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

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	128	156	106
Rank change year-on-year	+28	-50	+35
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared	497	241	378
As % of all contract jobs in London	2.43%	1.80%	2.37%
As % of the Qualifications category	8.36%	6.71%	9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	361	150	241
10^th Percentile	£408	£453	£450
25^th Percentile	£510	£513	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£625	£625	£600
Median % change year-on-year	-	+4.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£688	£700	£688
90^th Percentile	£755	£738	£775
England median daily rate	£600	£600	£600
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	14	5
10^th Percentile	£102.00	-	£42.75
25^th Percentile	£103.13	-	£60.00
Median hourly rate	£105.00	£25.15	£63.00
Median % change year-on-year	+317.50%	-60.08%	-3.08%
75^th Percentile	£109.88	-	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£112.80	-	-
England median hourly rate	£75.00	£32.00	£64.47
% change year-on-year	+134.38%	-50.36%	-7.58%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	5,946	3,593	4,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	29.09%	26.85%	25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted	4,308	2,434	2,554
10^th Percentile	£363	£356	£350
25^th Percentile	£456	£438	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£541
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-0.64%	-1.64%
75^th Percentile	£650	£650	£650
90^th Percentile	£734	£738	£775
England median daily rate	£535	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-0.94%	-3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	115	81	61
10^th Percentile	£19.50	£18.87	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£24.38	-	£27.00
Median hourly rate	£53.00	£25.15	£39.50
Median % change year-on-year	+110.74%	-36.33%	-26.85%
75^th Percentile	£78.75	£38.75	£60.00
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£65.00	£76.25
England median hourly rate	£48.36	£25.15	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+92.29%	-52.10%	-2.17%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 22 October 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.

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 22 October 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	+13	56	£600	+1.05%	10
West London	-	8	£675	-	6
South London	-5	3	£550	-
DV Cleared England

DV Cleared Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing DV Cleared also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for DV Cleared.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	497
2	SC Cleared	45.5%	226
3	Agile	23.5%	117
4	Kubernetes	21.1%	105
5	AWS	20.7%	103
6	CI/CD	20.1%	100
7	Azure	19.5%	97
8	Python	16.5%	82
9	DevOps	15.3%	76
10	Microsoft	15.1%	75
11	Containerisation	13.1%	65
12	Infrastructure as Code	12.9%	64
12	Software Engineering	12.9%	64
14	AI	12.1%	60
14	Docker	12.1%	60
16	Terraform	11.9%	59
17	Stakeholder Management	11.7%	58
18	GCP	10.7%	53
19	Continuous Improvement	9.9%	49
19	Stakeholder Engagement	9.9%	49
21	Cybersecurity	9.3%	46
22	Jenkins	8.7%	43
22	Linux	8.7%	43
24	Problem-Solving	8.5%	42
25	Decision-Making	8.2%	41
26	Platform Engineering	7.6%	38
26	Test Automation	7.6%	38
28	Git	6.8%	34
28	Microservices	6.8%	34
28	Risk Management	6.8%	34

DV Cleared Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	497
2	SC Cleared	45.5%	226
3	CISSP	5.2%	26
4	CISM	4.6%	23
5	Degree	4.2%	21
6	AWS Certification	3.2%	16
7	PMP	2.2%	11
8	PMI Certification	1.6%	8
9	Computer Science Degree	1.4%	7
10	AWS Certified Solutions Architect	1.2%	6
10	Microsoft Certification	1.2%	6
12	GIAC	1.0%	5
12	ISTQB	1.0%	5
14	APMG	0.8%	4
14	CompTIA Security+	0.8%	4
14	TOGAF Certification	0.8%	4
17	Azure Certification	0.6%	3
17	BPSS Clearance	0.6%	3
17	CEH	0.6%	3
17	GSEC	0.6%	3