DV Cleared Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 4 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.94% - 1.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.31% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £528
25th Percentile - - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.00%
75th Percentile - - £850
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +3.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 121 97 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.47% 24.87% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 63 182
10th Percentile £204 £241 £208
25th Percentile £408 £354 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £597 £588 £612
90th Percentile £676 £673 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 23
10th Percentile £21.16 - £35.00
25th Percentile £28.20 £24.18 £52.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £28.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.71% -56.40% +44.44%
75th Percentile £90.09 £62.36 £76.53
90th Percentile - £75.13 £81.41
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.06 £60.00
% change year-on-year -44.19% -24.90% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Surrey

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Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Guildford - 3 £525 - 3
Woking - 1 - - 2
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Architecture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) AI
1 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (25.00%) MODAF
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PhD
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC