 £688 £750
90th Percentile £750 £700 £825
England median daily rate £575 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -1.92% -2.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £23.42 £33.75 £58.75
25th Percentile - £42.19 £60.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -59.11% -7.17% +1.92%
75th Percentile - £100.13 £77.19
90th Percentile - £112.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £46.24 £63.15 £63.29
% change year-on-year -26.78% -0.22% -8.94%

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 4,224 3,616 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.45% 25.82% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,951 2,249 2,976
10th Percentile £363 £353 £331
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 103
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -2.50% -0.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £85.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

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 18 January 2026.

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 18 January 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 +4 23 £575 +10.58% 18
North London +2 2 £510 +22.16%
South London - 1 £505 - 1
East London - 1 - - 2
DV Cleared
England

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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 22 (7.64%) Apache
2 14 (4.86%) Confluence
3 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.04%) IIS
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) Mattermost
Applications
1 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.19%) AWS
2 27 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (9.03%) Azure
4 19 (6.60%) Serverless
5 12 (4.17%) GCP
6 9 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (2.78%) GitHub
8 7 (2.43%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.74%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.39%) IaaS
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.04%) PaaS
11 3 (1.04%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.99%) Network Security
2 21 (7.29%) Firewall
3 14 (4.86%) LAN
3 14 (4.86%) WAN
4 12 (4.17%) Wireless
5 9 (3.13%) DNS
6 6 (2.08%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.74%) DHCP
8 4 (1.39%) Internet
8 4 (1.39%) NAS
8 4 (1.39%) SAN
8 4 (1.39%) VPN
9 3 (1.04%) SMS
9 3 (1.04%) SMTP
9 3 (1.04%) VLAN
9 3 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.69%) SSL
10 2 (0.69%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.35%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.25%) Big Data
2 15 (5.21%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (4.17%) Hadoop
4 11 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (3.47%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.04%) Power BI
8 2 (0.69%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.69%) Metadata
8 2 (0.69%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.69%) Redis
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.35%) MySQL
9 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 16 (5.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.74%) GitLab
3 4 (1.39%) Git
3 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.04%) Maven
5 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.35%) MLflow
6 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.35%) Vite
General
1 52 (18.06%) Public Sector
2 34 (11.81%) Social Skills
3 21 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.21%) Banking
5 11 (3.82%) Finance
5 11 (3.82%) Military
6 9 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.08%) Law
7 6 (2.08%) Police
8 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.39%) Legal
10 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Local Government
10 2 (0.69%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (15.97%) Architect
2 20 (6.94%) Developer
3 19 (6.60%) Consultant
4 18 (6.25%) Senior
5 15 (5.21%) Data Engineer
5 15 (5.21%) Software Engineer
6 14 (4.86%) Analyst
7 12 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
7 12 (4.17%) Technical Architect
8 11 (3.82%) Coordinator
8 11 (3.82%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.47%) Administrator
9 10 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.13%) Network Architect
10 9 (3.13%) Platform Manager
10 9 (3.13%) Systems Administrator
10 9 (3.13%) Systems Manager
10 9 (3.13%) Wintel Administrator
10 9 (3.13%) Wintel Systems Administrator
11 8 (2.78%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.64%) Apache NiFi
2 20 (6.94%) React
3 17 (5.90%) Kafka
4 9 (3.13%) Node.js
5 8 (2.78%) .NET
5 8 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (2.08%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.74%) JSON
7 5 (1.74%) PySpark
7 5 (1.74%) XML
8 4 (1.39%) Django
9 3 (1.04%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.04%) CSS
9 3 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.04%) Flask
9 3 (1.04%) HTML
9 3 (1.04%) Next.js
9 3 (1.04%) SOAP
9 3 (1.04%) Spring
9 3 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.90%) PKI
2 14 (4.86%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.47%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.39%) Replication
8 3 (1.04%) Clustering
8 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.69%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.69%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.69%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.46%) Windows
2 19 (6.60%) Linux
3 12 (4.17%) Android
3 12 (4.17%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.78%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.08%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.69%) VMS
8 1 (0.35%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.67%) Agile
2 37 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (9.03%) Software Engineering
5 25 (8.68%) DevOps
6 23 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (7.64%) Scrum
8 20 (6.94%) CI/CD
8 20 (6.94%) Risk Management
9 16 (5.56%) AI
9 16 (5.56%) Mentoring
10 15 (5.21%) Data Engineering
10 15 (5.21%) Information Security
11 14 (4.86%) Machine Learning
11 14 (4.86%) Network Design
12 13 (4.51%) Data Pipeline
12 13 (4.51%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (4.51%) Microservices
12 13 (4.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.58%) Python
2 18 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 17 (5.90%) Java
4 16 (5.56%) SQL
5 12 (4.17%) C#
6 11 (3.82%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.13%) C++
8 7 (2.43%) Bash
8 7 (2.43%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.69%) Go
9 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 288 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 126 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.86%) CISSP
4 10 (3.47%) Degree
4 10 (3.47%) GIAC
5 9 (3.13%) CEH
5 9 (3.13%) CISM
6 7 (2.43%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.74%) CCNP
8 5 (1.74%) ISACA
9 4 (1.39%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (1.04%) IISP
10 3 (1.04%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.04%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.04%) PMP
11 2 (0.69%) CCNA
11 2 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.69%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.51%) NIST
2 9 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.08%) NCSC
5 4 (1.39%) SLA
6 3 (1.04%) EU AI Act
6 3 (1.04%) GDPR
7 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.69%) QA
8 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.35%) COBIT
8 1 (0.35%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (5.90%) Docker
2 14 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.69%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (9.03%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.82%) Ansible
2 11 (3.82%) Terraform
3 6 (2.08%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.08%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.74%) Argo
4 5 (1.74%) Grafana
4 5 (1.74%) SCCM
5 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.04%) Puppet
5 3 (1.04%) vMotion
6 2 (0.69%) Kibana
6 2 (0.69%) Nagios
6 2 (0.69%) Rancher
7 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.35%) logstash
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 25 (8.68%) Microsoft
1 25 (8.68%) Palantir
2 20 (6.94%) Foundry
3 18 (6.25%) Cisco
4 13 (4.51%) Dell
4 13 (4.51%) VMware
5 12 (4.17%) Apple
5 12 (4.17%) HP
5 12 (4.17%) Oracle
6 10 (3.47%) Cloudera
6 10 (3.47%) Splunk
7 9 (3.13%) NetApp
8 7 (2.43%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.08%) Sparx
9 6 (2.08%) Tenable
10 5 (1.74%) Remedy
11 4 (1.39%) Citrix
11 4 (1.39%) Google
11 4 (1.39%) Juniper
11 4 (1.39%) Red Hat