DV Cleared Jobs in England

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 147 361
Rank change year-on-year +35 +214 +135
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,183 1,614 875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.59% 1.90% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.25% 6.66% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 559 1,071 662
10th Percentile £42,000 £34,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,500 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +0.90% -3.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,975
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,250 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% -1.34% +0.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22,530 24,251 30,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.35% 28.55% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,013 15,778 13,783
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,960
Median % change year-on-year - -5.11% +5.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,825
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.61% +5.14%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in England

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in England.

Salary trend for DV Cleared in England

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in England

DV Cleared
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2025. 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
North of England +247 409 £52,000 -5.45% 42
North West +179 395 £52,000 -5.45% 33
South East +30 377 £55,000 - 194
South West -20 181 £57,500 -0.86% 178
London -25 112 £62,000 -4.62% 191
East of England +77 56 £61,750 +18.75% 41
Midlands +62 32 £57,500 +25.00% 24
West Midlands +62 23 £32,500 -29.35% 17
Yorkshire +81 11 - - 8
East Midlands +53 9 £57,750 +44.38% 4
North East +52 3 £52,500 +23.53% 1
DV Cleared
UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.94%) Jupyter
3 8 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.51%) Confluence
4 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.085%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.085%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.085%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.085%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 114 (9.64%) AWS
2 100 (8.45%) Azure
3 54 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
4 50 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
5 40 (3.38%) IaaS
6 12 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (1.01%) Amazon S3
6 12 (1.01%) Power Platform
7 10 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (0.85%) GCP
7 10 (0.85%) OpenShift
7 10 (0.85%) Serverless
8 9 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (0.59%) SaaS
9 7 (0.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.42%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.34%) Pulumi
13 3 (0.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 3 (0.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 429 (36.26%) VPN
2 421 (35.59%) DNS
3 82 (6.93%) Firewall
4 74 (6.26%) BGP
5 72 (6.09%) Network Security
5 72 (6.09%) OSPF
6 61 (5.16%) EIGRP
7 33 (2.79%) VSAN
8 26 (2.20%) Cisco ASA
9 25 (2.11%) TCP/IP
10 24 (2.03%) WAN
11 22 (1.86%) SAN
12 21 (1.78%) DHCP
12 21 (1.78%) LAN
13 17 (1.44%) MPLS
14 16 (1.35%) NAS
15 13 (1.10%) DMVPN
16 12 (1.01%) SMTP
17 9 (0.76%) Internet
17 9 (0.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
2 46 (3.89%) Big Data
3 12 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.76%) Power BI
5 8 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.59%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.59%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.51%) Metadata
8 5 (0.42%) MySQL
8 5 (0.42%) Tableau
9 4 (0.34%) DB2
9 4 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.25%) GIS
10 3 (0.25%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.25%) HBase
10 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.17%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.085%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 25 (2.11%) GitLab
2 20 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.44%) Git
4 10 (0.85%) JIRA
5 8 (0.68%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.51%) MSI
7 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.25%) JUnit
9 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.17%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.17%) Subversion
9 2 (0.17%) Vite
10 1 (0.085%) Babel
10 1 (0.085%) Gradle
10 1 (0.085%) IDA Disassembler
10 1 (0.085%) MLflow
10 1 (0.085%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.085%) TestNG
10 1 (0.085%) webpack
10 1 (0.085%) Yeoman
General
1 567 (47.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 489 (41.34%) Finance
3 483 (40.83%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.03%) Social Skills
5 41 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 31 (2.62%) Telecoms
7 27 (2.28%) Marketing
8 24 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 23 (1.94%) Electronics
10 15 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.18%) Police
12 13 (1.10%) Law
13 8 (0.68%) Retail
14 7 (0.59%) Advertising
14 7 (0.59%) Military
15 6 (0.51%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.34%) Legal
17 2 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 475 (40.15%) Developer
2 456 (38.55%) Software Developer
3 120 (10.14%) Network Engineer
4 68 (5.75%) Architect
5 66 (5.58%) Senior
6 52 (4.40%) Data Scientist
7 45 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (3.72%) Administrator
9 41 (3.47%) VMware Specialist
10 40 (3.38%) Systems Administrator
11 36 (3.04%) Security Engineer
12 35 (2.96%) Lead
13 34 (2.87%) Support Engineer
14 32 (2.70%) Project Manager
14 32 (2.70%) Wintel Administrator
14 32 (2.70%) Wintel Systems Administrator
15 31 (2.62%) Software Engineer
16 27 (2.28%) Analyst
17 26 (2.20%) Designer
17 26 (2.20%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.65%) Node.js
2 54 (4.56%) .NET
3 49 (4.14%) Pandas
4 23 (1.94%) React
5 10 (0.85%) LDAP
6 9 (0.76%) HTML
7 8 (0.68%) Django
7 8 (0.68%) Leaflet
7 8 (0.68%) Spring
7 8 (0.68%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.59%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.59%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.59%) REST
9 6 (0.51%) CSS
9 6 (0.51%) Middleware
9 6 (0.51%) RESTful
9 6 (0.51%) Web Services
10 5 (0.42%) J2EE
10 5 (0.42%) Kafka
10 5 (0.42%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 511 (43.20%) Cyberattack
2 66 (5.58%) Algorithms
3 28 (2.37%) PKI
4 24 (2.03%) Data Centre
5 18 (1.52%) Clustering
6 16 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 10 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (0.76%) Freedom of Information
8 9 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.68%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.68%) Private Cloud
10 7 (0.59%) Client/Server
10 7 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (0.51%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.42%) Freedom of Information Act
13 4 (0.34%) Distributed Computing
13 4 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 545 (46.07%) Linux
2 450 (38.04%) Android
3 169 (14.29%) Windows
4 96 (8.11%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.18%) Unix
7 13 (1.10%) Rocky
8 9 (0.76%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.25%) CentOS
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.17%) AIX
12 2 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.085%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (47.51%) Agile
2 506 (42.77%) Mathematics
3 486 (41.08%) Line Management
4 450 (38.04%) OOP
5 449 (37.95%) Android Development
5 449 (37.95%) OO
6 447 (37.79%) Design Patterns
7 137 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (9.64%) Software Engineering
9 97 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence
9 97 (8.20%) Statistics
10 93 (7.86%) CI/CD
11 90 (7.61%) Containerisation
12 82 (6.93%) DevOps
13 81 (6.85%) Machine Learning
14 79 (6.68%) Mentoring
15 72 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 69 (5.83%) Computer Science
16 69 (5.83%) Kanban
17 62 (5.24%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 607 (51.31%) Python
2 509 (43.03%) Java
3 484 (40.91%) C++
4 453 (38.29%) Go
5 116 (9.81%) PowerShell
6 110 (9.30%) JavaScript
7 53 (4.48%) Rust
8 38 (3.21%) Bash
9 37 (3.13%) SQL
10 17 (1.44%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.35%) C
12 11 (0.93%) Perl
13 8 (0.68%) Fortran
14 6 (0.51%) C#
15 5 (0.42%) VB
16 3 (0.25%) PHP
16 3 (0.25%) VBA
17 2 (0.17%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.17%) Embedded C++
17 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,183 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 317 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.47%) Degree
4 39 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.94%) CCNA
6 23 (1.94%) Numerate Degree
7 21 (1.78%) CCNP
8 19 (1.61%) CISSP
9 15 (1.27%) PhD
10 13 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.76%) HND
12 7 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
12 7 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (0.51%) CCIE
13 6 (0.51%) CISM
13 6 (0.51%) CISMP
14 5 (0.42%) HNC
14 5 (0.42%) MCP
14 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.52%) PMBOK
2 10 (0.85%) NIST
3 6 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.51%) QA
4 5 (0.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.34%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.25%) SLA
7 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.17%) GRC
7 2 (0.17%) MISRA
8 1 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.085%) GDPR
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.085%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.085%) JTAG
8 1 (0.085%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.085%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 534 (45.14%) Docker
2 110 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.83%) Active Directory
4 48 (4.06%) vSphere
5 46 (3.89%) VMware NSX
6 22 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (1.69%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.51%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.51%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.085%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.085%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.085%) NFS
12 1 (0.085%) Snort
12 1 (0.085%) vCloud
12 1 (0.085%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.085%) Xen
Systems Management
1 495 (41.84%) Ansible
2 122 (10.31%) Kubernetes
3 90 (7.61%) Terraform
4 26 (2.20%) FortiGate
5 17 (1.44%) vCenter Server
6 15 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (1.18%) Puppet
7 14 (1.18%) SCCM
7 14 (1.18%) vRealize
8 13 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.10%) WMI
9 11 (0.93%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.85%) vMotion
11 9 (0.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 6 (0.51%) Nagios
12 6 (0.51%) PowerCLI
12 6 (0.51%) QRadar
13 5 (0.42%) SCOM
14 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 146 (12.34%) Cisco
2 121 (10.23%) VMware
3 89 (7.52%) Juniper
4 73 (6.17%) Microsoft
5 60 (5.07%) Fortinet
6 29 (2.45%) Red Hat
7 25 (2.11%) Splunk
8 22 (1.86%) SAP
9 16 (1.35%) Citrix
10 15 (1.27%) Forcepoint
11 13 (1.10%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.85%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.68%) HP
13 8 (0.68%) McAfee
14 7 (0.59%) EMC
14 7 (0.59%) F5
14 7 (0.59%) SevOne
15 6 (0.51%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.51%) Google
15 6 (0.51%) Palo Alto