DV Cleared Job Trends in Lancashire

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -64 - -
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1 375 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.066% 33.22% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 63.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,026 - -
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -19.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 288 594 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.07% 52.61% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 123 145 203
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £25,100
25th Percentile £37,000 £46,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,400 £50,055 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +4.28% -12.73%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,793 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,759 £59,482 £71,593
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing DV Cleared

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Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Blackpool -15 1 £75,026 -
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North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Data Scientist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared