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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 381 517
Rank change year-on-year +207 +136 -134
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,669 884 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.69% 0.87% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.12% 2.66% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,096 650 587
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £36,575
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +2.73% -3.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,775 £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 27,264 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.68% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,216 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
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% +1.01%

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 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Top 17 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 7 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 +187 1,610 £57,500 +1.77% 444
UK excluding London +147 1,347 £55,000 - 358
South West +52 622 £60,000 +3.45% 131
South East +87 526 £55,000 +11.11% 133
Work from Home +216 511 £58,000 - 118
London +188 279 £65,000 +8.33% 72
North of England +73 67 £55,000 -21.43% 25
North West +44 60 £55,000 -21.43% 21
East of England +46 55 £47,500 -5.00% 34
Midlands -2 49 £50,000 +5.26% 56
West Midlands +17 36 £50,000 +5.85% 25
Scotland -42 23 £27,400 -69.56% 4
East Midlands -19 13 £40,000 -15.79% 31
Yorkshire +79 4 £100,000 +37.93% 3
Wales - 4 £100,000 - 1
North East -2 3 £42,500 -4.51% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £100,000 - 2

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 53 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.12%) Apache
3 49 (2.94%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (1.32%) IIS
6 17 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 17 (1.02%) nginx
7 15 (0.90%) 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 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.56%) 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
1 286 (17.14%) AWS
2 279 (16.72%) Azure
3 97 (5.81%) OpenShift
4 65 (3.89%) GCP
5 57 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 48 (2.88%) SaaS
7 43 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
8 37 (2.22%) Serverless
9 34 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
11 27 (1.62%) Entra ID
12 24 (1.44%) PaaS
13 23 (1.38%) IaaS
14 21 (1.26%) OCI
15 20 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (1.02%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.02%) MinIO
17 14 (0.84%) Azure Storage
18 9 (0.54%) Power Platform
19 7 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 168 (10.07%) Firewall
2 144 (8.63%) DNS
3 118 (7.07%) DHCP
4 92 (5.51%) TCP/IP
5 88 (5.27%) WAN
6 85 (5.09%) LAN
7 73 (4.37%) Network Security
8 62 (3.71%) HTTP
9 39 (2.34%) Internet
10 38 (2.28%) VPN
11 31 (1.86%) SAN
12 27 (1.62%) AMQP
13 24 (1.44%) Wireless
14 23 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
15 18 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
16 13 (0.78%) SNMP
17 10 (0.60%) SSL
17 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
18 9 (0.54%) Wireshark
19 8 (0.48%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.42%) Big Data
2 54 (3.24%) Hadoop
3 35 (2.10%) MongoDB
4 26 (1.56%) Cloudera CDH
5 24 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.02%) Presto
7 13 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.54%) Power BI
9 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.24%) Looker
11 4 (0.24%) Metadata
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.24%) SQLite
11 4 (0.24%) Tableau
12 3 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 62 (3.71%) JIRA
2 42 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.74%) Selenium
4 22 (1.32%) Git
5 20 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.54%) MSI
7 9 (0.54%) TestRail
8 8 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.48%) 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
1 323 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 231 (13.84%) Aerospace
3 160 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.99%) Finance
5 131 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 81 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
7 70 (4.19%) Military
8 64 (3.83%) Retail
9 53 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (2.04%) Police
10 34 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 29 (1.74%) Electronics
12 17 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (0.90%) Back Office
14 13 (0.78%) Games
14 13 (0.78%) Law
14 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 217 (13.00%) Senior
2 192 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 191 (11.44%) Architect
4 138 (8.27%) Software Engineer
5 120 (7.19%) Consultant
6 117 (7.01%) Analyst
7 101 (6.05%) Network Engineer
8 95 (5.69%) DevOps Engineer
9 84 (5.03%) Administrator
10 82 (4.91%) Lead
11 77 (4.61%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 70 (4.19%) Systems Engineer
13 57 (3.42%) Security Consultant
14 55 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 53 (3.18%) Developer
16 50 (3.00%) Integration Engineer
17 46 (2.76%) Support Engineer
18 45 (2.70%) Project Manager
19 40 (2.40%) Support Specialist
20 36 (2.16%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.24%) HTML
2 51 (3.06%) React
3 45 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
5 38 (2.28%) Node.js
6 37 (2.22%) Spring
7 36 (2.16%) Spring Boot
8 35 (2.10%) REST
9 33 (1.98%) AngularJS
10 29 (1.74%) OpenID
10 29 (1.74%) SAML
11 27 (1.62%) Material-UI
12 26 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
12 26 (1.56%) gRPC
12 26 (1.56%) OpenAPI
12 26 (1.56%) Swagger
13 17 (1.02%) ActiveMQ
13 17 (1.02%) NumPy
13 17 (1.02%) YAML
14 15 (0.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.79%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.25%) PKI
3 60 (3.59%) Cyberattack
4 47 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.76%) Data Centre
6 45 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
7 43 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
9 34 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 34 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 33 (1.98%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.68%) Driving Licence
11 28 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 27 (1.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 26 (1.56%) CMDB
14 18 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
14 18 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.08%) IoT
15 17 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.96%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 462 (27.68%) Linux
2 459 (27.50%) Windows
3 202 (12.10%) Windows Server
4 123 (7.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 100 (5.99%) CentOS
6 81 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 77 (4.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 75 (4.49%) Ubuntu
9 68 (4.07%) Windows 10
10 57 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 34 (2.04%) VMS
11 34 (2.04%) Windows 7
12 28 (1.68%) Debian
13 15 (0.90%) Unix
14 12 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
14 12 (0.72%) Windows NT
14 12 (0.72%) Windows XP
15 8 (0.48%) CoreOS
16 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (32.53%) Agile
2 299 (17.91%) Actionable Insight
3 280 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 212 (12.70%) DevOps
5 200 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
6 188 (11.26%) ITIL
7 187 (11.20%) Cybersecurity
8 180 (10.78%) Collaborative Working
9 179 (10.72%) Software Engineering
10 154 (9.23%) Scrum
11 125 (7.49%) Mentoring
12 122 (7.31%) Infrastructure as Code
13 116 (6.95%) Customer Service
14 114 (6.83%) CI/CD
15 106 (6.35%) SIEM
16 105 (6.29%) Analytics
17 97 (5.81%) Coaching
18 91 (5.45%) SDLC
19 85 (5.09%) Service Management
20 83 (4.97%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 303 (18.15%) Python
2 225 (13.48%) PowerShell
3 170 (10.19%) Java
4 122 (7.31%) Bash
5 117 (7.01%) SQL
6 107 (6.41%) JavaScript
7 52 (3.12%) C++
8 51 (3.06%) C
9 46 (2.76%) C#
10 32 (1.92%) Shell Script
11 29 (1.74%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.50%) VB
13 22 (1.32%) VBScript
14 14 (0.84%) Bicep
15 10 (0.60%) TypeScript
16 9 (0.54%) Perl
17 6 (0.36%) Rust
18 5 (0.30%) R
18 5 (0.30%) Ruby
19 4 (0.24%) Lua
Qualifications
1 1,669 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 617 (36.97%) SC Cleared
3 188 (11.26%) Degree
4 68 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
5 52 (3.12%) CCNA
6 46 (2.76%) CCNP
7 38 (2.28%) CISSP
8 32 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.74%) NVQ Level 3
11 24 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.26%) CISM
13 21 (1.26%) Master's Degree
14 20 (1.20%) A+ Certification
15 19 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
16 18 (1.08%) HND
17 15 (0.90%) PhD
18 14 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 13 (0.78%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.30%) NIST
2 42 (2.52%) QA
3 32 (1.92%) SLA
4 22 (1.32%) NIST 800
5 19 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.14%) JSP 440
5 19 (1.14%) PMO
6 18 (1.08%) 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
1 262 (15.70%) Active Directory
2 173 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (8.75%) Docker
4 91 (5.45%) Hyper-V
5 48 (2.88%) vSphere
6 36 (2.16%) Firmware
7 31 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (0.90%) KVM
9 14 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
10 12 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (0.60%) VMware NSX
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
1 266 (15.94%) Ansible
2 217 (13.00%) Kubernetes
3 204 (12.22%) Terraform
4 111 (6.65%) Puppet
5 109 (6.53%) SCCM
6 70 (4.19%) WSUS
7 64 (3.83%) SCOM
8 34 (2.04%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.08%) Grafana
11 17 (1.02%) HAProxy
11 17 (1.02%) Prometheus
12 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (0.90%) NetBackup
14 14 (0.84%) Progress Chef
15 12 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
15 12 (0.72%) Sysprep
16 6 (0.36%) Backup Exec
16 6 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
17 5 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 317 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 237 (14.20%) VMware
3 170 (10.19%) Cisco
4 159 (9.53%) Red Hat
5 76 (4.55%) Juniper
6 58 (3.48%) Oracle
7 45 (2.70%) HP
8 38 (2.28%) Google
9 33 (1.98%) ServiceNow
10 30 (1.80%) SaltStack
11 28 (1.68%) Palo Alto
12 26 (1.56%) Dynatrace
12 26 (1.56%) SolarWinds
13 25 (1.50%) Riverbed
14 24 (1.44%) Tanium
14 24 (1.44%) Tripwire
15 23 (1.38%) Dell
16 20 (1.20%) Veeam
17 18 (1.08%) CheckPoint
17 18 (1.08%) EMC