DV Cleared Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 65 123
Rank change year-on-year -105 +58 +201
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 137 471 505
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 3.07% 1.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.96% 11.10% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 318 342
10th Percentile £220 £410 £451
25th Percentile £470 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +7.62%
75th Percentile £627 £688 £694
90th Percentile £683 £788 £740
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 25
10th Percentile £61.45 £56.52 £47.50
25th Percentile £65.13 £68.00 £62.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £87.46 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +29.57% -7.85%
75th Percentile £83.13 £87.53 £86.00
90th Percentile £88.75 - £87.65
UK median hourly rate £78.70 £67.66 £69.00
% change year-on-year +16.33% -1.95% -0.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

DV Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DV Cleared daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DV Cleared hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.92%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.73%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.73%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.73%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.33%) AWS
2 18 (13.14%) Azure
3 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.92%) IaaS
3 4 (2.92%) PaaS
3 4 (2.92%) SaaS
4 2 (1.46%) Azure AKS
4 2 (1.46%) Cohesity
4 2 (1.46%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.46%) GCP
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.46%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.57%) Firewall
2 7 (5.11%) DNS
3 6 (4.38%) LAN
4 5 (3.65%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (3.65%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (3.65%) DHCP
4 5 (3.65%) WAN
5 4 (2.92%) BGP
5 4 (2.92%) Skype
5 4 (2.92%) SSL
5 4 (2.92%) VSAN
6 3 (2.19%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.19%) Spanning Tree
6 3 (2.19%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.46%) HTTP
7 2 (1.46%) Network Security
7 2 (1.46%) SAN
8 1 (0.73%) SNMP
8 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.73%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.73%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.73%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.73%) Pentaho
3 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.73%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) GitLab
2 3 (2.19%) Git
3 2 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.73%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
General
1 29 (21.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.14%) Public Sector
3 9 (6.57%) Finance
4 6 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.65%) Military
6 3 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (1.46%) Police
8 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.73%) Automotive
8 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (12.41%) Architect
1 17 (12.41%) Senior
2 9 (6.57%) Network Engineer
3 8 (5.84%) Analyst
3 8 (5.84%) Consultant
3 8 (5.84%) IT Support
4 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Architect
4 7 (5.11%) Software Engineer
4 7 (5.11%) Support Engineer
5 6 (4.38%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (4.38%) Administrator
5 6 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 6 (4.38%) IT Engineer
5 6 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (3.65%) Information Security Specialist
6 5 (3.65%) Information Specialist
6 5 (3.65%) Lead
6 5 (3.65%) Security Specialist
6 5 (3.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 5 (3.65%) Senior Information Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.46%) Keycloak
2 2 (1.46%) LDAP
2 2 (1.46%) OAuth
2 2 (1.46%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.46%) OpenAPI
2 2 (1.46%) React
2 2 (1.46%) REST
2 2 (1.46%) Swagger
3 1 (0.73%) Ajax
3 1 (0.73%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.73%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.73%) CSS
3 1 (0.73%) HTML
3 1 (0.73%) MDX
3 1 (0.73%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.73%) Node.js
3 1 (0.73%) OpenCV
3 1 (0.73%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.30%) PKI
2 8 (5.84%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.46%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.73%) CSOC
6 1 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.73%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.73%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.73%) RSA SecurID
6 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.98%) Windows
2 18 (13.14%) Linux
3 13 (9.49%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.73%) AIX
8 1 (0.73%) CentOS
8 1 (0.73%) HPUX
8 1 (0.73%) Solaris
8 1 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.71%) ITIL
2 19 (13.87%) Agile
3 17 (12.41%) Service Management
4 14 (10.22%) CI/CD
4 14 (10.22%) DevOps
5 13 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (9.49%) Software Licensing
6 11 (8.03%) Information Security
7 10 (7.30%) Project Management
7 10 (7.30%) Roadmaps
8 9 (6.57%) Process Improvement
8 9 (6.57%) Test Automation
9 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (5.84%) Software Engineering
9 8 (5.84%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (5.11%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (5.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (4.38%) Migration
11 6 (4.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.30%) Java
1 10 (7.30%) JavaScript
1 10 (7.30%) PowerShell
1 10 (7.30%) Python
2 7 (5.11%) SQL
3 5 (3.65%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.92%) C
4 4 (2.92%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.19%) Bash
6 2 (1.46%) C#
6 2 (1.46%) Go
7 1 (0.73%) ABAP
7 1 (0.73%) Bicep
7 1 (0.73%) VB
7 1 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 137 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 64 (46.72%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.84%) CISM
4 4 (2.92%) CISSP
4 4 (2.92%) Degree
5 3 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.19%) MCSE
5 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.46%) ACCA
6 2 (1.46%) CCNP
6 2 (1.46%) CEH
6 2 (1.46%) CIMA
6 2 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.46%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.73%) APMP
7 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) NIST
2 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.11%) NCSC
3 4 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.46%) GDPR
4 2 (1.46%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.46%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.46%) QA
5 1 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.73%) GRC
5 1 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.73%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.30%) Docker
3 6 (4.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.65%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.73%) Firmware
7 1 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (9.49%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.38%) Terraform
4 5 (3.65%) WSUS
5 4 (2.92%) Ansible
6 3 (2.19%) OPNET
7 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.46%) SCCM
7 2 (1.46%) SCOM
7 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.73%) Avamar
8 1 (0.73%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.73%) Kibana
8 1 (0.73%) Nagios
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.73%) Puppet
8 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.41%) VMware
3 13 (9.49%) Cisco
4 6 (4.38%) Juniper
4 6 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.65%) Splunk
6 4 (2.92%) Citrix
6 4 (2.92%) Foundry
6 4 (2.92%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.19%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.19%) SAP
7 3 (2.19%) Tenable
8 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.46%) HP
8 2 (1.46%) NetApp
8 2 (1.46%) Palantir
8 2 (1.46%) Veeam
9 1 (0.73%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.73%) QAD
9 1 (0.73%) Snow