DV Cleared Software Engineer Job Trends in Portsmouth

Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £85,000 - £100,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 509 268 604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.83% 94.70% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 361 131 513
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.99% +20.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £70,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -6.54%

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 28 June 2026, DV Cleared Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
DV Cleared Software Engineer jobs