DV Cleared Contracts in London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 178 324
Rank change year-on-year +82 +146 -70
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 438 374 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.50% 1.48% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.56% 6.81% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 268 250
10th Percentile £408 £356 £413
25th Percentile £525 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £595 £588
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +1.28% +6.82%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £667
90th Percentile £825 £788 £719
England median daily rate £600 £600 £584
% change year-on-year - +2.78% +11.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 24 1
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £66.66
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.49% -
England median hourly rate £71.17 £75.00 £66.66
% change year-on-year -5.11% +12.51% +33.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,147 5,495 6,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.62% 21.77% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,844 3,769 4,718
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £770 £800 £750
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.52
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +15.73% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.63
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £64.94
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +12.38%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DV Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for DV Cleared in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
Central London +36 31 £625 +1.30% 10
West London +20 8 £500 -18.37% 4
South London +7 3 - -
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England

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2013
2 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.14%) Apache
4 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.46%) Confluence
5 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.23%) WildFly
Applications
1 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.23%) InVision
4 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 64 (14.61%) AWS
2 39 (8.90%) Azure
3 15 (3.42%) GCP
4 6 (1.37%) IaaS
4 6 (1.37%) PaaS
5 5 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (1.14%) OpenShift
6 4 (0.91%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.91%) SaaS
6 4 (0.91%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.68%) IBM Blueworks
7 3 (0.68%) Lucidchart
7 3 (0.68%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.68%) Serverless
8 2 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (15.53%) Firewall
2 11 (2.51%) HTTP
2 11 (2.51%) SSL
2 11 (2.51%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.05%) LAN
3 9 (2.05%) VoIP
3 9 (2.05%) WAN
4 5 (1.14%) Asterisk PBX
4 5 (1.14%) DNS
5 4 (0.91%) Ethernet VPN
5 4 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 4 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 4 (0.91%) MPLS
5 4 (0.91%) VSAN
6 3 (0.68%) SNA
7 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.46%) Skype
7 2 (0.46%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.46%) VPN
7 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.65%) Big Data
4 15 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.91%) MySQL
10 3 (0.68%) Power BI
11 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (8.45%) Jenkins
2 21 (4.79%) GitLab
3 17 (3.88%) Git
4 7 (1.60%) JUnit
5 6 (1.37%) JIRA
6 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.46%) JIRA Agile
7 2 (0.46%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.23%) Gradle
8 1 (0.23%) Maven
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
8 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 103 (23.52%) Public Sector
2 45 (10.27%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.36%) Finance
4 22 (5.02%) Telecoms
5 21 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.34%) Electronics
6 19 (4.34%) Manufacturing
6 19 (4.34%) Marketing
7 17 (3.88%) Military
8 8 (1.83%) Local Government
8 8 (1.83%) Police
9 7 (1.60%) Law
10 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.23%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (15.30%) Architect
2 33 (7.53%) Network Engineer
2 33 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
3 27 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (5.71%) Senior
5 23 (5.25%) Consultant
6 20 (4.57%) Software Engineer
7 17 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.65%) Analyst
9 15 (3.42%) DBA
9 15 (3.42%) Network Operations Engineer
9 15 (3.42%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (3.20%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) SIEM Engineer
11 13 (2.97%) DV Cleared DBA
12 12 (2.74%) Linux Engineer
12 12 (2.74%) Linux Server Engineer
12 12 (2.74%) Service Architect
12 12 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.20%) Spring Boot
2 13 (2.97%) React
3 12 (2.74%) Spring
4 9 (2.05%) PySpark
5 7 (1.60%) REST
6 6 (1.37%) Hibernate
6 6 (1.37%) JPA
7 5 (1.14%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.68%) .NET
8 3 (0.68%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.68%) YAML
9 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.46%) Kafka
9 2 (0.46%) Web Services
10 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.23%) Jest
10 1 (0.23%) Keycloak
10 1 (0.23%) MicroProfile
10 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.23%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.94%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.65%) Replication
3 15 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
3 15 (3.42%) Virtual Team
4 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (0.91%) Onboarding
4 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
5 3 (0.68%) Clustering
5 3 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (0.68%) PKI
6 2 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.46%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.46%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.46%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.23%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (16.67%) Linux
2 58 (13.24%) Windows
3 28 (6.39%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.37%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (1.14%) CentOS
9 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.46%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (16.21%) Agile
2 45 (10.27%) CI/CD
3 43 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (8.45%) DevOps
6 33 (7.53%) Project Management
7 32 (7.31%) ITIL
7 32 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (7.08%) Service Management
9 30 (6.85%) Software Engineering
10 27 (6.16%) Programme Management
11 25 (5.71%) Roadmaps
11 25 (5.71%) Scrum
12 23 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (5.02%) Service Delivery
14 21 (4.79%) SDLC
15 20 (4.57%) Migration
16 19 (4.34%) Digital Marketing
16 19 (4.34%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (4.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.53%) Python
1 33 (7.53%) SQL
2 30 (6.85%) JavaScript
3 25 (5.71%) Java
4 20 (4.57%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.97%) C#
6 11 (2.51%) Bash
7 10 (2.28%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.68%) C++
9 2 (0.46%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) Bicep
10 1 (0.23%) C
10 1 (0.23%) Perl
10 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 438 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 143 (32.65%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.42%) Degree
4 13 (2.97%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.83%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.83%) PMP
6 7 (1.60%) CTC Cleared
6 7 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.37%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.68%) CCNA
8 3 (0.68%) CCNP
9 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.46%) CISM
9 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.20%) QA
2 9 (2.05%) PMO
3 6 (1.37%) NIST
3 6 (1.37%) SLA
4 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.91%) NCSC
5 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.46%) GRC
6 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (7.99%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.85%) Docker
3 16 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.74%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.91%) vSphere
7 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.23%) Firmware
8 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (8.22%) Terraform
2 33 (7.53%) Ansible
3 28 (6.39%) Kubernetes
4 22 (5.02%) Puppet
5 14 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (2.51%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.83%) SCCM
8 6 (1.37%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.14%) Nagios
10 3 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.68%) vRealize
11 2 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.23%) Grafana
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (7.31%) Microsoft
1 32 (7.31%) VMware
2 24 (5.48%) Dell
3 19 (4.34%) SAP
4 16 (3.65%) Veeam
5 11 (2.51%) Cisco
5 11 (2.51%) Juniper
6 10 (2.28%) Oracle
7 9 (2.05%) Databricks
8 7 (1.60%) Palantir
9 5 (1.14%) Foundry
9 5 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.91%) Apple
10 4 (0.91%) F5
11 3 (0.68%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.68%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.68%) Splunk
12 2 (0.46%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.46%) BT
13 1 (0.23%) NEC