DV Cleared Job Trends in Bristol

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 68 36
Rank change year-on-year +29 -32 +49
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 83 22 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.96% 2.01% 4.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.21% 7.14% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52 20 91
10th Percentile £65,993 £53,150 £51,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,188 £88,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,750 £93,750
South West median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% -0.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 512 308 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 18.25% 28.13% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 276 228 484
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,043 £40,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £52,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.03% -15.84% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,950 £71,563
90th Percentile £91,968 £90,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +1.85%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DV Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DV Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in Bristol

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.82%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Simulink
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.25%) AWS
2 10 (12.05%) Azure
3 7 (8.43%) GCP
4 1 (1.20%) SaaS
4 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) 3GPP
1 3 (3.61%) TETRA
2 2 (2.41%) SNMP
3 1 (1.20%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.20%) Skype
3 1 (1.20%) UWB
3 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Big Data
1 4 (4.82%) Hadoop
2 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (15.66%) Finance
2 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.64%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Law
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Architect
2 15 (18.07%) Consultant
2 15 (18.07%) Senior
3 11 (13.25%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Security Consultant
5 8 (9.64%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (9.64%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (9.64%) Senior Security Consultant
5 8 (9.64%) Service Delivery Manager
5 8 (9.64%) Service Manager
6 7 (8.43%) Auditor
6 7 (8.43%) Security Auditor
6 7 (8.43%) Site Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Data Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Support Consultant
8 5 (6.02%) Systems Support
9 3 (3.61%) Applications Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (3.61%) OAuth
2 3 (3.61%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.61%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.61%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.41%) FPGA
3 2 (2.41%) Verilog
3 2 (2.41%) VHDL
4 1 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.20%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.84%) Linux
2 3 (3.61%) Windows
3 1 (1.20%) Android
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.10%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (19.28%) DevOps
2 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
4 13 (15.66%) Agile
5 12 (14.46%) Service Delivery
6 10 (12.05%) Risk Management
7 9 (10.84%) Observability
8 8 (9.64%) Information Assurance
8 8 (9.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 7 (8.43%) Configuration Management
9 7 (8.43%) Cyber Assurance
9 7 (8.43%) Decision-Making
9 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (8.43%) Performance Engineering
9 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.02%) AI
10 5 (6.02%) Integration Patterns
10 5 (6.02%) Machine Learning
10 5 (6.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.43%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) SQL
3 3 (3.61%) C
4 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.41%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (1.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 62 (74.70%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (10.84%) Degree
5 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.41%) CISM
6 2 (2.41%) CISSP
6 2 (2.41%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.41%) JSP 440
2 2 (2.41%) NIST
2 2 (2.41%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.20%) JTAG
3 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) Ansible
1 10 (12.05%) Terraform
2 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Nagios
2 2 (2.41%) Netcool
2 2 (2.41%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (3.61%) Atlassian
2 2 (2.41%) BMC
2 2 (2.41%) Intel
2 2 (2.41%) Microsemi
2 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
2 2 (2.41%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.20%) Apple
3 1 (1.20%) HP
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.20%) Yahoo!