DV Cleared Job Trends in Surrey

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Surrey

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 58 52
Rank change year-on-year -26 -6 +33
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 39 38 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.63% 3.25% 4.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.41% 10.03% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 34 12 70
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £43,125 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -37.50% +42.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile - £69,750 £96,250
South East median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +10.17% +8.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 464 379 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 19.39% 32.42% 36.90%
Number of salaries quoted 281 268 329
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,175 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,783 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,750 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in Surrey

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in Surrey

DV Cleared
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Redhill +11 20 £86,250 +102.94% 2
Woking - 11 £65,000 - 5
Leatherhead - 3 - -
Staines - 2 £67,500 -
Chertsey - 2 £80,000 -
Guildford -28 1 £32,500 -51.85% 6
DV Cleared
South East

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (5.13%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) LAN
1 11 (28.21%) WAN
2 8 (20.51%) Firewall
2 8 (20.51%) VLAN
3 6 (15.38%) VoIP
4 4 (10.26%) BGP
4 4 (10.26%) IPsec
4 4 (10.26%) OSPF
4 4 (10.26%) VPN
5 3 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (7.69%) MPLS
5 3 (7.69%) Multicast
5 3 (7.69%) Network Security
6 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Bitbucket
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 8 (20.51%) Military
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Electronics
4 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.13%) Local Government
4 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Field Engineer
1 10 (25.64%) Field Service Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) Software Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Software Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Lead
7 2 (5.13%) Senior
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Administrator
8 1 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.13%) LAMP
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.13%) Acoustics
2 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Linux
2 14 (35.90%) Windows
3 12 (30.77%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.69%) Debian
4 3 (7.69%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Software Engineering
2 5 (12.82%) ITIL
2 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (12.82%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (10.26%) Agile
4 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (7.69%) Network Design
4 3 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (5.13%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (5.13%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.13%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.13%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (5.13%) Scrum
5 2 (5.13%) Signal Processing
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) Python
2 2 (5.13%) C++
2 2 (5.13%) PHP
3 1 (2.56%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 11 (28.21%) CCNA
3 11 (28.21%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (17.95%) Degree
5 4 (10.26%) CCNP
6 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.13%) HNC
6 2 (5.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
2 4 (10.26%) Firmware
3 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Cisco
2 7 (17.95%) VMware
3 6 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 3 (7.69%) Juniper
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft