DV Cleared Job Trends in the East of England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 125 101
Rank change year-on-year +54 -24 +45
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 171 51 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.16% 1.49% 1.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.93% 4.01% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 93 17 48
10th Percentile - £42,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.74% +18.95% -7.77%
75th Percentile - £63,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £73,250 £62,725
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +20.69% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,323 1,273 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.72% 37.17% 23.89%
Number of salaries quoted 728 497 455
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,214
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.39% -7.20%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the East of England

DV Cleared
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire +23 69 £60,000 +20.00% 9
Hertfordshire -4 56 £72,500 +27.19% 48
Bedfordshire - 22 - - 12
Essex -16 13 - - 12
Suffolk - 11 £100,000 - 3
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.26%) AWS
2 8 (4.68%) Azure
3 1 (0.58%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.26%) Firewall
2 7 (4.09%) Ethernet
3 5 (2.92%) LAN
3 5 (2.92%) Network Security
3 5 (2.92%) SAN
3 5 (2.92%) WAN
4 4 (2.34%) DMZ
5 3 (1.75%) BGP
5 3 (1.75%) DNS
5 3 (1.75%) OSPF
5 3 (1.75%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (1.17%) DHCP
6 2 (1.17%) FTP
6 2 (1.17%) HTTP
6 2 (1.17%) SMTP
6 2 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.17%) VPN
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.58%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.17%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.58%) Git
3 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 53 (30.99%) Aerospace
2 37 (21.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (20.47%) Finance
4 23 (13.45%) Public Sector
5 18 (10.53%) Social Skills
6 14 (8.19%) Electronics
7 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.75%) Legal
12 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (16.37%) Lead
3 24 (14.04%) Consultant
4 21 (12.28%) VMware Engineer
4 21 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (11.11%) Network Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Senior
7 12 (7.02%) Architect
8 10 (5.85%) Analyst
8 10 (5.85%) Wintel Engineer
9 8 (4.68%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (4.68%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.09%) Splunk Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Administrator
12 5 (2.92%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.92%) Security Consultant
12 5 (2.92%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (2.92%) Senior Security Consultant
12 5 (2.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.68%) Terraform
2 2 (1.17%) LDAP
3 1 (0.58%) MEAN Stack
3 1 (0.58%) Playwright
3 1 (0.58%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.60%) Security Posture
2 10 (5.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (4.68%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.68%) Fat Client
3 8 (4.68%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.68%) Thin Client
4 6 (3.51%) Clustering
4 6 (3.51%) FPGA
4 6 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.92%) PKI
5 5 (2.92%) PMI
6 4 (2.34%) Blog
6 4 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.34%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (2.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.34%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.36%) Windows
2 12 (7.02%) Linux
3 7 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.92%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.75%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.58%) CentOS
7 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.90%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 34 (19.88%) ITIL
4 21 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (9.94%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (9.36%) Security Operations
6 16 (9.36%) Software Engineering
7 15 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
8 14 (8.19%) Mentoring
9 13 (7.60%) Agile
9 13 (7.60%) Project Delivery
10 12 (7.02%) Risk Management
11 11 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.43%) Use Case
12 10 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (5.85%) Decision-Making
12 10 (5.85%) Project Management
12 10 (5.85%) Security Architecture
13 9 (5.26%) Programme Delivery
13 9 (5.26%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.26%) MATLAB
2 7 (4.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (4.09%) Search Processing Language
3 6 (3.51%) C++
4 5 (2.92%) Python
5 3 (1.75%) Ada
6 2 (1.17%) Java
7 1 (0.58%) Bash
7 1 (0.58%) C
7 1 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.58%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 171 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 49 (28.65%) SC Cleared
3 35 (20.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (12.28%) Degree
5 10 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (3.51%) CISSP
7 5 (2.92%) CCSK
7 5 (2.92%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.34%) CCNP
8 4 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.34%) PhD
9 3 (1.75%) CCDP
9 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.17%) HNC
10 2 (1.17%) HND
11 1 (0.58%) CCNA
11 1 (0.58%) CISM
11 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (20.47%) Accessibility
2 20 (11.70%) GRC
3 11 (6.43%) SLA
4 10 (5.85%) NIST
5 9 (5.26%) NCSC
6 6 (3.51%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.92%) GDPR
7 5 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.92%) JSP 440
7 5 (2.92%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.75%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 29 (16.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (8.77%) Firmware
3 9 (5.26%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.58%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) GPFS
6 1 (0.58%) Lustre
6 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 8 (4.68%) Ansible
2 5 (2.92%) SCCM
2 5 (2.92%) SCOM
2 5 (2.92%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (1.75%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.58%) Puppet
5 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (20.47%) VMware
2 9 (5.26%) Splunk
3 6 (3.51%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.92%) Dell
4 5 (2.92%) HP
4 5 (2.92%) IBM
4 5 (2.92%) McAfee
4 5 (2.92%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.34%) Cisco
5 4 (2.34%) Siemens
6 3 (1.75%) Forcepoint
6 3 (1.75%) Juniper
6 3 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.75%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.17%) Oracle
7 2 (1.17%) SAP
8 1 (0.58%) F5
8 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.58%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.58%) NetApp