DV Cleared Software Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer salary in the City of London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.062% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,536 2,576 2,940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 93.13% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 1,713 2,641
10th Percentile £36,863 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.01%

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DV Cleared Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

DV Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, DV Cleared Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes