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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 914 367 779
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 13.65% 10.47% 15.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.39% 25.86% 35.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 287 581
10th Percentile £471 £463 £425
25th Percentile £515 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -0.83% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £700 £750
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 57
10th Percentile £39.18 £67.22 £54.18
25th Percentile £41.25 £79.38 £60.60
Median hourly rate £42.60 £87.04 £72.33
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +20.34% +6.76%
75th Percentile £57.00 £88.87 £87.46
90th Percentile £73.05 £89.96 £100.00
England median hourly rate £69.00 £61.50 £71.75
% change year-on-year +12.20% -14.29% -1.72%

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 3,008 1,419 2,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.93% 40.49% 44.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 919 1,373
10th Percentile £331 £250 £350
25th Percentile £462 £418 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £640
90th Percentile £730 £665 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 119 186
10th Percentile £19.32 - £18.08
25th Percentile £39.00 £18.87 £41.06
Median hourly rate £69.75 £27.76 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +151.26% -51.60% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.75 £67.50 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +2 514 £600 - 146
Thames Valley +14 396 £600 - 60
Buckinghamshire +18 213 £563 +0.45% 20
Berkshire +2 182 £625 -3.85% 25
Surrey -22 3 £603 +9.55% 12
Oxfordshire -26 1 £250 -45.92% 15
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 24 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.77%) Confluence
2 7 (0.77%) Documentum
3 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.22%) Lectora
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.41%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (1.53%) Teamcenter
4 12 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.66%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.44%) Primavera
6 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.33%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.22%) Siebel CRM
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.19%) Azure
2 46 (5.03%) AWS
3 21 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (2.30%) IaaS
4 19 (2.08%) Entra ID
4 19 (2.08%) PaaS
5 16 (1.75%) OCI
5 16 (1.75%) Power Platform
6 15 (1.64%) GCP
7 10 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.77%) SaaS
9 6 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.55%) Serverless
10 5 (0.55%) Tricentis Tosca
11 4 (0.44%) Google App Engine
11 4 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.22%) GitHub
12 2 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 77 (8.42%) DNS
2 56 (6.13%) LAN
3 53 (5.80%) Firewall
3 53 (5.80%) WAN
4 40 (4.38%) BGP
5 37 (4.05%) Network Security
6 32 (3.50%) VPN
7 31 (3.39%) DHCP
8 26 (2.84%) IPsec
9 21 (2.30%) OSPF
10 19 (2.08%) MPLS
11 18 (1.97%) BIG-IP
12 17 (1.86%) Ethernet VPN
12 17 (1.86%) VXLAN
13 15 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
13 15 (1.64%) Junos
13 15 (1.64%) VSAN
14 14 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (1.53%) TCP/IP
15 11 (1.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.30%) Oracle Database
1 21 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.75%) Power BI
3 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (0.33%) Metadata
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (0.22%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.22%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (0.11%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.11%) MySQL
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle8/8i Database
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle9i Database
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (3.17%) JIRA
2 19 (2.08%) Git
3 9 (0.98%) GitLab
4 4 (0.44%) MSI
4 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.33%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 167 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 83 (9.08%) Public Sector
3 81 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.67%) Finance
5 25 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (1.64%) Legal
8 14 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (1.53%) Military
9 8 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (0.88%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.77%) Law
11 4 (0.44%) Advertising
11 4 (0.44%) Aviation
11 4 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.22%) Billing
13 2 (0.22%) Police
14 1 (0.11%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 171 (18.71%) Architect
2 111 (12.14%) Lead
3 103 (11.27%) Senior
4 69 (7.55%) Analyst
5 68 (7.44%) Consultant
6 62 (6.78%) Developer
7 52 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 47 (5.14%) Security Architect
9 46 (5.03%) SOC Analyst
10 37 (4.05%) Network Architect
10 37 (4.05%) Project Manager
11 35 (3.83%) Network Engineer
11 35 (3.83%) Technical Architect
12 32 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (3.28%) Service Architect
14 27 (2.95%) DV Cleared Project Manager
14 27 (2.95%) Senior Network Engineer
15 26 (2.84%) Lead Architect
15 26 (2.84%) ServiceNow Developer
16 24 (2.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.41%) REST
2 15 (1.64%) 802.1X
3 8 (0.88%) ModSecurity
3 8 (0.88%) RESTful
4 7 (0.77%) ARM Templates
5 6 (0.66%) .NET
5 6 (0.66%) ADO
6 5 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.55%) SOAP
7 4 (0.44%) gRPC
7 4 (0.44%) Kafka
7 4 (0.44%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.44%) Protocol Buffers
7 4 (0.44%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.33%) Node.js
8 3 (0.33%) OAuth
8 3 (0.33%) React
8 3 (0.33%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.33%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.77%) PKI
2 51 (5.58%) Data Centre
3 29 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.52%) Clustering
4 23 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 14 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.09%) Private Cloud
10 9 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.77%) Replication
12 6 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.55%) ARM Cortex
13 5 (0.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 160 (17.51%) Windows
2 88 (9.63%) Windows Server
3 77 (8.42%) Linux
4 18 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.55%) CentOS
7 5 (0.55%) Debian
7 5 (0.55%) Unix
8 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.11%) Android
11 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (19.37%) Agile
2 115 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 106 (11.60%) ITIL
4 103 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 92 (10.07%) Service Management
7 76 (8.32%) Cybersecurity
8 72 (7.88%) ITSM
9 68 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 67 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 66 (7.22%) Service Delivery
12 57 (6.24%) Technical Leadership
13 49 (5.36%) Migration
14 47 (5.14%) Change Management
14 47 (5.14%) CI/CD
14 47 (5.14%) Project Delivery
15 46 (5.03%) Identity Access Management
16 43 (4.70%) High Availability
16 43 (4.70%) Scrum
16 43 (4.70%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 74 (8.10%) PowerShell
2 44 (4.81%) SQL
3 27 (2.95%) Python
4 21 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.31%) Bash
6 10 (1.09%) Bicep
7 8 (0.88%) C#
7 8 (0.88%) Java
8 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.55%) Go
9 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.44%) C
10 4 (0.44%) C++
10 4 (0.44%) Rust
11 3 (0.33%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.33%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.33%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.11%) Perl
12 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 914 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 229 (25.05%) SC Cleared
3 28 (3.06%) Degree
4 19 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (1.86%) CISSP
6 14 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.88%) CCNP
10 8 (0.88%) CESG Certified Professional
10 8 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (0.88%) VCAP
11 7 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.66%) MCSA
12 6 (0.66%) MCSE
13 5 (0.55%) JNCIA
13 5 (0.55%) NCDA
13 5 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.36%) PMO
2 29 (3.17%) NCSC
2 29 (3.17%) NIST
3 18 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 16 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.42%) GDPR
5 13 (1.42%) JSP 440
6 9 (0.98%) SLA
7 6 (0.66%) QA
7 6 (0.66%) RMADS
8 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.22%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 100 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 89 (9.74%) Active Directory
3 56 (6.13%) VMware NSX
4 46 (5.03%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (2.52%) vCloud
6 11 (1.20%) vSphere
7 10 (1.09%) Docker
8 9 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.77%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.22%) UAG
13 1 (0.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (6.89%) vCenter Server
2 42 (4.60%) SCOM
3 30 (3.28%) Terraform
4 19 (2.08%) Ansible
5 14 (1.53%) Avamar
6 13 (1.42%) FortiGate
6 13 (1.42%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.98%) WMI
8 8 (0.88%) SCCM
9 6 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.55%) Podman
11 4 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.44%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.44%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 4 (0.44%) Grafana
11 4 (0.44%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.44%) Puppet
12 3 (0.33%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 148 (16.19%) VMware
2 116 (12.69%) Microsoft
3 66 (7.22%) ServiceNow
4 55 (6.02%) Oracle
5 52 (5.69%) SAP
6 44 (4.81%) Cisco
7 37 (4.05%) Juniper
8 30 (3.28%) SolarWinds
9 24 (2.63%) F5
10 17 (1.86%) Palo Alto
11 16 (1.75%) Broadcom
12 15 (1.64%) Dell
13 14 (1.53%) Remedy
13 14 (1.53%) Splunk
14 13 (1.42%) Thales
15 12 (1.31%) BMC
16 11 (1.20%) Extreme Networks
17 9 (0.98%) Citrix
17 9 (0.98%) Veeam
18 6 (0.66%) NetApp