DV Cleared Contracts 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 95 197
Rank change year-on-year -91 +102 +137
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 182 444 353
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.45% 2.52% 1.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.65% 10.52% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 294 256
10th Percentile £443 £412 £355
25th Percentile £475 £545 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £590
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% +6.07%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £691
90th Percentile £713 £825 £799
England median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 17
10th Percentile £28.14 - £54.00
25th Percentile £33.35 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £60.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -4.76% -11.99%
75th Percentile £48.13 - £82.50
90th Percentile £49.25 - £88.50
England median hourly rate £78.70 £70.39 £73.00
% change year-on-year +11.81% -3.58% +5.00%

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 3,223 4,221 5,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.62% 23.92% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,170 2,858 3,846
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £438 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £688
90th Percentile £760 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 109 81
10th Percentile £20.00 £14.21 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.22 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -47.37% +6.74%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £66.35 £83.75
England median hourly rate £40.55 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.36% -23.81% +33.62%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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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 11 May 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 -5 16 £575 -8.00% 10
West London +9 3 £328 -34.50% 16
East London - 1 - - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.59%) SAS
3 9 (4.95%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.40%) Apache
5 6 (3.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.55%) CMS
6 1 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Relativity
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 55 (30.22%) AWS
2 45 (24.73%) Azure
3 14 (7.69%) GCP
4 12 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.49%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.49%) Power Platform
6 9 (4.95%) OpenShift
7 8 (4.40%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (2.75%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.20%) Serverless
11 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.10%) SaaS
12 1 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.55%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.79%) Firewall
2 13 (7.14%) Network Security
3 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.65%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.65%) VPN
5 2 (1.10%) BGP
5 2 (1.10%) DHCP
5 2 (1.10%) DNS
5 2 (1.10%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.10%) LAN
5 2 (1.10%) OSPF
5 2 (1.10%) VSAN
5 2 (1.10%) WAN
5 2 (1.10%) Wireless
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.55%) NAS
6 1 (0.55%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.55%) X.21
6 1 (0.55%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.14%) Oracle Database
2 9 (4.95%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.75%) RDBMS
3 5 (2.75%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.10%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.10%) Big Data
5 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.10%) EDRMS
5 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.10%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.10%) Power BI
6 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.55%) Flink
6 1 (0.55%) IDOL
6 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.55%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 15 (8.24%) Jenkins
2 8 (4.40%) GitLab
3 7 (3.85%) Git
3 7 (3.85%) JIRA
4 6 (3.30%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.10%) JMeter
5 2 (1.10%) MSI
6 1 (0.55%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
General
1 35 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.58%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.85%) Legal
4 7 (3.85%) Police
5 6 (3.30%) Finance
6 4 (2.20%) Military
7 3 (1.65%) Banking
7 3 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Electronics
9 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (14.29%) Developer
2 19 (10.44%) Software Developer
3 14 (7.69%) Lead
4 13 (7.14%) Analyst
4 13 (7.14%) Data Engineer
5 12 (6.59%) Architect
5 12 (6.59%) Senior
5 12 (6.59%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.04%) Consultant
7 9 (4.95%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.30%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.30%) Lead Developer
10 5 (2.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.75%) Lead Software Developer
10 5 (2.75%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.75%) Security Analyst
10 5 (2.75%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.30%) .NET
2 4 (2.20%) React
3 3 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (1.65%) Kafka
3 3 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.10%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.10%) CSS
4 2 (1.10%) HTML
4 2 (1.10%) Material-UI
4 2 (1.10%) Node.js
4 2 (1.10%) REST
5 1 (0.55%) JBoss Seam
5 1 (0.55%) JSON
5 1 (0.55%) MDX
5 1 (0.55%) Middleware
5 1 (0.55%) OAuth
5 1 (0.55%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.55%) SOAP
5 1 (0.55%) Web Services
5 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.30%) Public Cloud
2 4 (2.20%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.20%) PKI
3 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (0.55%) Clustering
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.54%) Linux
2 17 (9.34%) Windows
3 9 (4.95%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.65%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.10%) Android
7 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.98%) DevOps
2 32 (17.58%) Software Engineering
3 28 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (13.74%) Mentoring
5 23 (12.64%) Agile
6 19 (10.44%) Configuration Management
6 19 (10.44%) Integration Testing
6 19 (10.44%) Unit Testing
7 18 (9.89%) Full-Stack Development
8 16 (8.79%) Microservices
9 15 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (7.14%) CI/CD
11 13 (7.14%) High Availability
11 13 (7.14%) Test Automation
12 12 (6.59%) Cloud Security
13 11 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (6.04%) ITIL
14 10 (5.49%) Containerisation
14 10 (5.49%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.08%) Python
2 21 (11.54%) Java
3 19 (10.44%) PowerShell
4 11 (6.04%) JavaScript
4 11 (6.04%) SQL
5 10 (5.49%) Go
6 5 (2.75%) Bash
7 3 (1.65%) C#
8 1 (0.55%) C
8 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 182 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 64 (35.16%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.49%) Degree
4 9 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.40%) CISSP
6 6 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.20%) CEH
7 4 (2.20%) CISM
8 3 (1.65%) CCNP
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.10%) CBAP
9 2 (1.10%) CCIE
9 2 (1.10%) CISA
9 2 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.10%) VCAP
10 1 (0.55%) CCNA
10 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.55%) OCP
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.85%) NIST
2 5 (2.75%) GDPR
3 4 (2.20%) HIPAA
3 4 (2.20%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.65%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.10%) QA
5 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.55%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.95%) Docker
3 7 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.75%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.10%) vSphere
7 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.55%) Firmware
7 1 (0.55%) NFS
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 23 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 22 (12.09%) Ansible
3 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.95%) Terraform
5 5 (2.75%) SCCM
6 3 (1.65%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.65%) PowerCLI
7 2 (1.10%) Kibana
7 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.10%) vRealize
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.55%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.55%) Nagios
8 1 (0.55%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.55%) vMotion
8 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.89%) Cisco
3 15 (8.24%) Oracle
4 13 (7.14%) VMware
5 10 (5.49%) Palantir
6 8 (4.40%) Citrix
7 7 (3.85%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.75%) HP
8 5 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.20%) Qualys
10 3 (1.65%) Dell
10 3 (1.65%) Foundry
10 3 (1.65%) Juniper
10 3 (1.65%) Splunk
11 2 (1.10%) Apple
11 2 (1.10%) Cloudera
11 2 (1.10%) EMC
11 2 (1.10%) McAfee
11 2 (1.10%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.10%) Symantec