DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 764 289 902
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 12.71% 9.79% 15.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.01% 24.55% 35.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 210 664
10th Percentile £463 £463 £425
25th Percentile £516 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% +6.14%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £700 £765
England median daily rate £600 £585 £600
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 78
10th Percentile - £57.14 £52.48
25th Percentile £41.25 £61.03 £56.65
Median hourly rate £48.35 £69.37 £71.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -3.31% -0.89%
75th Percentile £84.44 £88.53 £87.46
90th Percentile £121.77 £89.23 £100.00
England median hourly rate £42.71 £80.00 £71.17
% change year-on-year -46.62% +12.41% -5.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,728 1,177 2,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.38% 39.87% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,851 747 1,450
10th Percentile £315 £258 £350
25th Percentile £438 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £675 £731
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 82 219
10th Percentile £16.80 £18.54 £17.80
25th Percentile £27.50 £25.55 £27.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.59% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.02 £87.46
England median hourly rate £51.44 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.28% -18.75% -27.27%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the South East

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DV Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hampshire +3 419 £600 +4.35% 102
Thames Valley +12 337 £575 -8.91% 49
Buckinghamshire +18 192 £560 - 12
Berkshire -5 143 £625 -3.85% 36
Surrey -16 6 £525 -4.55% 16
Oxfordshire -29 2 £250 -45.92% 2
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.26%) Documentum
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Lectora
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.39%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.39%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.26%) Primavera
8 1 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.72%) Azure
2 43 (5.63%) AWS
3 28 (3.66%) PaaS
4 27 (3.53%) IaaS
5 15 (1.96%) GCP
6 12 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.44%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.31%) Power Platform
9 6 (0.79%) SaaS
10 4 (0.52%) Google App Engine
10 4 (0.52%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.39%) GitHub
11 3 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.39%) OCI
11 3 (0.39%) Serverless
12 2 (0.26%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.26%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (0.26%) Figma
13 1 (0.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.28%) DNS
2 47 (6.15%) LAN
3 46 (6.02%) Firewall
4 45 (5.89%) WAN
5 31 (4.06%) BGP
6 27 (3.53%) Network Security
6 27 (3.53%) VPN
7 21 (2.75%) DHCP
7 21 (2.75%) OSPF
8 16 (2.09%) Ethernet VPN
9 15 (1.96%) IPsec
9 15 (1.96%) VXLAN
10 14 (1.83%) BIG-IP
11 13 (1.70%) Junos
12 12 (1.57%) MPLS
12 12 (1.57%) VSAN
13 11 (1.44%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (1.18%) TCP/IP
15 8 (1.05%) VLAN
16 7 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.09%) Oracle Database
3 10 (1.31%) Power BI
4 4 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.13%) Big Data
7 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.13%) Db2
7 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.13%) MySQL
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle8/8i Database
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle9i Database
7 1 (0.13%) Redis
7 1 (0.13%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (0.13%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 16 (2.09%) JIRA
2 13 (1.70%) Git
3 9 (1.18%) GitLab
4 6 (0.79%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.26%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 124 (16.23%) Social Skills
2 65 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 58 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (4.45%) Finance
5 21 (2.75%) Legal
6 20 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.49%) Military
8 13 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.44%) Law
10 5 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.39%) Advertising
11 3 (0.39%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.39%) Police
12 1 (0.13%) Aviation
12 1 (0.13%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 170 (22.25%) Architect
2 95 (12.43%) Senior
3 86 (11.26%) Lead
4 63 (8.25%) Analyst
5 47 (6.15%) SOC Analyst
6 39 (5.10%) Security Architect
7 38 (4.97%) Network Engineer
7 38 (4.97%) Technical Architect
8 34 (4.45%) Project Manager
9 30 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (3.80%) Network Architect
11 27 (3.53%) Consultant
11 27 (3.53%) Developer
12 26 (3.40%) DV Cleared Project Manager
12 26 (3.40%) Tester
13 24 (3.14%) Designer
14 22 (2.88%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (2.88%) VMware Architect
15 20 (2.62%) Data Migration Lead
15 20 (2.62%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.36%) REST
2 16 (2.09%) 802.1X
3 9 (1.18%) SailPoint
4 7 (0.92%) RESTful
5 6 (0.79%) .NET
5 6 (0.79%) SOAP
6 5 (0.65%) React
7 4 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.52%) Kafka
7 4 (0.52%) Node.js
7 4 (0.52%) OAuth
7 4 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.39%) gRPC
8 3 (0.39%) Keycloak
8 3 (0.39%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.39%) Protocol Buffers
9 2 (0.26%) ADO
9 2 (0.26%) LDAP
10 1 (0.13%) Web Services
10 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.90%) PKI
2 39 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.62%) Clustering
4 16 (2.09%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (1.83%) Public Cloud
6 13 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (0.79%) Replication
12 5 (0.65%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.65%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 131 (17.15%) Windows
2 73 (9.55%) Linux
3 51 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.65%) Debian
5 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.52%) Unix
7 3 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.39%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Android
9 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.13%) VMS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (21.60%) Agile
2 76 (9.95%) ITIL
3 75 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (8.38%) Service Management
5 63 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 57 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (6.81%) ITSM
9 43 (5.63%) CI/CD
9 43 (5.63%) Identity Access Management
10 42 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
11 41 (5.37%) High Availability
11 41 (5.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (5.10%) DevOps
12 39 (5.10%) Scrum
13 38 (4.97%) Migration
14 37 (4.84%) Service Delivery
15 36 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 35 (4.58%) Project Management
17 31 (4.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.59%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.71%) SQL
3 29 (3.80%) Python
4 17 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.31%) C#
6 6 (0.79%) Go
7 4 (0.52%) Bash
7 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.39%) C
8 3 (0.39%) C++
8 3 (0.39%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.39%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.39%) Rust
9 2 (0.26%) Bicep
9 2 (0.26%) Java
9 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 764 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 198 (25.92%) SC Cleared
3 19 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (2.09%) Degree
5 11 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.18%) CCNP
6 9 (1.18%) CISSP
7 8 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (0.92%) JNCIS
8 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.79%) VCAP
10 5 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.65%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (0.65%) JNCIA
10 5 (0.65%) JNCIP
10 5 (0.65%) MCSE
10 5 (0.65%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.93%) NIST
2 24 (3.14%) PMO
3 17 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.23%) NCSC
4 9 (1.18%) GDPR
5 8 (1.05%) SLA
6 7 (0.92%) JSP 440
7 6 (0.79%) GRC
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (0.79%) QA
7 6 (0.79%) RMADS
8 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 73 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 64 (8.38%) Active Directory
3 41 (5.37%) VMware NSX
4 30 (3.93%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (2.75%) vCloud
6 10 (1.31%) Docker
7 8 (1.05%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.92%) vSphere
9 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.39%) UAG
12 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 45 (5.89%) vCenter Server
2 24 (3.14%) SCOM
3 23 (3.01%) Terraform
4 19 (2.49%) Ansible
5 13 (1.70%) FortiGate
6 11 (1.44%) Kubernetes
7 9 (1.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 9 (1.18%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 9 (1.18%) WMI
8 8 (1.05%) Avamar
9 7 (0.92%) SCCM
10 5 (0.65%) Endace
10 5 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.52%) Grafana
11 4 (0.52%) Podman
11 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.39%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.39%) Rancher
12 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 127 (16.62%) VMware
2 69 (9.03%) Microsoft
3 51 (6.68%) Cisco
4 36 (4.71%) Juniper
4 36 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 31 (4.06%) SAP
6 25 (3.27%) F5
7 22 (2.88%) Oracle
8 20 (2.62%) SolarWinds
9 18 (2.36%) Splunk
10 14 (1.83%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.44%) Broadcom
11 11 (1.44%) Extreme Networks
11 11 (1.44%) Thales
12 10 (1.31%) BMC
12 10 (1.31%) Dell
12 10 (1.31%) Remedy
12 10 (1.31%) Veeam
13 9 (1.18%) BiZZdesign
13 9 (1.18%) NetIQ