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 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 92 157
Rank change year-on-year -30 +65 +30
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 33 89 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.75% 2.56% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.40% 6.39% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 13 48 18
10th Percentile £42,550 £51,250 £50,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -6.25% +28.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £69,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% +9.09% -0.90%

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 1,377 1,392 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 31.30% 39.99% 30.52%
Number of salaries quoted 547 476 787
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,258 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +2 19 £74,600 +19.36% 21
Hertfordshire -30 13 £57,500 -2.13% 24
Bedfordshire +32 1 - - 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.06%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
1 4 (12.12%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Firewall
2 7 (21.21%) Network Security
3 4 (12.12%) DMZ
4 3 (9.09%) SAN
5 2 (6.06%) Skype
5 2 (6.06%) SNMP
5 2 (6.06%) VPN
5 2 (6.06%) VSAN
6 1 (3.03%) BGP
6 1 (3.03%) DNS
6 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.03%) InfiniBand
6 1 (3.03%) IPsec
6 1 (3.03%) LAN
6 1 (3.03%) OSPF
6 1 (3.03%) RSVP
6 1 (3.03%) SSL
6 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.03%) VoIP
6 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Metadata
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) GitLab
General
1 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.03%) Advertising
4 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) Law
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Marketing
4 1 (3.03%) Military
4 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Service Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Linux Support
5 2 (6.06%) Linux Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
1 1 (3.03%) Pandas
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 6 (18.18%) PKI
3 4 (12.12%) Blog
3 4 (12.12%) Cloud Native
3 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (12.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (6.06%) Blackberry
4 2 (6.06%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (6.06%) RSA SecurID
4 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.03%) MISP
5 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
5 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.03%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Linux
2 3 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (9.09%) Windows
3 2 (6.06%) Solaris
3 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Debian
4 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 5 (15.15%) Cryptography
4 4 (12.12%) AI
4 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
4 4 (12.12%) Containerisation
4 4 (12.12%) ISMS
4 4 (12.12%) Key Management
4 4 (12.12%) RBAC
4 4 (12.12%) SDLC
4 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
4 4 (12.12%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (12.12%) Use Case
4 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (12.12%) Zero Trust
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (6.06%) Incident Response
5 2 (6.06%) Presales
5 2 (6.06%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) Bash
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Korn
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (3.03%) CCNA
4 1 (3.03%) CCNP
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.03%) CISM
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) GRC
2 5 (15.15%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) GDPR
3 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 4 (12.12%) JSP 440
3 4 (12.12%) NCSC
3 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.06%) SLA
5 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) vSphere
3 1 (3.03%) Lustre
3 1 (3.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Ansible
2 2 (6.06%) SCOM
2 2 (6.06%) WSUS
3 1 (3.03%) Endace
3 1 (3.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Cisco
2 5 (15.15%) VMware
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Red Hat
4 3 (9.09%) NetApp
5 2 (6.06%) Blue Coat
5 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.06%) HP
5 2 (6.06%) Juniper
5 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.03%) EMC
6 1 (3.03%) F5
6 1 (3.03%) IBM
6 1 (3.03%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.03%) Mellanox
6 1 (3.03%) SAP