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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 224 497
Rank change year-on-year +88 +273 -62
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,521 1,155 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.94% 1.62% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.16% 4.87% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 761 612
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £36,288
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,787
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.66% +3.25%
75th Percentile £79,688 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -0.86% +4.50% +0.91%

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 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 July 2024.

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 July 2024. 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
South West +22 535 £62,500 -3.85% 55
South East +48 510 £56,252 +7.15% 76
London +46 224 £53,750 -10.42% 35
North of England +6 97 £55,000 -15.38% 20
North West +16 86 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Midlands -2 84 £55,000 +4.76% 21
West Midlands +34 68 £60,000 - 15
East of England +38 62 £47,500 -1.04% 11
East Midlands -46 16 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Yorkshire +32 11 £92,500 +27.59% 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 49 (3.22%) Apache
2 48 (3.16%) Apache Spark
3 47 (3.09%) SharePoint
4 44 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.18%) nginx
6 16 (1.05%) Jupyter
7 11 (0.72%) Confluence
8 8 (0.53%) IIS
9 3 (0.20%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.066%) Camunda
11 1 (0.066%) Documentum
11 1 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.066%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.43%) Simulink
3 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.13%) Abaqus
5 2 (0.13%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.066%) 1Password
6 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.26%) Maximo
1 4 (0.26%) Primavera
2 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.066%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 240 (15.78%) Azure
2 217 (14.27%) AWS
3 81 (5.33%) OpenShift
4 64 (4.21%) GCP
5 51 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
6 36 (2.37%) Serverless
7 31 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (2.04%) SaaS
8 27 (1.78%) Entra ID
9 23 (1.51%) IaaS
10 20 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (1.12%) PaaS
12 16 (1.05%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.05%) Azure Storage
12 16 (1.05%) MinIO
13 7 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 113 (7.43%) Firewall
2 84 (5.52%) DNS
3 73 (4.80%) Network Security
4 68 (4.47%) DHCP
5 65 (4.27%) WAN
6 57 (3.75%) TCP/IP
7 50 (3.29%) LAN
7 50 (3.29%) VPN
8 43 (2.83%) Internet
9 35 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
10 30 (1.97%) AMQP
10 30 (1.97%) SSL
11 25 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 25 (1.64%) HTTP
12 24 (1.58%) SAN
13 22 (1.45%) Wireshark
14 21 (1.38%) Ethernet VPN
15 19 (1.25%) BGP
15 19 (1.25%) OSPF
16 18 (1.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.88%) Big Data
2 50 (3.29%) Hadoop
3 29 (1.91%) Cloudera CDH
4 27 (1.78%) MongoDB
5 25 (1.64%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.05%) Presto
7 15 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.39%) MySQL
9 6 (0.39%) Power BI
10 5 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.33%) SQLite
11 4 (0.26%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.13%) DB2
13 2 (0.13%) NonStop SQL
14 1 (0.066%) Apache Accumulo
14 1 (0.066%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 57 (3.75%) JIRA
2 32 (2.10%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.58%) Git
4 22 (1.45%) Selenium
5 19 (1.25%) MSI
6 16 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 13 (0.85%) AdminStudio
7 13 (0.85%) InstallShield
8 11 (0.72%) IDA Disassembler
9 9 (0.59%) GitLab
9 9 (0.59%) TestRail
10 7 (0.46%) Maven
11 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) eggPlant
12 5 (0.33%) Gradle
13 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.26%) JUnit
13 4 (0.26%) Robot Framework
General
1 271 (17.82%) Social Skills
2 238 (15.65%) Aerospace
3 145 (9.53%) Finance
4 85 (5.59%) Public Sector
5 75 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (3.16%) Military
8 47 (3.09%) Retail
9 37 (2.43%) Police
9 37 (2.43%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (1.91%) Electronics
11 29 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
15 10 (0.66%) Law
16 8 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.33%) Advertising
17 5 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 174 (11.44%) Senior
2 163 (10.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 155 (10.19%) Software Engineer
4 144 (9.47%) Architect
5 110 (7.23%) Network Engineer
6 102 (6.71%) Consultant
7 95 (6.25%) Administrator
8 86 (5.65%) Analyst
9 82 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
10 78 (5.13%) Developer
11 72 (4.73%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 66 (4.34%) Lead
13 61 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
14 57 (3.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 55 (3.62%) Software Developer
16 52 (3.42%) Systems Administrator
17 50 (3.29%) Embedded Developer
17 50 (3.29%) Embedded Software Developer
18 49 (3.22%) Integration Engineer
19 47 (3.09%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.81%) React
2 48 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
3 45 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
4 44 (2.89%) AngularJS
4 44 (2.89%) Spring
5 41 (2.70%) Node.js
6 38 (2.50%) REST
6 38 (2.50%) Spring Boot
7 30 (1.97%) Material-UI
7 30 (1.97%) Swagger
8 29 (1.91%) Apache NiFi
8 29 (1.91%) gRPC
8 29 (1.91%) OpenAPI
9 22 (1.45%) HTML
10 16 (1.05%) 802.1X
10 16 (1.05%) ActiveMQ
10 16 (1.05%) ARM Templates
10 16 (1.05%) YAML
11 14 (0.92%) Kafka
12 13 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.11%) PKI
2 52 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 31 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 30 (1.97%) Algorithms
6 30 (1.97%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 27 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.51%) Client/Server
9 23 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
10 22 (1.45%) Cyberattack
11 21 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
12 18 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (0.99%) Driving Licence
14 14 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.92%) VHDL
15 13 (0.85%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 442 (29.06%) Linux
2 402 (26.43%) Windows
3 151 (9.93%) Windows Server
4 96 (6.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 84 (5.52%) CentOS
6 79 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 74 (4.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 71 (4.67%) Ubuntu
9 52 (3.42%) Windows 10
10 45 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 36 (2.37%) Embedded Linux
12 34 (2.24%) Debian
13 27 (1.78%) VMS
14 26 (1.71%) Unix
15 21 (1.38%) Solaris
16 19 (1.25%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.72%) Kali Linux
18 9 (0.59%) Windows NT
19 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
20 4 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (30.97%) Agile
2 245 (16.11%) DevOps
3 225 (14.79%) Collaborative Working
4 219 (14.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 211 (13.87%) Software Engineering
6 185 (12.16%) Actionable Insight
7 174 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
8 154 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
9 140 (9.20%) Scrum
10 114 (7.50%) ITIL
11 108 (7.10%) CI/CD
12 105 (6.90%) Machine Learning
13 104 (6.84%) Artificial Intelligence
14 103 (6.77%) Analytics
15 94 (6.18%) Mentoring
16 85 (5.59%) Continuous Integration
17 83 (5.46%) Infrastructure as Code
18 81 (5.33%) Containerisation
19 80 (5.26%) Kanban
19 80 (5.26%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 288 (18.93%) Python
2 172 (11.31%) Java
3 158 (10.39%) PowerShell
4 123 (8.09%) JavaScript
5 93 (6.11%) SQL
6 89 (5.85%) C++
7 82 (5.39%) Bash
8 79 (5.19%) C
9 55 (3.62%) C#
10 38 (2.50%) TypeScript
11 33 (2.17%) VB
12 29 (1.91%) Shell Script
13 20 (1.31%) VBScript
14 17 (1.12%) MATLAB
15 16 (1.05%) Bicep
15 16 (1.05%) Perl
16 7 (0.46%) Rust
17 5 (0.33%) Go
17 5 (0.33%) R
18 4 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,521 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 614 (40.37%) SC Cleared
3 192 (12.62%) Degree
4 58 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (3.02%) CCNA
7 42 (2.76%) CCNP
8 33 (2.17%) CISSP
9 20 (1.31%) HND
10 17 (1.12%) CISM
10 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.05%) CTC Cleared
11 16 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 14 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.79%) CHECK Team Leader
13 12 (0.79%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.72%) CESG Certified Professional
15 10 (0.66%) PhD
15 10 (0.66%) RHCSA
16 9 (0.59%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.81%) NIST
2 55 (3.62%) QA
3 16 (1.05%) SLA
4 15 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (0.99%) JSP 440
5 13 (0.85%) NIST 800
6 10 (0.66%) NCSC
6 10 (0.66%) RMADS
7 9 (0.59%) PMO
8 6 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.20%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.20%) MISRA
10 3 (0.20%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.066%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 189 (12.43%) Active Directory
2 153 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (8.48%) Docker
4 58 (3.81%) vSphere
5 55 (3.62%) Hyper-V
6 25 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (1.58%) Firmware
8 20 (1.31%) VMware NSX
9 19 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 17 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
11 16 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.39%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (0.39%) Lustre
12 6 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 6 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
15 3 (0.20%) KVM
15 3 (0.20%) vCloud
15 3 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 225 (14.79%) Kubernetes
2 205 (13.48%) Ansible
3 162 (10.65%) Terraform
4 85 (5.59%) SCCM
5 81 (5.33%) Puppet
6 63 (4.14%) WSUS
7 51 (3.35%) SCOM
8 27 (1.78%) Grafana
9 26 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.45%) Prometheus
11 20 (1.31%) vCenter Server
12 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
13 16 (1.05%) HAProxy
14 10 (0.66%) EMC NetWorker
15 9 (0.59%) Sysprep
16 7 (0.46%) NetBackup
17 6 (0.39%) Backup Exec
18 5 (0.33%) Nagios
18 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
18 5 (0.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 196 (12.89%) VMware
2 189 (12.43%) Microsoft
3 153 (10.06%) Red Hat
4 145 (9.53%) Cisco
5 76 (5.00%) Juniper
6 36 (2.37%) Oracle
7 33 (2.17%) Google
8 32 (2.10%) Xilinx
9 31 (2.04%) SaltStack
10 30 (1.97%) ServiceNow
11 29 (1.91%) SolarWinds
12 27 (1.78%) Tanium
13 26 (1.71%) Tripwire
14 23 (1.51%) Dell
15 21 (1.38%) Veeam
16 18 (1.18%) Palo Alto
17 17 (1.12%) HP
18 16 (1.05%) Infoblox
19 15 (0.99%) EMC
19 15 (0.99%) Riverbed