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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 193 98
Rank change year-on-year +56 -95 +77
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 387 158 444
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.08% 1.29% 2.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.39% 5.01% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 93 295
10th Percentile £419 £452 £408
25th Percentile £444 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +10.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £750
90th Percentile £725 £713 £825
England median daily rate £600 £580 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £85.20 £28.14 -
25th Percentile £85.50 £33.35 -
Median hourly rate £88.50 £41.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.55% -31.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93.00 £48.13 -
90th Percentile £94.20 £49.25 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £80.00 £71.08
% change year-on-year -46.88% +12.55% -5.22%

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 5,235 3,156 4,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.10% 25.78% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,747 2,110 2,868
10th Percentile £366 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £447 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -6.87%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 64 113
10th Percentile £19.12 £19.21 £14.49
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.75 £27.83 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.77% +11.30% -51.46%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.38 £68.60
England median hourly rate £48.61 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +51.91% -20.57% -26.75%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 30 £551 -2.13% 15
West London -14 10 £675 - 4
South London -8 4 £678 -
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 15 (3.88%) Confluence
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.29%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (1.81%) AutoCAD
1 7 (1.81%) Revit
1 7 (1.81%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (13.95%) AWS
2 41 (10.59%) Azure
3 27 (6.98%) GCP
4 14 (3.62%) PaaS
5 13 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
5 13 (3.36%) IaaS
5 13 (3.36%) Serverless
6 12 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
6 12 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (2.84%) GitHub
7 11 (2.84%) OCI
8 10 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.33%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.55%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.68%) Firewall
2 16 (4.13%) DNS
3 14 (3.62%) Network Security
4 13 (3.36%) DHCP
5 12 (3.10%) VPN
6 9 (2.33%) SMTP
7 6 (1.55%) WAN
8 5 (1.29%) LAN
8 5 (1.29%) VSAN
9 4 (1.03%) SMS
10 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.52%) BGP
11 2 (0.52%) Internet
11 2 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.52%) NAS
11 2 (0.52%) OSPF
11 2 (0.52%) SAN
11 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.78%) Metadata
3 3 (0.78%) Metadata Repository
3 3 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.52%) Big Data
4 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.26%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (4.39%) JIRA
2 10 (2.58%) GitLab
3 9 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.81%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.29%) Git
6 4 (1.03%) Selenium
6 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.52%) ERwin
7 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 72 (18.60%) Public Sector
2 41 (10.59%) Social Skills
3 23 (5.94%) Finance
4 13 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.84%) Military
5 11 (2.84%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.33%) Law
6 9 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.81%) Legal
8 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.29%) Police
10 4 (1.03%) Marketing
11 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.52%) Local Government
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (10.34%) Architect
1 40 (10.34%) Developer
2 31 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (6.72%) Consultant
4 22 (5.68%) Lead
5 19 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (4.39%) Senior
7 15 (3.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 15 (3.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (3.88%) Applications Developer
7 15 (3.88%) User Researcher
8 14 (3.62%) Analyst
8 14 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (3.10%) Enterprise Architect
9 12 (3.10%) NetApp Engineer
9 12 (3.10%) Storage Engineer
10 11 (2.84%) Network Engineer
10 11 (2.84%) Project Manager
10 11 (2.84%) Software Engineer
11 10 (2.58%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.88%) React
2 12 (3.10%) REST
3 8 (2.07%) AngularJS
3 8 (2.07%) Azure Blueprints
3 8 (2.07%) FastAPI
4 7 (1.81%) Flask
4 7 (1.81%) SOAP
4 7 (1.81%) Web Services
5 6 (1.55%) Django
5 6 (1.55%) Next.js
6 5 (1.29%) Node.js
6 5 (1.29%) RESTful
7 4 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.03%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.78%) .NET
8 3 (0.78%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.78%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.98%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.39%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.88%) PKI
4 12 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.33%) Clustering
7 8 (2.07%) CMDB
7 8 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.07%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.81%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.29%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.52%) Replication
13 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.30%) Linux
2 28 (7.24%) Windows
3 17 (4.39%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (18.09%) Agile
2 62 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (12.14%) CI/CD
4 44 (11.37%) DevOps
5 36 (9.30%) AI
6 35 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 32 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (8.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 27 (6.98%) ITIL
9 27 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (6.72%) User Research
11 25 (6.46%) Software Engineering
12 24 (6.20%) Decision-Making
13 22 (5.68%) Roadmaps
13 22 (5.68%) Service Design
13 22 (5.68%) TOGAF
14 21 (5.43%) Containerisation
14 21 (5.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.72%) Python
2 13 (3.36%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.81%) TypeScript
4 6 (1.55%) Java
5 5 (1.29%) C#
5 5 (1.29%) SQL
6 4 (1.03%) X++
7 3 (0.78%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.52%) Bash
8 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.26%) Bicep
9 1 (0.26%) Groovy
9 1 (0.26%) R
9 1 (0.26%) Ruby
9 1 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 387 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 151 (39.02%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.58%) CISSP
4 9 (2.33%) Degree
5 8 (2.07%) CISM
6 6 (1.55%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (1.55%) PMP
7 5 (1.29%) CEH
7 5 (1.29%) GIAC
8 4 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CCNA
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.52%) CCNP
10 2 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.36%) QA
2 11 (2.84%) PMO
3 10 (2.58%) NCSC
4 9 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.81%) GDPR
6 6 (1.55%) NIST
7 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.03%) GRC
7 4 (1.03%) WCAG
8 3 (0.78%) COBIT
9 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (10.08%) Docker
2 18 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.39%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.10%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.33%) BitLocker
6 9 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (1.55%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.55%) vSphere
8 3 (0.78%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.26%) UAG
Systems Management
1 49 (12.66%) Kubernetes
2 38 (9.82%) Terraform
3 13 (3.36%) Ansible
4 9 (2.33%) vCenter Server
4 9 (2.33%) vMotion
5 8 (2.07%) Puppet
6 7 (1.81%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) Istio
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.52%) Nagios
7 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.26%) QRadar
8 1 (0.26%) SCOM
8 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.98%) VMware
3 15 (3.88%) Google
3 15 (3.88%) NetApp
4 14 (3.62%) Oracle
4 14 (3.62%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.84%) Cisco
6 10 (2.58%) Sparx
7 9 (2.33%) Citrix
8 7 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.29%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.29%) Splunk
10 3 (0.78%) Databricks
10 3 (0.78%) HP
10 3 (0.78%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.78%) Pardot
10 3 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.78%) Symantec
10 3 (0.78%) Tenable
11 2 (0.52%) Zscaler