DV Cleared Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 108 30
Rank change year-on-year -38 -78 +154
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 33 90 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.86% 2.21% 7.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.84% 6.13% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 20 60 212
10th Percentile - £39,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,608 £41,000 £36,174
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,925 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -6.81% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,063 £56,525 £56,525
90th Percentile £81,250 £58,075 £74,250
South East median annual salary £61,500 £59,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.24% +8.26% -4.51%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,164 1,468 1,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.47% 36.12% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 469 578 993
10th Percentile £28,450 £35,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £46,063 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +10.09% +7.19%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +2.24%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DV Cleared job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DV Cleared

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the Thames Valley

DV Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Berkshire -32 26 £60,500 +18.63% 24
Buckinghamshire +14 7 £45,608 -21.37% 16
DV Cleared
South East

DV Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) AWS
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) GCP
1 1 (3.03%) IaaS
1 1 (3.03%) OCI
1 1 (3.03%) PaaS
1 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) Selenium
1 1 (3.03%) Subversion
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 5 (15.15%) Electronics
3 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Games
6 1 (3.03%) Advertising
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Lead
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Trainer
4 5 (15.15%) Technical Trainer
5 3 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Automation Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) SAP Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Automation Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.03%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
1 5 (15.15%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Agile
2 4 (12.12%) Network Design
2 4 (12.12%) Validation
3 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 3 (9.09%) ITIL
3 3 (9.09%) Key Management
3 3 (9.09%) Mathematics
3 3 (9.09%) Physics
3 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 3 (9.09%) SIEM
3 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
3 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (9.09%) Waterfall
4 2 (6.06%) Community of Practice
4 2 (6.06%) Containerisation
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (6.06%) RBAC
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Java
2 2 (6.06%) C++
3 1 (3.03%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) City & Guilds
3 5 (15.15%) NVQ Level 3
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) CCNA
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.03%) HNC
6 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) NCSC
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Firmware
1 3 (9.09%) VMware NSX
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.06%) vSphere
3 1 (3.03%) Terminal Server
3 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) vRealize
2 2 (6.06%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) SCOM
3 1 (3.03%) Ansible
3 1 (3.03%) SCSM
3 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) VMware
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco
2 4 (12.12%) Juniper
3 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.03%) McAfee
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.03%) Veeam