DV Cleared Job Trends in Reading

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 64 8
Rank change year-on-year +31 -56 +72
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 16 13 184
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 2.78% 1.79% 16.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.68% 4.94% 32.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 178
10th Percentile £47,375 £46,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £48,438 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £56,525 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +7.67% +15.13%
75th Percentile £64,063 £57,631 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,625 £60,875 £59,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.28% -15.45% +20.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 137 263 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 23.78% 36.23% 52.95%
Number of salaries quoted 53 94 391
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,013 £30,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £37,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +7.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £64,580
90th Percentile £83,250 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £54,375 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +22.73% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Reading

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Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing DV Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Reading over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in Reading

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (6.25%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
1 1 (6.25%) Subversion
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Lead Architect
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Automation Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Test Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
1 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Network Design
2 3 (18.75%) Agile
2 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Service Design
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (12.50%) RBAC
3 2 (12.50%) SIEM
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware NSX
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (6.25%) Terminal Server
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) vRealize
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Juniper
3 1 (6.25%) McAfee
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle