DV Cleared Job Trends in the Midlands

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 191 255
Rank change year-on-year -1 +64 -15
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 64 29 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.51% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 1.35% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 45 12 61
10th Percentile £57,500 - £35,000
25th Percentile £70,400 £27,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £57,670 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.38% +0.30% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,429 2,153 3,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.33% 42.56% 23.41%
Number of salaries quoted 985 781 1,909
10th Percentile £27,625 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,044 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% - -7.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £75,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DV Cleared

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the Midlands

DV Cleared
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +12 58 £85,000 +161.54% 8
East Midlands -26 6 £35,500 -35.45% 1
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) GCP
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.13%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Network Security
2 3 (4.69%) DNS
2 3 (4.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Big Data
General
1 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Electronics
3 7 (10.94%) Finance
4 2 (3.13%) Games
4 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Architect
1 10 (15.63%) Cloud Architect
1 10 (15.63%) Software Engineer
2 9 (14.06%) Senior
3 8 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 7 (10.94%) Security Specialist
5 6 (9.38%) Finance Manager
6 5 (7.81%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Release Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Release Train Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Azure Security Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Rust Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.13%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
1 3 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (18.75%) Agile
3 10 (15.63%) Software Engineering
4 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (10.94%) CI/CD
5 7 (10.94%) Cloud Security
6 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.25%) AI
7 4 (6.25%) Backlog Refinement
7 4 (6.25%) Coaching
7 4 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (6.25%) Containerisation
7 4 (6.25%) Release Train
7 4 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (6.25%) Scrum
7 4 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (4.69%) Observability
8 3 (4.69%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (4.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Bicep
1 5 (7.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.69%) Bash
2 3 (4.69%) Rust
3 2 (3.13%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 64 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (35.94%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.69%) Degree
4 2 (3.13%) AAT
4 2 (3.13%) ACCA
4 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.13%) CIMA
5 1 (1.56%) CISSP
5 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Terraform
2 2 (3.13%) Ansible
2 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft