DV Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 154 290
Rank change year-on-year +61 +136 +28
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,213 1,345 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.09% 1.89% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.65% 6.89% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 460 896 477
10th Percentile £42,450 £33,750 £34,452
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,549
% change year-on-year - +1.68% +2.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,474 19,512 21,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.79% 27.48% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,029 12,241 8,153
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the UK excluding London

DV Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +271 581 £52,000 -5.45% 118
North West +193 568 £52,000 -5.45% 54
South East +9 360 £55,000 - 298
South West -23 174 £57,500 -4.17% 226
East of England +43 56 £61,750 +30.00% 120
Midlands +50 31 £55,000 +10.00% 120
West Midlands +45 22 £31,250 -37.50% 70
Yorkshire +76 11 - - 51
Scotland +99 10 £60,000 +118.98% 34
East Midlands +38 9 £56,250 +40.63% 42
North East +45 2 £60,000 +41.18% 13
Wales +40 1 £67,629 -32.37% 14
DV Cleared
UK

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.90%) Jupyter
3 9 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.33%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.25%) Confluence
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.082%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.082%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.082%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 258 (21.27%) AWS
2 249 (20.53%) Azure
3 182 (15.00%) GCP
4 41 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 37 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
6 35 (2.89%) IaaS
7 8 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (0.66%) Amazon S3
7 8 (0.66%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.58%) OpenShift
9 6 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (0.49%) SaaS
9 6 (0.49%) Serverless
10 5 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.25%) PaaS
12 3 (0.25%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.25%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 422 (34.79%) VPN
2 420 (34.62%) DNS
3 81 (6.68%) Firewall
4 69 (5.69%) Network Security
5 67 (5.52%) BGP
6 65 (5.36%) OSPF
7 59 (4.86%) EIGRP
8 35 (2.89%) VSAN
9 26 (2.14%) DHCP
10 23 (1.90%) SAN
10 23 (1.90%) TCP/IP
11 21 (1.73%) WAN
12 20 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (1.48%) LAN
13 18 (1.48%) NAS
14 16 (1.32%) SMTP
15 12 (0.99%) DMVPN
15 12 (0.99%) MPLS
16 8 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
16 8 (0.66%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.79%) Big Data
2 38 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.58%) Power BI
5 7 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.41%) Tableau
7 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.25%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.25%) MySQL
9 2 (0.16%) GIS
9 2 (0.16%) Metadata
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.082%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (1.48%) GitLab
2 15 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.07%) Git
4 11 (0.91%) MSI
5 7 (0.58%) JIRA
6 6 (0.49%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.082%) Babel
9 1 (0.082%) GDB
9 1 (0.082%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.082%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.082%) Subversion
9 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.082%) Vite
9 1 (0.082%) webpack
9 1 (0.082%) WinDbg
9 1 (0.082%) Yeoman
General
1 704 (58.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 461 (38.00%) Finance
3 449 (37.02%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (5.61%) Social Skills
5 21 (1.73%) Public Sector
6 14 (1.15%) Telecoms
7 12 (0.99%) Law
8 11 (0.91%) Marketing
9 10 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 9 (0.74%) Advertising
10 9 (0.74%) Electronics
10 9 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.66%) Military
11 8 (0.66%) Retail
12 7 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.41%) Police
14 3 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.25%) Legal
15 2 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.082%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 440 (36.27%) Developer
2 431 (35.53%) Software Developer
3 226 (18.63%) Senior
4 204 (16.82%) Software Engineer
5 180 (14.84%) Senior Software Engineer
6 103 (8.49%) Network Engineer
7 65 (5.36%) Architect
8 52 (4.29%) Data Scientist
9 46 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (3.71%) Administrator
11 40 (3.30%) Support Engineer
11 40 (3.30%) Systems Administrator
12 38 (3.13%) VMware Specialist
13 34 (2.80%) Security Engineer
14 32 (2.64%) Lead
15 31 (2.56%) Analyst
16 27 (2.23%) Infrastructure Support
16 27 (2.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 27 (2.23%) Wintel Administrator
16 27 (2.23%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (17.48%) Node.js
2 209 (17.23%) .NET
3 36 (2.97%) Pandas
4 18 (1.48%) React
5 11 (0.91%) LDAP
6 7 (0.58%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.49%) Django
7 6 (0.49%) Middleware
7 6 (0.49%) Spring
8 5 (0.41%) GWT
8 5 (0.41%) HTML
8 5 (0.41%) Hugging Face
8 5 (0.41%) J2EE
8 5 (0.41%) JPA
8 5 (0.41%) REST
8 5 (0.41%) Vaadin
9 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.33%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.33%) Leaflet
10 3 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 651 (53.67%) Cyberattack
2 178 (14.67%) Linux Command Line
2 178 (14.67%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (5.19%) Algorithms
4 24 (1.98%) PKI
5 22 (1.81%) Clustering
6 20 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 12 (0.99%) Management Information System
7 12 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
8 8 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (0.66%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.41%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.41%) e-Learning
10 5 (0.41%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.25%) CMDB
12 3 (0.25%) Robotics
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 694 (57.21%) Linux
2 429 (35.37%) Android
3 151 (12.45%) Windows
4 84 (6.92%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (1.07%) Unix
7 11 (0.91%) Rocky
8 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (0.33%) AIX
9 4 (0.33%) Solaris
9 4 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.25%) CentOS
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.082%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (56.31%) Agile
2 487 (40.15%) Mathematics
3 468 (38.58%) Line Management
4 429 (35.37%) Android Development
5 428 (35.28%) OO
6 427 (35.20%) Design Patterns
6 427 (35.20%) OOP
7 275 (22.67%) Software Engineering
8 244 (20.12%) Machine Learning
9 229 (18.88%) Mentoring
10 202 (16.65%) Scrum
11 198 (16.32%) Microservices
12 185 (15.25%) User Experience
13 179 (14.76%) Cloud Security
14 174 (14.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 172 (14.18%) Data Engineering
16 106 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
17 88 (7.25%) Artificial Intelligence
18 83 (6.84%) Statistics
19 68 (5.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 728 (60.02%) Python
2 652 (53.75%) Java
3 632 (52.10%) C++
4 603 (49.71%) Go
5 262 (21.60%) JavaScript
6 211 (17.39%) Rust
7 109 (8.99%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.47%) Bash
9 28 (2.31%) SQL
10 17 (1.40%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.32%) C
12 10 (0.82%) Perl
13 8 (0.66%) Fortran
14 7 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.33%) C#
15 4 (0.33%) VB
16 3 (0.25%) PHP
17 2 (0.16%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.16%) Embedded C++
17 2 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,213 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 271 (22.34%) SC Cleared
3 174 (14.34%) AWS Certification
4 172 (14.18%) AWS Certified Developer
4 172 (14.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 103 (8.49%) Degree
6 32 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
9 22 (1.81%) CCNP
10 15 (1.24%) CCNA
11 11 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.91%) PhD
12 9 (0.74%) CISSP
12 9 (0.74%) HND
12 9 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (0.49%) RHCSA
14 5 (0.41%) HNC
14 5 (0.41%) MCP
14 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.49%) PMBOK
1 6 (0.49%) QA
2 5 (0.41%) NIST
3 4 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
3 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
4 3 (0.25%) SLA
5 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.16%) GRC
5 2 (0.16%) MISRA
6 1 (0.082%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.082%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.082%) JTAG
6 1 (0.082%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.082%) RMADS
System Software
1 509 (41.96%) Docker
2 99 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (4.95%) Active Directory
4 47 (3.87%) vSphere
5 38 (3.13%) VMware NSX
6 27 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (1.90%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.66%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (0.66%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.16%) Firmware
10 2 (0.16%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.082%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.082%) NFS
11 1 (0.082%) Snort
11 1 (0.082%) vCloud
11 1 (0.082%) Xen
Systems Management
1 471 (38.83%) Ansible
2 100 (8.24%) Kubernetes
3 70 (5.77%) Terraform
4 25 (2.06%) FortiGate
5 22 (1.81%) vCenter Server
6 18 (1.48%) Puppet
7 17 (1.40%) WMI
8 14 (1.15%) vMotion
9 13 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.99%) SCCM
11 11 (0.91%) vRealize
12 8 (0.66%) PowerCLI
12 8 (0.66%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.66%) QRadar
13 6 (0.49%) Nagios
14 5 (0.41%) SCOM
15 4 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
16 3 (0.25%) Avamar
16 3 (0.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 135 (11.13%) Cisco
2 108 (8.90%) VMware
3 82 (6.76%) Juniper
4 69 (5.69%) Microsoft
5 56 (4.62%) Fortinet
6 30 (2.47%) Red Hat
7 26 (2.14%) Splunk
8 17 (1.40%) Citrix
9 15 (1.24%) Forcepoint
10 13 (1.07%) SolarWinds
11 12 (0.99%) HP
12 9 (0.74%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.66%) Google
13 8 (0.66%) SAP
14 7 (0.58%) SevOne
15 6 (0.49%) EMC
15 6 (0.49%) Symantec
15 6 (0.49%) Veeam
16 5 (0.41%) ArcSight
16 5 (0.41%) McAfee