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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 184 341
Rank change year-on-year +91 +157 -92
Contract jobs citing DV Cleared 441 369 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.52% 1.42% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.65% 6.50% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 271 235
10th Percentile £412 £355 £413
25th Percentile £545 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.80% +4.09%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £663
90th Percentile £825 £800 £695
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 2
10th Percentile - £54.00 £67.64
25th Percentile - £60.00 £69.12
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £71.58
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -11.99% -
75th Percentile - £87.50 £74.04
90th Percentile - £90.00 £75.52
England median hourly rate £70.39 £74.90 £69.05
% change year-on-year -6.02% +8.46% +38.10%

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 4,139 5,680 6,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.68% 21.83% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 3,859 4,665
10th Percentile £325 £363 £369
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 80 152
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.32 £24.77
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -5.06% +21.92%
75th Percentile £42.75 £64.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £87.50 £66.57
England median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%

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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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +40 31 £625 +4.17% 11
West London +14 8 £500 -18.37% 2
South London +5 3 - -
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England

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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 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2013
1 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.13%) Apache
2 5 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.23%) InVision
5 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 64 (14.51%) AWS
2 40 (9.07%) Azure
3 14 (3.17%) GCP
4 6 (1.36%) IaaS
4 6 (1.36%) OpenShift
4 6 (1.36%) PaaS
5 5 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (0.91%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.91%) SaaS
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
7 3 (0.68%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 69 (15.65%) Firewall
2 11 (2.49%) HTTP
2 11 (2.49%) SSL
2 11 (2.49%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.27%) WAN
4 9 (2.04%) LAN
4 9 (2.04%) VoIP
5 6 (1.36%) DNS
6 5 (1.13%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (0.91%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 4 (0.91%) MPLS
7 4 (0.91%) VSAN
8 3 (0.68%) SNA
8 3 (0.68%) VPN
9 2 (0.45%) Skype
9 2 (0.45%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (4.08%) Big Data
3 18 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (3.17%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.13%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.68%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.68%) MySQL
9 3 (0.68%) Power BI
10 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (8.16%) Jenkins
2 21 (4.76%) GitLab
3 16 (3.63%) Git
4 6 (1.36%) JUnit
5 5 (1.13%) JIRA
5 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.45%) JIRA Agile
7 2 (0.45%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 110 (24.94%) Public Sector
2 46 (10.43%) Social Skills
3 39 (8.84%) Finance
4 21 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.08%) Electronics
6 18 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 18 (4.08%) Marketing
6 18 (4.08%) Military
7 10 (2.27%) Local Government
8 9 (2.04%) Police
9 8 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.81%) Law
10 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 65 (14.74%) Architect
2 34 (7.71%) Solutions Architect
3 33 (7.48%) Network Engineer
4 25 (5.67%) Consultant
4 25 (5.67%) Senior
5 23 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (3.85%) SIEM Engineer
8 16 (3.63%) Analyst
9 15 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (3.40%) DBA
9 15 (3.40%) Network Operations Engineer
9 15 (3.40%) Operations Engineer
10 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared DBA
10 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 12 (2.72%) Cloud Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.72%) Linux Server Engineer
11 12 (2.72%) Project Manager
11 12 (2.72%) Service Architect
11 12 (2.72%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.95%) Spring Boot
2 11 (2.49%) React
2 11 (2.49%) Spring
3 9 (2.04%) PySpark
4 7 (1.59%) REST
5 6 (1.36%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.36%) JPA
6 5 (1.13%) .NET
7 4 (0.91%) Apache NiFi
7 4 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.91%) Kafka
8 3 (0.68%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.68%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.68%) YAML
9 1 (0.23%) NumPy
9 1 (0.23%) OpenID
9 1 (0.23%) Pandas
9 1 (0.23%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.23%) Web Services
9 1 (0.23%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.35%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.31%) Replication
3 15 (3.40%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (0.91%) Management Information System
5 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.68%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.68%) Clustering
6 3 (0.68%) CMDB
6 3 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (0.68%) PKI
7 2 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.45%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.45%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.45%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 81 (18.37%) Linux
2 62 (14.06%) Windows
3 34 (7.71%) Windows Server
4 20 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.59%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.36%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.13%) CentOS
10 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.45%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (15.87%) Agile
2 47 (10.66%) CI/CD
2 47 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (8.62%) DevOps
5 34 (7.71%) Project Management
6 32 (7.26%) ITIL
6 32 (7.26%) Service Management
7 28 (6.35%) Programme Management
7 28 (6.35%) Roadmaps
8 27 (6.12%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (5.90%) Scrum
10 22 (4.99%) Business Case
10 22 (4.99%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (4.99%) Migration
10 22 (4.99%) SDLC
10 22 (4.99%) Software Engineering
11 21 (4.76%) Service Delivery
11 21 (4.76%) SIEM
12 20 (4.54%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.62%) Python
2 33 (7.48%) SQL
3 32 (7.26%) JavaScript
4 28 (6.35%) Java
5 20 (4.54%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.63%) C#
7 15 (3.40%) Bash
8 9 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.68%) C++
9 3 (0.68%) Perl
10 2 (0.45%) Go
11 1 (0.23%) Bicep
11 1 (0.23%) C
11 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 441 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 150 (34.01%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.17%) AWS Certification
4 12 (2.72%) Degree
5 10 (2.27%) PMI Certification
5 10 (2.27%) PMP
6 8 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (1.59%) CTC Cleared
8 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.36%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.68%) CCNA
9 3 (0.68%) CCNP
9 3 (0.68%) CISM
10 2 (0.45%) CISA
10 2 (0.45%) CISSP
10 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) APMP
11 1 (0.23%) CCIE
11 1 (0.23%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.95%) QA
2 12 (2.72%) PMO
3 6 (1.36%) NIST
4 5 (1.13%) SLA
5 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.68%) NCSC
7 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (8.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.80%) Docker
3 17 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.72%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.91%) vSphere
7 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 37 (8.39%) Terraform
2 33 (7.48%) Ansible
3 29 (6.58%) Kubernetes
4 23 (5.22%) Puppet
5 19 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (2.49%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.59%) Nagios
7 7 (1.59%) SCCM
8 6 (1.36%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.68%) vRealize
10 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.45%) Kibana
11 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Grafana
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (8.16%) VMware
2 34 (7.71%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.44%) Dell
4 19 (4.31%) Veeam
5 18 (4.08%) SAP
6 12 (2.72%) Cisco
7 10 (2.27%) Juniper
7 10 (2.27%) Oracle
8 8 (1.81%) Databricks
9 7 (1.59%) Palantir
9 7 (1.59%) Splunk
10 5 (1.13%) Foundry
10 5 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.91%) Apple
11 4 (0.91%) F5
12 3 (0.68%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.68%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.45%) BT
13 2 (0.45%) Commvault
13 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow