Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 375 505
Rank change year-on-year +201 +130 -126
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,677 896 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.70% 0.87% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.13% 2.65% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,108 662 592
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,040 £35,150
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,363 33,755 42,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.77% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 15,182 19,046
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,776 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.20%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared.

Salary trend for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +197 1,621 £56,500 - 442
UK excluding London +148 1,356 £55,000 - 343
South West +50 635 £60,000 - 141
South East +91 530 £55,000 +11.11% 116
Work from Home +212 514 £58,000 - 132
London +193 279 £65,000 +8.33% 89
North of England +70 63 £55,000 -21.43% 23
North West +41 58 £55,000 -21.43% 19
East of England +45 54 £48,750 -2.01% 34
Midlands +10 47 £50,000 +5.26% 29
West Midlands +17 34 £50,000 +8.42% 22
Scotland -42 24 £27,400 -69.56% 3
East Midlands -15 13 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North East -6 3 £42,500 -4.51% 1
Wales - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire +81 2 - - 3

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 55 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.04%) Apache
3 48 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (1.37%) IIS
6 17 (1.01%) Jupyter
6 17 (1.01%) nginx
7 15 (0.89%) Confluence
8 13 (0.78%) CMS
9 5 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (0.18%) Documentum
11 2 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.060%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 58 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.55%) Simulink
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.24%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.12%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.060%) 1Password
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.24%) Primavera
2 2 (0.12%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.12%) Maximo
2 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 283 (16.88%) AWS
2 276 (16.46%) Azure
3 96 (5.72%) OpenShift
4 64 (3.82%) GCP
5 56 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 48 (2.86%) SaaS
7 46 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (2.15%) Serverless
9 33 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (1.61%) Entra ID
11 24 (1.43%) PaaS
12 23 (1.37%) IaaS
13 21 (1.25%) OCI
14 20 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (1.01%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.01%) MinIO
16 14 (0.83%) Azure Storage
17 9 (0.54%) Power Platform
18 7 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 177 (10.55%) Firewall
2 145 (8.65%) DNS
3 120 (7.16%) DHCP
4 97 (5.78%) WAN
5 94 (5.61%) LAN
6 92 (5.49%) TCP/IP
7 72 (4.29%) Network Security
8 62 (3.70%) HTTP
9 38 (2.27%) Internet
9 38 (2.27%) VPN
10 34 (2.03%) SAN
11 26 (1.55%) AMQP
12 25 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
13 24 (1.43%) Wireless
14 18 (1.07%) Software-Defined Networking
15 14 (0.83%) SNMP
16 11 (0.66%) NAS
17 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
18 9 (0.54%) SSL
18 9 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.34%) Big Data
2 53 (3.16%) Hadoop
3 35 (2.09%) MongoDB
4 25 (1.49%) Cloudera CDH
4 25 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.01%) Presto
6 12 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.54%) Power BI
8 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.24%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.24%) Looker
10 4 (0.24%) Metadata
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.24%) SQLite
10 4 (0.24%) Tableau
11 3 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 61 (3.64%) JIRA
2 43 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.73%) Selenium
4 22 (1.31%) Git
5 20 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.54%) MSI
7 9 (0.54%) TestRail
8 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.36%) GitLab
10 4 (0.24%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.24%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.18%) IDA Disassembler
11 3 (0.18%) JMeter
11 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 324 (19.32%) Social Skills
2 228 (13.60%) Aerospace
3 161 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.94%) Finance
5 134 (7.99%) Public Sector
6 83 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 75 (4.47%) Military
8 64 (3.82%) Retail
9 53 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.15%) Police
11 35 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 29 (1.73%) Electronics
13 18 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (0.89%) Back Office
15 13 (0.78%) Games
15 13 (0.78%) Law
15 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 231 (13.77%) Senior
2 194 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 192 (11.45%) Architect
4 125 (7.45%) Software Engineer
5 120 (7.16%) Consultant
6 117 (6.98%) Analyst
7 110 (6.56%) Network Engineer
8 95 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 83 (4.95%) Administrator
10 81 (4.83%) Lead
11 70 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
12 64 (3.82%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 57 (3.40%) Security Consultant
13 57 (3.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 53 (3.16%) Developer
15 49 (2.92%) Integration Engineer
16 48 (2.86%) Support Engineer
17 46 (2.74%) Project Manager
18 44 (2.62%) Senior Network Engineer
19 42 (2.50%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.22%) HTML
2 48 (2.86%) React
3 44 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
5 37 (2.21%) Node.js
6 35 (2.09%) Spring
6 35 (2.09%) Spring Boot
7 34 (2.03%) REST
8 30 (1.79%) AngularJS
9 29 (1.73%) OpenID
9 29 (1.73%) SAML
10 26 (1.55%) Material-UI
11 25 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
11 25 (1.49%) gRPC
11 25 (1.49%) OpenAPI
11 25 (1.49%) Swagger
12 17 (1.01%) ActiveMQ
12 17 (1.01%) NumPy
12 17 (1.01%) YAML
13 15 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.71%) Cloud Native
2 76 (4.53%) PKI
3 60 (3.58%) Cyberattack
4 48 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 48 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
6 43 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.15%) Cyber Defence
8 34 (2.03%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.03%) Public Cloud
9 32 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 28 (1.67%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 27 (1.61%) CMDB
12 26 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 19 (1.13%) Fat Client
13 19 (1.13%) Thin Client
14 18 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
14 18 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.07%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 469 (27.97%) Windows
2 465 (27.73%) Linux
3 212 (12.64%) Windows Server
4 122 (7.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 99 (5.90%) CentOS
6 85 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 78 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 74 (4.41%) Ubuntu
9 69 (4.11%) Windows 10
10 61 (3.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 34 (2.03%) VMS
11 34 (2.03%) Windows 7
12 26 (1.55%) Debian
13 15 (0.89%) Unix
14 13 (0.78%) Windows NT
15 12 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
15 12 (0.72%) Windows XP
16 8 (0.48%) CoreOS
17 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
18 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (32.50%) Agile
2 299 (17.83%) Actionable Insight
3 286 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 211 (12.58%) DevOps
5 199 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (11.63%) ITIL
7 188 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
8 178 (10.61%) Collaborative Working
9 168 (10.02%) Software Engineering
10 154 (9.18%) Scrum
11 126 (7.51%) Mentoring
12 121 (7.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 119 (7.10%) Customer Service
14 113 (6.74%) CI/CD
15 107 (6.38%) SIEM
16 105 (6.26%) Analytics
17 99 (5.90%) Coaching
18 89 (5.31%) SDLC
19 88 (5.25%) Service Management
20 83 (4.95%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 302 (18.01%) Python
2 232 (13.83%) PowerShell
3 168 (10.02%) Java
4 123 (7.33%) Bash
5 120 (7.16%) SQL
6 104 (6.20%) JavaScript
7 52 (3.10%) C++
8 51 (3.04%) C
9 46 (2.74%) C#
10 32 (1.91%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.73%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.49%) VB
13 22 (1.31%) VBScript
14 14 (0.83%) Bicep
15 9 (0.54%) Perl
15 9 (0.54%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.36%) Rust
17 5 (0.30%) R
17 5 (0.30%) Ruby
18 4 (0.24%) Lua
Qualifications
1 1,677 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 626 (37.33%) SC Cleared
3 189 (11.27%) Degree
4 71 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
5 55 (3.28%) CCNA
6 46 (2.74%) CCNP
7 38 (2.27%) CISSP
8 32 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.73%) NVQ Level 3
11 24 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.25%) CISM
13 21 (1.25%) Master's Degree
14 20 (1.19%) A+ Certification
15 19 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
16 18 (1.07%) HND
17 15 (0.89%) PhD
18 14 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 13 (0.78%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.22%) NIST
2 42 (2.50%) QA
3 32 (1.91%) SLA
4 21 (1.25%) NIST 800
5 19 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.13%) JSP 440
5 19 (1.13%) PMO
6 18 (1.07%) NCSC
7 13 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (0.72%) RMADS
9 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.36%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.18%) GDPR
13 3 (0.18%) MISRA
13 3 (0.18%) MISRA C
System Software
1 273 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 179 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (8.59%) Docker
4 97 (5.78%) Hyper-V
5 51 (3.04%) vSphere
6 37 (2.21%) Firmware
7 31 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (0.89%) KVM
9 14 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (0.78%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (0.54%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.12%) Lustre
15 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 264 (15.74%) Ansible
2 215 (12.82%) Kubernetes
3 202 (12.05%) Terraform
4 116 (6.92%) SCCM
5 110 (6.56%) Puppet
6 71 (4.23%) WSUS
7 66 (3.94%) SCOM
8 34 (2.03%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.07%) Grafana
11 17 (1.01%) HAProxy
11 17 (1.01%) Prometheus
12 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (0.89%) NetBackup
14 14 (0.83%) Progress Chef
15 13 (0.78%) Sysprep
16 12 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
17 9 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
18 6 (0.36%) Backup Exec
19 5 (0.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 326 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 244 (14.55%) VMware
3 179 (10.67%) Cisco
4 158 (9.42%) Red Hat
5 75 (4.47%) Juniper
6 58 (3.46%) Oracle
7 45 (2.68%) HP
8 37 (2.21%) Google
9 35 (2.09%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.73%) SaltStack
11 27 (1.61%) Dynatrace
11 27 (1.61%) Palo Alto
11 27 (1.61%) SolarWinds
12 24 (1.43%) Riverbed
12 24 (1.43%) Tanium
12 24 (1.43%) Tripwire
13 23 (1.37%) Dell
14 20 (1.19%) Veeam
15 18 (1.07%) Citrix
15 18 (1.07%) EMC