DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 25 34
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 7 12 13
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.46% 7.64% 5.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.54% 12.77% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 7
10th Percentile - £468 £420
25th Percentile - £522 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -19.15%
75th Percentile - £575 £500
90th Percentile - - £518
Hertfordshire median daily rate £526 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -4.45% -15.38% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile £82.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.82 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -74.04% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 107 94 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 37.68% 59.87% 49.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 23 27
10th Percentile £369 £295 -
25th Percentile £450 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £540 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +16.13% +3.33%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £572
90th Percentile £808 - £680
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 52 60
10th Percentile £22.63 £35.50 £29.62
25th Percentile £41.25 £59.38 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.56% +9.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.44 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.75 £95.00 £84.36
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.62% +8.33% -3.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing DV Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing DV Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing DV Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DV Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for DV Cleared in Stevenage

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) FTP
1 5 (71.43%) HTTP
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security
1 5 (71.43%) SMTP
1 5 (71.43%) SSL
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (71.43%) CSOC
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (71.43%) Cyberattack
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) Behavioural Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
1 5 (71.43%) Information Management
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
1 5 (71.43%) Machine Learning
1 5 (71.43%) Network Packet Capture
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
1 5 (71.43%) Threat Detection
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Runbook
2 4 (57.14%) SOAR
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PowerShell
1 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA