DV Cleared Job Trends in Cardiff

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.54% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £80,000 £95,000 -
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 78 70 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 21.08% 18.23% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 54
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,159 £33,426
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,713 £43,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £59,430 £56,145
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +5.85% +26.65%
75th Percentile £68,125 £71,972 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 £80,180 £80,070
South Wales median annual salary £56,316 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.39% +15.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing DV Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared