DV Cleared Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 54 59
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 +58
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 18 49 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 1.10% 4.00% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.20% 8.17% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13 26 5
10th Percentile £42,750 £51,250 £44,875
25th Percentile £46,125 £52,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £70,800 £68,125 £66,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 562 600 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.35% 48.94% 34.41%
Number of salaries quoted 198 163 187
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,350 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,250 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% -3.64% +10.00%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in Hertfordshire

DV Cleared
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Stevenage -5 11 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Hemel Hempstead -5 7 £66,000 +8.64% 12
DV Cleared
East of England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) Skype
2 3 (16.67%) VSAN
3 2 (11.11%) Network Security
3 2 (11.11%) SNMP
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (5.56%) BGP
4 1 (5.56%) DNS
4 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
4 1 (5.56%) InfiniBand
4 1 (5.56%) IPsec
4 1 (5.56%) LAN
4 1 (5.56%) OSPF
4 1 (5.56%) RSVP
4 1 (5.56%) SSL
4 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.56%) VLAN
4 1 (5.56%) VoIP
4 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Advertising
2 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Military
2 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Lead
3 3 (16.67%) Linux Support
3 3 (16.67%) Linux Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 3 (16.67%) PKI
2 3 (16.67%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) MISP
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 6 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (22.22%) Solaris
3 4 (22.22%) Windows
4 3 (16.67%) Debian
4 3 (16.67%) Unix
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
2 3 (16.67%) Service Management
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 2 (11.11%) Network Design
3 2 (11.11%) Presales
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Batch Scheduling
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (5.56%) Model Validation
4 1 (5.56%) Observability
4 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Bash
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) Korn
2 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (5.56%) Lustre
3 1 (5.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 8 (44.44%) Ansible
2 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 3 (16.67%) WSUS
3 1 (5.56%) Endace
3 1 (5.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) VMware
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) NetApp
2 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
3 3 (16.67%) HP
4 2 (11.11%) Juniper
5 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
5 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.56%) EMC
5 1 (5.56%) F5
5 1 (5.56%) IBM
5 1 (5.56%) Mellanox
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto