DV Cleared Job Trends in Merseyside

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.31% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +20.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 208 199 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.10% 38.05% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 84 73 60
10th Percentile £27,725 - £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £44,063
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -9.22% -11.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £75,250 £73,625
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -2.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Merseyside

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Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing DV Cleared

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Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
Liverpool - 2 £70,000 -
DV Cleared
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared