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 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 6 13 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 +16
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 748 297 910
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 12.42% 9.94% 15.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.46% 24.87% 35.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 214 669
10th Percentile £463 £463 £425
25th Percentile £515 £520 £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 £580 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 82
10th Percentile - £57.14 £51.28
25th Percentile £41.25 £61.03 £56.65
Median hourly rate £48.35 £69.37 £70.78
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -1.99% -2.23%
75th Percentile £84.44 £88.53 £87.35
90th Percentile £121.77 £89.23 £99.75
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
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 2,724 1,194 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.22% 39.96% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,841 758 1,476
10th Percentile £315 £263 £350
25th Percentile £442 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -5.23% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £675 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 81 225
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £17.80
25th Percentile £27.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.46% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £87.46
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 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 10 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 10 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 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
Hampshire +2 403 £600 +4.35% 74
Thames Valley +13 338 £575 -7.63% 43
Buckinghamshire +18 190 £560 - 14
Berkshire -2 146 £625 -3.85% 28
Surrey -17 6 £525 -4.55% 21
Oxfordshire -26 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 16 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.40%) Documentum
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Lectora
5 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.40%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.40%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.27%) Primavera
7 1 (0.13%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (7.75%) Azure
2 43 (5.75%) AWS
3 26 (3.48%) PaaS
4 25 (3.34%) IaaS
5 15 (2.01%) GCP
6 11 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.47%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (1.34%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.94%) SaaS
9 4 (0.53%) Google App Engine
9 4 (0.53%) OCI
10 3 (0.40%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.40%) Serverless
11 2 (0.27%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.27%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 2 (0.27%) Figma
11 2 (0.27%) GitHub
11 2 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.42%) DNS
2 46 (6.15%) LAN
3 44 (5.88%) WAN
4 42 (5.61%) Firewall
5 31 (4.14%) BGP
6 27 (3.61%) Network Security
7 26 (3.48%) VPN
8 21 (2.81%) DHCP
8 21 (2.81%) OSPF
9 16 (2.14%) Ethernet VPN
10 15 (2.01%) IPsec
10 15 (2.01%) VXLAN
11 14 (1.87%) BIG-IP
12 13 (1.74%) Junos
13 12 (1.60%) MPLS
13 12 (1.60%) VSAN
14 11 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (1.20%) TCP/IP
16 7 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (0.94%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.14%) Oracle Database
3 10 (1.34%) Power BI
4 4 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.13%) Big Data
7 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.13%) Db2
7 1 (0.13%) GIS
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
Development Applications
1 15 (2.01%) JIRA
2 13 (1.74%) Git
3 8 (1.07%) GitLab
4 5 (0.67%) Robot Framework
5 4 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.27%) MSI
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
1 121 (16.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 57 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (4.81%) Finance
5 22 (2.94%) Legal
6 20 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.41%) Military
8 12 (1.60%) Law
8 12 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (0.67%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.40%) Advertising
10 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.40%) Police
11 1 (0.13%) Aviation
11 1 (0.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 164 (21.93%) Architect
2 92 (12.30%) Senior
3 87 (11.63%) Lead
4 62 (8.29%) Analyst
5 46 (6.15%) SOC Analyst
6 38 (5.08%) Security Architect
6 38 (5.08%) Technical Architect
7 37 (4.95%) Network Engineer
8 34 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 28 (3.74%) Consultant
9 28 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (3.61%) Developer
10 27 (3.61%) Network Architect
11 26 (3.48%) DV Cleared Project Manager
12 24 (3.21%) Designer
13 23 (3.07%) Tester
14 22 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
15 21 (2.81%) VMware Architect
16 20 (2.67%) Data Migration Lead
16 20 (2.67%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.41%) REST
2 16 (2.14%) 802.1X
3 7 (0.94%) RESTful
3 7 (0.94%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.80%) .NET
4 6 (0.80%) SOAP
5 5 (0.67%) React
6 4 (0.53%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.53%) Kafka
6 4 (0.53%) Node.js
6 4 (0.53%) OAuth
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.40%) gRPC
7 3 (0.40%) Keycloak
7 3 (0.40%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.40%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (0.27%) ADO
8 2 (0.27%) LDAP
9 1 (0.13%) Web Services
9 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.82%) PKI
2 38 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 20 (2.67%) Clustering
4 16 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (1.87%) Product Ownership
5 14 (1.87%) Public Cloud
6 13 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.34%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.07%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (0.80%) Replication
11 5 (0.67%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.67%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (16.31%) Windows
2 70 (9.36%) Linux
3 50 (6.68%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (0.67%) Debian
6 4 (0.53%) Unix
7 3 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.27%) CentOS
8 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
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
1 151 (20.19%) Agile
2 75 (10.03%) ITIL
3 72 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (8.29%) Service Management
6 60 (8.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (6.82%) ITSM
9 41 (5.48%) CI/CD
9 41 (5.48%) Identity Access Management
10 40 (5.35%) High Availability
10 40 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
11 39 (5.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 38 (5.08%) Migration
13 37 (4.95%) Service Delivery
14 36 (4.81%) Scrum
15 34 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 33 (4.41%) Project Management
17 32 (4.28%) DevOps
18 30 (4.01%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.09%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.81%) SQL
3 28 (3.74%) Python
4 17 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.34%) C#
6 6 (0.80%) Go
7 4 (0.53%) Bash
7 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.40%) C
8 3 (0.40%) C++
8 3 (0.40%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.40%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.40%) Java
8 3 (0.40%) Rust
9 2 (0.27%) Bicep
9 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 748 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 200 (26.74%) SC Cleared
3 19 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (2.14%) Degree
5 11 (1.47%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.20%) CCNP
6 9 (1.20%) CISSP
7 8 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (0.94%) JNCIS
8 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.80%) VCAP
10 5 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.67%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (0.67%) JNCIA
10 5 (0.67%) JNCIP
10 5 (0.67%) MCSE
10 5 (0.67%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.01%) NIST
2 25 (3.34%) PMO
3 18 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.41%) NCSC
4 11 (1.47%) GDPR
5 8 (1.07%) SLA
6 7 (0.94%) JSP 440
7 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (0.80%) QA
7 6 (0.80%) RMADS
8 5 (0.67%) GRC
9 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 72 (9.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 61 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 41 (5.48%) VMware NSX
4 29 (3.88%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (2.67%) vCloud
6 10 (1.34%) Docker
7 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.80%) vSphere
9 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.40%) UAG
12 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 42 (5.61%) vCenter Server
2 23 (3.07%) SCOM
3 22 (2.94%) Terraform
4 18 (2.41%) Ansible
5 13 (1.74%) FortiGate
6 11 (1.47%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.07%) Avamar
7 8 (1.07%) WMI
8 7 (0.94%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 7 (0.94%) NetIQ Identity Manager
9 6 (0.80%) SCCM
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.53%) Endace
11 4 (0.53%) Grafana
11 4 (0.53%) Podman
11 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.40%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.40%) Rancher
12 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (16.31%) VMware
2 66 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 50 (6.68%) Cisco
4 36 (4.81%) Juniper
4 36 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 31 (4.14%) SAP
6 26 (3.48%) Oracle
7 25 (3.34%) F5
8 20 (2.67%) SolarWinds
9 17 (2.27%) Splunk
10 14 (1.87%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.47%) Extreme Networks
11 11 (1.47%) Thales
12 10 (1.34%) BMC
12 10 (1.34%) Broadcom
12 10 (1.34%) Remedy
13 9 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
13 9 (1.20%) Dell
13 9 (1.20%) Veeam
14 8 (1.07%) Sparx