DV Cleared Job Trends in the South West

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 31 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +18
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 355 190 548
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.59% 6.76% 5.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.71% 17.13% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 262 102 369
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,800 £46,500
25th Percentile £54,063 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -3.92%
75th Percentile £80,938 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £97,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,004 1,109 3,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.91% 39.44% 31.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 695 2,200
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,784 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +0.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,780 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.46% -8.75%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the South West

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the South West

DV Cleared
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Gloucestershire +2 204 £65,000 -10.34% 79
Bristol +24 71 £75,000 +15.38% 16
Wiltshire -10 50 £70,000 +40.00% 33
Dorset +2 11 £90,000 +140.00% 8
Somerset -28 6 £62,500 -7.41% 13
Devon - 2 £74,600 -
DV Cleared
England

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (3.10%) Apache
2 7 (1.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 67 (18.87%) AWS
2 51 (14.37%) Azure
3 23 (6.48%) GCP
4 8 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (2.25%) Serverless
5 6 (1.69%) Amazon S3
5 6 (1.69%) OpenShift
6 5 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
6 5 (1.41%) SaaS
7 4 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.56%) OCI
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.28%) Dagster
10 1 (0.28%) PaaS
10 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.20%) Firewall
2 10 (2.82%) Network Security
3 8 (2.25%) VPN
4 5 (1.41%) BGP
4 5 (1.41%) DNS
4 5 (1.41%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (1.41%) WAN
5 4 (1.13%) ATM
5 4 (1.13%) SNMP
5 4 (1.13%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.85%) LAN
6 3 (0.85%) VLAN
6 3 (0.85%) VoIP
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.56%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.28%) Skype
8 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.28%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.69%) Big Data
2 6 (1.69%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.69%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.13%) Neo4j
4 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.56%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.56%) MySQL
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
6 1 (0.28%) Flink
6 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.28%) Power BI
6 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.82%) JIRA
2 8 (2.25%) Git
2 8 (2.25%) GitLab
3 6 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.41%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.85%) MLflow
5 3 (0.85%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.56%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.56%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.56%) Subversion
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) JMeter
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
7 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.28%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 54 (15.21%) Public Sector
2 52 (14.65%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.30%) Finance
4 31 (8.73%) Aerospace
5 20 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.13%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.85%) Military
10 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.56%) Retail
11 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 52 (14.65%) Consultant
2 50 (14.08%) Senior
3 38 (10.70%) Security Consultant
4 37 (10.42%) Software Engineer
5 30 (8.45%) Architect
6 29 (8.17%) Analyst
7 25 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (7.04%) Lead
8 22 (6.20%) Business Analyst
9 18 (5.07%) Data Scientist
10 16 (4.51%) Auditor
11 14 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 14 (3.94%) Senior Consultant
12 13 (3.66%) Senior Security Consultant
13 12 (3.38%) Site Engineer
14 11 (3.10%) Network Engineer
14 11 (3.10%) Project Manager
14 11 (3.10%) Security Auditor
15 10 (2.82%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
15 10 (2.82%) DV Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.38%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (3.10%) AngularJS
2 11 (3.10%) React
3 9 (2.54%) REST
3 9 (2.54%) Vue
4 8 (2.25%) Spring
4 8 (2.25%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.41%) Node.js
6 4 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.13%) Kafka
6 4 (1.13%) MERN Stack
6 4 (1.13%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.85%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.85%) SOAP
7 3 (0.85%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.56%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.28%) Flash
9 1 (0.28%) Material-UI
9 1 (0.28%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.28%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.38%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.10%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.97%) CMDB
5 7 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.97%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (1.69%) FPGA
6 6 (1.69%) VHDL
7 5 (1.41%) Blog
7 5 (1.41%) Replication
7 5 (1.41%) Verilog
7 5 (1.41%) YubiKey
8 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (13.24%) Linux
2 33 (9.30%) Windows
3 14 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.41%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.85%) CentOS
7 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.28%) Debian
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (17.75%) Agile
1 63 (17.75%) Cybersecurity
1 63 (17.75%) DevOps
2 53 (14.93%) Software Engineering
3 40 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (9.86%) CI/CD
5 35 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (9.58%) AI
7 30 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (7.89%) Data Science
9 27 (7.61%) Containerisation
9 27 (7.61%) Risk Management
9 27 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (7.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 24 (6.76%) Platform Engineering
12 20 (5.63%) Cyber Assurance
12 20 (5.63%) Project Management
13 19 (5.35%) Scrum
14 18 (5.07%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 69 (19.44%) Python
2 37 (10.42%) Java
3 25 (7.04%) C++
4 17 (4.79%) Bash
5 11 (3.10%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.82%) C
7 9 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.54%) SQL
8 7 (1.97%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.69%) Go
10 5 (1.41%) Rust
11 4 (1.13%) Groovy
12 3 (0.85%) Elixir
12 3 (0.85%) Erlang
13 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.28%) C#
14 1 (0.28%) R
14 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 355 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 159 (44.79%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.35%) CISSP
4 18 (5.07%) Degree
5 15 (4.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 14 (3.94%) CISM
7 11 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.97%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.41%) CCIE
10 5 (1.41%) OSCP
11 4 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.13%) CRISC
11 4 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.13%) PhD
12 3 (0.85%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.85%) CEH
12 3 (0.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (5.63%) NIST
3 16 (4.51%) JSP 440
4 14 (3.94%) NCSC
5 13 (3.66%) GRC
5 13 (3.66%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.97%) GDPR
8 5 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.41%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (5.63%) Docker
2 19 (5.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.07%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.54%) Firmware
5 6 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (9.58%) Ansible
2 32 (9.01%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.01%) Terraform
3 14 (3.94%) Grafana
4 9 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.69%) SCCM
6 5 (1.41%) Puppet
7 4 (1.13%) Nagios
8 3 (0.85%) Argo
8 3 (0.85%) Kibana
8 3 (0.85%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.85%) logstash
8 3 (0.85%) SCOM
8 3 (0.85%) SCOrch
8 3 (0.85%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.56%) Rancher
9 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.56%) vRealize
9 2 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (6.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.35%) VMware
3 10 (2.82%) Cisco
4 8 (2.25%) Dell
4 8 (2.25%) Oracle
4 8 (2.25%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.41%) Splunk
5 5 (1.41%) Tenable
6 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
7 3 (0.85%) F5
7 3 (0.85%) Infoblox
7 3 (0.85%) Qualys
7 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.56%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (0.56%) BMC
8 2 (0.56%) Databricks
8 2 (0.56%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.56%) Thales
9 1 (0.28%) SaltStack