DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Preston

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 19 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 20.00% - 3.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.55% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 2
10th Percentile £600 - £538
25th Percentile £738 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - £600
75th Percentile £950 - £631
90th Percentile - - £643
Lancashire median daily rate £775 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +15.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 32 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 57.89% 45.07% 68.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 5
10th Percentile £258 £350 -
25th Percentile £550 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -4.55% +21.54%
75th Percentile £900 £538 £650
90th Percentile £950 £600 £692
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £482 £588
% change year-on-year +14.05% -17.91% +12.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 36
10th Percentile £38.01 £34.31 £13.92
25th Percentile £41.94 £38.49 -
Median hourly rate £54.42 £47.65 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% +196.72% -60.43%
75th Percentile £73.57 £59.01 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.33 £64.51 £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £47.65 £16.06
% change year-on-year +10.75% +196.72% -61.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Preston

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Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing DV Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Preston over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in Preston

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing DV Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) GCP
General
1 8 (42.11%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
2 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Coordinator
1 6 (31.58%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 5 (26.32%) Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Security Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) IT Administrator
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Leaflet
1 1 (5.26%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) PKI
2 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
2 6 (31.58%) Security Architecture
2 6 (31.58%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (26.32%) Information Security
4 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (21.05%) Service Management
5 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
5 3 (15.79%) Information Assurance
5 3 (15.79%) SDLC
5 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (15.79%) Zero Trust
6 2 (10.53%) Blue Team
6 2 (10.53%) Cloud Security
6 2 (10.53%) ITSM
6 2 (10.53%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Red Team
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Register
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) CISSP
3 2 (10.53%) CISM
3 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
4 1 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) JSP 440
3 2 (10.53%) NCSC
4 1 (5.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (5.26%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.26%) RMADS
4 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Forcepoint