DV Cleared Job Trends in London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 292 255
Rank change year-on-year +137 -37 +118
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 301 102 288
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.41% 0.83% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.08% 2.67% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 215 57 188
10th Percentile £46,939 £36,864 £40,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £43,227 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,252 3,816 6,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.96% 31.24% 27.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,658 1,820 4,141
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.46% -8.75%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in London

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in London

DV Cleared
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Central London +16 38 £70,000 -13.85% 8
South London +15 2 £74,600 -
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 10 (3.32%) Palantir Foundry
2 9 (2.99%) Apache
3 8 (2.66%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.66%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.66%) Camunda
6 2 (0.66%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 11 (3.65%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 76 (25.25%) AWS
2 36 (11.96%) Azure
3 19 (6.31%) GCP
4 11 (3.65%) Serverless
5 10 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (2.66%) Amazon S3
6 8 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.33%) OCI
9 3 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.00%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.00%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.00%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.66%) GitHub
10 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.33%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.98%) Firewall
2 11 (3.65%) Network Security
3 10 (3.32%) DNS
4 7 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (2.33%) SAN
5 5 (1.66%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.66%) WAN
6 4 (1.33%) DHCP
6 4 (1.33%) VPN
7 3 (1.00%) LAN
8 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.66%) VSAN
8 2 (0.66%) WLAN
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.33%) MPLS
9 1 (0.33%) Multicast
9 1 (0.33%) OSPF
9 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.65%) Db2
2 5 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.66%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.33%) Big Data
3 4 (1.33%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.00%) MySQL
4 3 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.66%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.33%) Flink
6 1 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (2.99%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.33%) Git
2 7 (2.33%) GitLab
3 4 (1.33%) JIRA
4 3 (1.00%) JMeter
5 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.66%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.33%) Gradle
6 1 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.33%) Maven
6 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 44 (14.62%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.96%) Public Sector
3 28 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.31%) Finance
6 11 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (2.66%) Legal
8 7 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.33%) Law
9 4 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.00%) Banking
11 2 (0.66%) Games
11 2 (0.66%) Military
12 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (22.92%) Senior
2 39 (12.96%) Architect
3 32 (10.63%) Consultant
4 25 (8.31%) Developer
5 24 (7.97%) Lead
6 20 (6.64%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.98%) Data Engineer
8 17 (5.65%) Analyst
8 17 (5.65%) Data Architect
9 16 (5.32%) Senior Consultant
9 16 (5.32%) Senior Manager
10 15 (4.98%) Java Engineer
11 14 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (4.32%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.99%) Data Scientist
14 11 (3.65%) Business Analyst
14 11 (3.65%) Maximo Consultant
14 11 (3.65%) Senior Maximo Consultant
14 11 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (3.32%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.32%) Web Services
2 12 (3.99%) Kafka
3 10 (3.32%) React
4 8 (2.66%) Spring
5 7 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
5 7 (2.33%) Node.js
6 5 (1.66%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.33%) REST
8 3 (1.00%) .NET
9 2 (0.66%) MERN Stack
9 2 (0.66%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.66%) RESTful
9 2 (0.66%) Vue
10 1 (0.33%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.33%) AWS SAM
10 1 (0.33%) FastAPI
10 1 (0.33%) Gherkin
10 1 (0.33%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.98%) Blog
3 13 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.65%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.66%) PKI
6 8 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.66%) CMDB
12 2 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.97%) Linux
2 24 (7.97%) Windows
3 12 (3.99%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.66%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.00%) CentOS
8 2 (0.66%) Unix
8 2 (0.66%) VMS
9 1 (0.33%) Android
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (20.27%) Software Engineering
2 49 (16.28%) Agile
3 43 (14.29%) DevOps
4 40 (13.29%) AI
5 37 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (11.96%) Mentoring
7 35 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.30%) CI/CD
10 28 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (8.31%) Data Science
12 23 (7.64%) Analytics
12 23 (7.64%) Roadmaps
13 21 (6.98%) Machine Learning
14 20 (6.64%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (5.98%) Cloud Security
16 17 (5.65%) SIEM
16 17 (5.65%) Test Automation
17 16 (5.32%) Data Modelling
18 15 (4.98%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 67 (22.26%) Python
2 63 (20.93%) Java
3 30 (9.97%) SQL
4 15 (4.98%) Bash
5 14 (4.65%) C++
6 13 (4.32%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.65%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.66%) C
8 8 (2.66%) Go
8 8 (2.66%) Rust
9 7 (2.33%) C#
10 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.66%) Scala
13 1 (0.33%) Bicep
13 1 (0.33%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 301 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 124 (41.20%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.98%) Degree
4 11 (3.65%) CISSP
5 10 (3.32%) PhD
6 8 (2.66%) CISM
6 8 (2.66%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.33%) CRISC
7 7 (2.33%) GSEC
8 5 (1.66%) OSCP
9 4 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.00%) CCIE
10 3 (1.00%) CEH
10 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.00%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.66%) CCNP
11 2 (0.66%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.66%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.65%) NIST
3 7 (2.33%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 7 (2.33%) JSP 440
4 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.00%) RMADS
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.66%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 19 (6.31%) Docker
2 14 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.99%) vSphere
5 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.33%) Firmware
7 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 27 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 25 (8.31%) Terraform
3 15 (4.98%) Ansible
4 13 (4.32%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.32%) Grafana
6 6 (1.99%) WSUS
7 4 (1.33%) Nagios
8 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.00%) Kibana
8 3 (1.00%) SCOM
9 2 (0.66%) Argo
9 2 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.66%) Istio
9 2 (0.66%) linkerd
9 2 (0.66%) Mesos
9 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.33%) Packer
10 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (5.32%) VMware
2 13 (4.32%) Palantir
3 11 (3.65%) Foundry
3 11 (3.65%) IBM
4 10 (3.32%) Google
4 10 (3.32%) Splunk
5 9 (2.99%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.33%) Oracle
7 6 (1.99%) McAfee
8 4 (1.33%) Databricks
8 4 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.00%) Cisco
9 3 (1.00%) Commvault
10 2 (0.66%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.66%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.66%) OpenText
10 2 (0.66%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.33%) Meraki