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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 3
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +15
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 812 352 914
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 12.53% 10.49% 16.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.83% 26.19% 35.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 662 268 663
10th Percentile £463 £463 £425
25th Percentile £515 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -0.83% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
England median daily rate £600 £593 £600
% change year-on-year +1.22% -1.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 83
10th Percentile £39.18 £57.14 £51.79
25th Percentile £41.25 £63.06 £56.65
Median hourly rate £42.60 £85.75 £71.17
Median % change year-on-year -50.32% +20.49% +5.04%
75th Percentile £57.00 £88.87 £87.46
90th Percentile £73.05 £89.23 £99.50
England median hourly rate £54.00 £75.00 £70.70
% change year-on-year -28.00% +6.09% -5.74%

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 2,918 1,344 2,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.04% 40.07% 45.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,983 865 1,483
10th Percentile £325 £261 £350
25th Percentile £450 £410 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £646
90th Percentile £725 £663 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 101 230
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.87 £17.80
25th Percentile £31.25 £24.66 £27.55
Median hourly rate £62.25 £46.30 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +34.45% -19.27% -4.42%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £53.90 £27.85 £42.50
% change year-on-year +93.54% -34.47% -22.73%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +2 450 £600 +4.35% 126
Thames Valley +13 353 £590 -1.67% 48
Buckinghamshire +25 191 £560 - 10
Berkshire -1 160 £600 -5.88% 37
Surrey -18 7 £580 +5.45% 6
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 19 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.86%) Documentum
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Lectora
6 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Simulink
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (1.11%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.25%) Primavera
7 2 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 70 (8.62%) Azure
2 47 (5.79%) AWS
3 20 (2.46%) IaaS
3 20 (2.46%) PaaS
4 18 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (2.09%) GCP
6 13 (1.60%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.60%) Power Platform
7 9 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.86%) OCI
8 7 (0.86%) SaaS
9 4 (0.49%) Google App Engine
9 4 (0.49%) Serverless
9 4 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.37%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.25%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.25%) Figma
11 2 (0.25%) GitHub
11 2 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.88%) DNS
2 51 (6.28%) LAN
3 46 (5.67%) WAN
4 43 (5.30%) Firewall
5 34 (4.19%) BGP
6 33 (4.06%) Network Security
7 25 (3.08%) VPN
8 23 (2.83%) DHCP
8 23 (2.83%) OSPF
9 21 (2.59%) IPsec
10 18 (2.22%) BIG-IP
11 16 (1.97%) MPLS
12 15 (1.85%) Ethernet VPN
12 15 (1.85%) Junos
13 14 (1.72%) VXLAN
14 12 (1.48%) VSAN
15 11 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (1.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.46%) Oracle Database
1 20 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.25%) Metadata
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.25%) Siebel EIM
6 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.12%) Db2
6 1 (0.12%) GIS
6 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.12%) MySQL
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle8/8i Database
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.12%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 21 (2.59%) JIRA
2 18 (2.22%) Git
3 9 (1.11%) GitLab
4 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
4 4 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.37%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.25%) MSI
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Developer 2000
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 136 (16.75%) Social Skills
2 80 (9.85%) Public Sector
3 66 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.30%) Finance
5 21 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (2.46%) Legal
7 15 (1.85%) Military
8 10 (1.23%) Law
9 9 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (0.99%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.37%) Advertising
12 3 (0.37%) Aviation
12 3 (0.37%) Police
13 1 (0.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 165 (20.32%) Architect
2 99 (12.19%) Lead
3 92 (11.33%) Senior
4 68 (8.37%) Analyst
5 51 (6.28%) Developer
6 48 (5.91%) Security Architect
7 44 (5.42%) SOC Analyst
8 41 (5.05%) Technical Architect
9 38 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (4.56%) Project Manager
11 36 (4.43%) Consultant
12 35 (4.31%) Network Architect
13 32 (3.94%) Network Engineer
14 27 (3.33%) DV Cleared Project Manager
15 25 (3.08%) Lead Architect
16 24 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (2.96%) DBA
17 22 (2.71%) Senior Network Engineer
18 21 (2.59%) Support Engineer
19 20 (2.46%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.71%) REST
2 16 (1.97%) 802.1X
3 8 (0.99%) RESTful
4 6 (0.74%) ADO
4 6 (0.74%) ModSecurity
5 5 (0.62%) .NET
5 5 (0.62%) Kafka
5 5 (0.62%) React
5 5 (0.62%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.62%) SOAP
6 4 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.49%) gRPC
6 4 (0.49%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.49%) Node.js
6 4 (0.49%) OAuth
6 4 (0.49%) Protocol Buffers
7 3 (0.37%) SLSA
8 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.25%) LDAP
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.64%) PKI
2 46 (5.67%) Data Centre
3 21 (2.59%) Clustering
4 16 (1.97%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (1.72%) Public Cloud
5 14 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.23%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.11%) Driving Licence
9 8 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (0.74%) Replication
12 5 (0.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (0.62%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 131 (16.13%) Windows
2 73 (8.99%) Linux
3 60 (7.39%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.62%) Debian
6 5 (0.62%) Unix
7 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.25%) CentOS
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Android
10 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (19.09%) Agile
2 93 (11.45%) ITIL
3 91 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 79 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (9.11%) Service Management
6 69 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (7.27%) ITSM
8 58 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 53 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 45 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 44 (5.42%) CI/CD
11 44 (5.42%) Migration
12 43 (5.30%) Identity Access Management
13 42 (5.17%) Scrum
14 41 (5.05%) Technical Leadership
15 38 (4.68%) High Availability
16 37 (4.56%) Project Delivery
17 36 (4.43%) Project Management
17 36 (4.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 54 (6.65%) PowerShell
2 42 (5.17%) SQL
3 30 (3.69%) Python
4 20 (2.46%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.11%) C#
6 8 (0.99%) Java
7 6 (0.74%) Go
7 6 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.62%) Bash
8 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.49%) C
9 4 (0.49%) C++
9 4 (0.49%) Rust
10 3 (0.37%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.37%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.25%) Bicep
11 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.12%) Perl
12 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 812 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 209 (25.74%) SC Cleared
3 22 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (2.34%) Degree
5 13 (1.60%) CISSP
6 12 (1.48%) ISTQB
6 12 (1.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (1.35%) CCNP
8 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.86%) MCSE
10 6 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.74%) VCAP
11 5 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 5 (0.62%) JNCIA
11 5 (0.62%) JNCIP
11 5 (0.62%) JNCIS
11 5 (0.62%) NCDA
11 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.31%) PMO
2 31 (3.82%) NIST
3 29 (3.57%) NCSC
4 18 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.60%) GDPR
6 11 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 11 (1.35%) JSP 440
7 6 (0.74%) QA
7 6 (0.74%) RMADS
7 6 (0.74%) SLA
8 5 (0.62%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) P3O
11 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 81 (9.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 67 (8.25%) Active Directory
3 47 (5.79%) VMware NSX
4 34 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (2.46%) vCloud
6 11 (1.35%) Docker
6 11 (1.35%) vSphere
7 9 (1.11%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.37%) UAG
Systems Management
1 47 (5.79%) vCenter Server
2 30 (3.69%) SCOM
3 23 (2.83%) Terraform
4 18 (2.22%) Ansible
5 13 (1.60%) FortiGate
6 11 (1.35%) Kubernetes
7 10 (1.23%) Avamar
8 6 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (0.62%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 5 (0.62%) Grafana
9 5 (0.62%) NetIQ Identity Manager
9 5 (0.62%) Podman
9 5 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.62%) SCCM
9 5 (0.62%) WMI
10 4 (0.49%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.49%) Puppet
11 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.37%) Rancher
12 2 (0.25%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 129 (15.89%) VMware
2 79 (9.73%) Microsoft
3 53 (6.53%) ServiceNow
4 44 (5.42%) Cisco
5 38 (4.68%) Oracle
6 36 (4.43%) Juniper
7 34 (4.19%) SAP
8 25 (3.08%) SolarWinds
9 24 (2.96%) F5
10 16 (1.97%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.72%) Splunk
12 12 (1.48%) Broadcom
13 11 (1.35%) BMC
13 11 (1.35%) Dell
13 11 (1.35%) Extreme Networks
13 11 (1.35%) Remedy
14 10 (1.23%) Thales
15 9 (1.11%) Veeam
16 8 (0.99%) Citrix
17 6 (0.74%) NetApp