DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 9 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 33.33% 25.00% 10.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.13% 33.33% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £610 - £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +75.49%
75th Percentile £825 - £700
90th Percentile £833 - -
Scotland median daily rate £652 £515 £650
% change year-on-year +26.50% -20.77% +26.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23 3 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 85.19% 75.00% 73.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 56
10th Percentile £499 - £370
25th Percentile £550 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £782 - £650
90th Percentile £826 - £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.81% -7.40% +11.11%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

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

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in South Lanarkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in South Lanarkshire over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in South Lanarkshire

DV Cleared
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
East Kilbride -1 9 £653 - 1
DV Cleared
Scotland

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
1 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) ITSM
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Open Source
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) CompTIA CySA+
3 4 (44.44%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Splunk
2 2 (22.22%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft