DV Cleared Jobs in the South East

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 81 178
Rank change year-on-year +26 +97 +101
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 378 530 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.47% 3.18% 1.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.89% 9.22% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 297 419 209
10th Percentile £41,700 £30,000 £27,980
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +2.68% +0.90% -3.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,788 5,747 5,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.57% 34.44% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 3,661 2,630
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £51,020 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +2.04% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for DV Cleared in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hampshire +35 306 £55,000 -4.35% 74
Thames Valley -98 32 £52,000 -2.35% 52
Surrey +71 31 £40,000 -33.33% 14
Berkshire -77 19 £52,000 -3.70% 48
Buckinghamshire +16 7 £57,835 +112.04% 3
Oxfordshire +46 6 £51,750 +37.46% 16
Kent - 4 - - 1
East Sussex - 3 - -
West Sussex - 1 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (5.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.26%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.32%) IaaS
2 36 (9.52%) AWS
2 36 (9.52%) Azure
3 18 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
3 18 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (1.59%) SaaS
5 5 (1.32%) GCP
5 5 (1.32%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.79%) PaaS
8 2 (0.53%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 66 (17.46%) BGP
2 65 (17.20%) OSPF
3 61 (16.14%) EIGRP
4 60 (15.87%) Firewall
5 54 (14.29%) Network Security
6 34 (8.99%) VSAN
7 26 (6.88%) Cisco ASA
8 19 (5.03%) SAN
9 17 (4.50%) NAS
10 14 (3.70%) DNS
11 13 (3.44%) DHCP
11 13 (3.44%) DMVPN
11 13 (3.44%) VPN
12 8 (2.12%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (2.12%) SSL
12 8 (2.12%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.85%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (1.85%) IPsec
13 7 (1.85%) SMTP
14 6 (1.59%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.06%) Power BI
5 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.12%) Jenkins
1 8 (2.12%) MSI
2 7 (1.85%) GitLab
2 7 (1.85%) Robot Framework
3 5 (1.32%) Git
4 2 (0.53%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.26%) Babel
5 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.26%) Vite
5 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 63 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 30 (7.94%) Social Skills
3 23 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (1.85%) Advertising
5 6 (1.59%) Finance
6 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.79%) Military
7 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (0.79%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.53%) Legal
8 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.53%) Retail
9 1 (0.26%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 104 (27.51%) Network Engineer
2 48 (12.70%) Architect
3 41 (10.85%) VMware Specialist
4 35 (9.26%) Security Engineer
5 27 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 26 (6.88%) Network Security Engineer
7 24 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (6.08%) Designer
9 19 (5.03%) Developer
9 19 (5.03%) Software Developer
10 18 (4.76%) Head of AI
10 18 (4.76%) Head of Analytics
10 18 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
10 18 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support
10 18 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 17 (4.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (4.50%) Integration Engineer
11 17 (4.50%) Software Engineer
12 16 (4.23%) Senior
13 15 (3.97%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.76%) .NET
1 18 (4.76%) Node.js
1 18 (4.76%) Pandas
2 10 (2.65%) React
3 7 (1.85%) Django
4 3 (0.79%) LDAP
4 3 (0.79%) REST
4 3 (0.79%) SAML
4 3 (0.79%) SOAP
5 2 (0.53%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.53%) HTML
5 2 (0.53%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.53%) Leaflet
5 2 (0.53%) Qt
5 2 (0.53%) Web Services
6 1 (0.26%) HTML5
6 1 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.26%) RESTful
6 1 (0.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.56%) Cyberattack
2 19 (5.03%) Clustering
3 13 (3.44%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.44%) PKI
4 10 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.79%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.53%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.53%) Freedom of Information Act
8 2 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.26%) CCTV
9 1 (0.26%) CESG
9 1 (0.26%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.26%) FPGA
9 1 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 93 (24.60%) Windows
2 62 (16.40%) Linux
3 42 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.76%) Android
5 9 (2.38%) Unix
6 7 (1.85%) Rocky
7 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.79%) CentOS
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (14.81%) Agile
2 44 (11.64%) Line Management
3 41 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (9.26%) Risk Management
4 35 (9.26%) Software Engineering
5 30 (7.94%) Mathematics
6 25 (6.61%) Artificial Intelligence
6 25 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (6.35%) Containerisation
8 23 (6.08%) Decision-Making
9 22 (5.82%) Collaborative Working
9 22 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (5.82%) High Availability
10 20 (5.29%) Analytics
10 20 (5.29%) CI/CD
11 19 (5.03%) Kanban
12 18 (4.76%) Android Development
12 18 (4.76%) OWASP
12 18 (4.76%) Performance Management
12 18 (4.76%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 93 (24.60%) PowerShell
2 82 (21.69%) Python
3 37 (9.79%) C++
4 32 (8.47%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.56%) Java
6 18 (4.76%) Go
6 18 (4.76%) Rust
7 13 (3.44%) SQL
8 12 (3.17%) Bash
9 10 (2.65%) C
10 8 (2.12%) Fortran
11 4 (1.06%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.53%) PHP
12 2 (0.53%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.26%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 378 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 201 (53.17%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.20%) Degree
4 26 (6.88%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (4.23%) CCNA
6 14 (3.70%) PhD
7 13 (3.44%) Master's Degree
8 12 (3.17%) CCNP
9 7 (1.85%) HND
9 7 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.59%) CISSP
11 4 (1.06%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.79%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (0.53%) APMP
13 2 (0.53%) CISMP
13 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.53%) VCAP
14 1 (0.26%) CSQE
14 1 (0.26%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.32%) QA
2 3 (0.79%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 84 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (12.70%) vSphere
3 46 (12.17%) Active Directory
4 37 (9.79%) Docker
4 37 (9.79%) VMware NSX
5 18 (4.76%) Hyper-V
6 16 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.85%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.85%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Firmware
9 1 (0.26%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.26%) NFS
9 1 (0.26%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 37 (9.79%) Ansible
2 32 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 26 (6.88%) FortiGate
3 26 (6.88%) Terraform
4 15 (3.97%) vCenter Server
5 14 (3.70%) vRealize
6 12 (3.17%) vMotion
7 11 (2.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (2.65%) Puppet
8 10 (2.65%) WMI
9 8 (2.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 6 (1.59%) PowerCLI
11 5 (1.32%) Nagios
12 3 (0.79%) SCCM
13 1 (0.26%) Nessus
13 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (33.33%) Cisco
2 91 (24.07%) VMware
3 80 (21.16%) Juniper
4 55 (14.55%) Fortinet
5 46 (12.17%) Microsoft
6 15 (3.97%) Forcepoint
7 13 (3.44%) Citrix
7 13 (3.44%) SolarWinds
8 11 (2.91%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.65%) HP
10 7 (1.85%) Splunk
11 6 (1.59%) McAfee
12 5 (1.32%) Google
12 5 (1.32%) Symantec
12 5 (1.32%) Veeam
13 3 (0.79%) EMC
13 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.79%) SevOne
14 2 (0.53%) F5
14 2 (0.53%) Fujitsu