DV Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 298 322
Rank change year-on-year +148 +24 -25
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,356 671 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.93% 1.09% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.99% 3.02% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 903 481 430
10th Percentile £32,700 £34,250 £34,778
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,546 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £69,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.88% +2.73% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

DV Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,399 22,250 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.56% 36.28% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,233 10,363
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,039 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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
South West +50 635 £60,000 - 141
South East +91 530 £55,000 +11.11% 116
North of England +70 63 £55,000 -21.43% 23
North West +41 58 £55,000 -21.43% 19
East of England +45 54 £48,750 -2.01% 34
Midlands +10 47 £50,000 +5.26% 29
West Midlands +17 34 £50,000 +8.42% 22
Scotland -42 24 £27,400 -69.56% 3
East Midlands -15 13 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North East -6 3 £42,500 -4.51% 1
Wales - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire +81 2 - - 3
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 46 (3.39%) Apache Spark
2 45 (3.32%) Apache
3 29 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.25%) IIS
5 17 (1.25%) Jupyter
5 17 (1.25%) nginx
6 13 (0.96%) CMS
7 10 (0.74%) Confluence
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) Documentum
9 2 (0.15%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 48 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.92%) Simulink
3 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.29%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.074%) 1Password
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.074%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Primavera
2 2 (0.15%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 256 (18.88%) Azure
2 249 (18.36%) AWS
3 91 (6.71%) OpenShift
4 54 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
5 48 (3.54%) GCP
6 45 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (3.32%) SaaS
7 29 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
7 29 (2.14%) Serverless
8 27 (1.99%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
10 24 (1.77%) PaaS
11 23 (1.70%) IaaS
12 21 (1.55%) OCI
13 20 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.25%) MinIO
15 14 (1.03%) Azure Storage
16 5 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 145 (10.69%) DNS
2 125 (9.22%) Firewall
3 120 (8.85%) DHCP
4 78 (5.75%) TCP/IP
5 62 (4.57%) HTTP
6 55 (4.06%) LAN
7 54 (3.98%) Network Security
8 50 (3.69%) WAN
9 30 (2.21%) SAN
10 26 (1.92%) AMQP
11 22 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
12 18 (1.33%) Software-Defined Networking
13 16 (1.18%) Wireless
14 14 (1.03%) SNMP
15 11 (0.81%) NAS
16 10 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (0.66%) SSL
17 9 (0.66%) Wireshark
18 7 (0.52%) SD-WAN
19 6 (0.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.61%) Big Data
1 49 (3.61%) Hadoop
2 34 (2.51%) MongoDB
3 25 (1.84%) Cloudera CDH
4 22 (1.62%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.25%) Presto
6 7 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.37%) Power BI
9 4 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.29%) SQLite
10 3 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.074%) Metadata
11 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 56 (4.13%) JIRA
2 32 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 29 (2.14%) Selenium
4 18 (1.33%) Git
5 17 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (0.66%) MSI
7 9 (0.66%) TestRail
8 7 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.29%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.29%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.29%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.22%) GitLab
11 3 (0.22%) IDA Disassembler
11 3 (0.22%) JMeter
11 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.074%) GCC
General
1 254 (18.73%) Social Skills
2 210 (15.49%) Aerospace
3 102 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 101 (7.45%) Finance
5 72 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 60 (4.42%) Military
7 57 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (2.21%) Retail
10 25 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.70%) Electronics
12 19 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.11%) Back Office
14 14 (1.03%) Police
15 11 (0.81%) Law
16 10 (0.74%) Games
16 10 (0.74%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.52%) Publishing
18 4 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
19 3 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (14.16%) Senior
2 159 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 142 (10.47%) Architect
4 107 (7.89%) Software Engineer
5 106 (7.82%) Network Engineer
6 81 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 80 (5.90%) Consultant
8 77 (5.68%) Administrator
9 73 (5.38%) Analyst
10 64 (4.72%) Systems Engineer
11 58 (4.28%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 53 (3.91%) Lead
13 49 (3.61%) Integration Engineer
14 46 (3.39%) Support Engineer
15 44 (3.24%) Senior Network Engineer
16 42 (3.10%) Support Specialist
17 40 (2.95%) Developer
17 40 (2.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 37 (2.73%) Infrastructure Support
19 34 (2.51%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.10%) RabbitMQ
2 40 (2.95%) React
3 35 (2.58%) Node.js
4 33 (2.43%) REST
5 30 (2.21%) AngularJS
5 30 (2.21%) HTML
5 30 (2.21%) Spring Boot
6 29 (2.14%) OpenID
6 29 (2.14%) SAML
6 29 (2.14%) Spring
7 26 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
7 26 (1.92%) Material-UI
8 25 (1.84%) gRPC
8 25 (1.84%) OpenAPI
8 25 (1.84%) Swagger
9 17 (1.25%) ActiveMQ
9 17 (1.25%) Apache NiFi
9 17 (1.25%) NumPy
9 17 (1.25%) YAML
10 15 (1.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 79 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.50%) PKI
3 42 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.02%) Cyberattack
5 36 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 34 (2.51%) Algorithms
7 31 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 30 (2.21%) Security Operations Centre
9 28 (2.06%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.99%) CMDB
11 24 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
13 17 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
13 17 (1.25%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.11%) Fat Client
14 15 (1.11%) Thin Client
15 14 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
16 13 (0.96%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 389 (28.69%) Windows
2 388 (28.61%) Linux
3 189 (13.94%) Windows Server
4 112 (8.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 95 (7.01%) CentOS
6 85 (6.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 78 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 69 (5.09%) Windows 10
9 61 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 40 (2.95%) Ubuntu
11 34 (2.51%) Windows 7
12 26 (1.92%) Debian
13 15 (1.11%) Unix
14 13 (0.96%) Windows NT
15 12 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
15 12 (0.88%) Windows XP
16 8 (0.59%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.22%) AIX
17 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (29.13%) Agile
2 256 (18.88%) Actionable Insight
3 241 (17.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 190 (14.01%) DevOps
4 190 (14.01%) ITIL
5 167 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (12.09%) Collaborative Working
7 136 (10.03%) Software Engineering
8 119 (8.78%) Customer Service
9 113 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 112 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 107 (7.89%) Scrum
12 101 (7.45%) Mentoring
13 96 (7.08%) CI/CD
14 85 (6.27%) Service Management
15 82 (6.05%) SDLC
16 75 (5.53%) Kanban
17 72 (5.31%) Configuration Management
18 66 (4.87%) Analytics
18 66 (4.87%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 270 (19.91%) Python
2 232 (17.11%) PowerShell
3 145 (10.69%) Java
4 119 (8.78%) Bash
5 90 (6.64%) JavaScript
6 80 (5.90%) SQL
7 50 (3.69%) C++
8 49 (3.61%) C
9 43 (3.17%) C#
10 29 (2.14%) MATLAB
10 29 (2.14%) Shell Script
11 25 (1.84%) VB
12 22 (1.62%) VBScript
13 14 (1.03%) Bicep
14 9 (0.66%) Perl
15 6 (0.44%) Rust
16 5 (0.37%) R
16 5 (0.37%) Ruby
16 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.29%) Lua
Qualifications
1 1,356 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 512 (37.76%) SC Cleared
3 147 (10.84%) Degree
4 64 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (3.98%) CCNA
6 46 (3.39%) CCNP
7 29 (2.14%) AWS Certification
7 29 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (2.14%) NVQ Level 3
8 24 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.47%) A+ Certification
10 17 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.11%) PhD
12 14 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (0.96%) MCP
14 12 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.88%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.88%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.74%) HND
16 9 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.65%) NIST
2 34 (2.51%) QA
3 27 (1.99%) SLA
4 18 (1.33%) NIST 800
5 15 (1.11%) JSP 440
6 12 (0.88%) NCSC
7 10 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.59%) RMADS
9 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.22%) GDPR
11 3 (0.22%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.22%) MISRA
11 3 (0.22%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.22%) PMO
12 2 (0.15%) ECSS
System Software
1 215 (15.86%) Active Directory
2 164 (12.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 115 (8.48%) Docker
4 87 (6.42%) Hyper-V
5 37 (2.73%) Firmware
6 36 (2.65%) vSphere
7 31 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.11%) KVM
9 14 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (0.96%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
12 6 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.22%) Forefront TMG
13 3 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.15%) Lustre
14 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 207 (15.27%) Ansible
2 192 (14.16%) Kubernetes
3 158 (11.65%) Terraform
4 116 (8.55%) SCCM
5 106 (7.82%) Puppet
6 65 (4.79%) WSUS
7 60 (4.42%) SCOM
8 34 (2.51%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (1.25%) Grafana
10 17 (1.25%) HAProxy
10 17 (1.25%) Prometheus
11 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (1.11%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.96%) Sysprep
13 12 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
14 11 (0.81%) Progress Chef
15 9 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
16 6 (0.44%) Backup Exec
17 5 (0.37%) Nessus
Vendors
1 301 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 216 (15.93%) VMware
3 176 (12.98%) Cisco
4 147 (10.84%) Red Hat
5 58 (4.28%) Oracle
6 53 (3.91%) Juniper
7 45 (3.32%) HP
8 35 (2.58%) Google
8 35 (2.58%) ServiceNow
9 29 (2.14%) SaltStack
10 27 (1.99%) Dynatrace
10 27 (1.99%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.77%) Riverbed
12 21 (1.55%) Dell
13 20 (1.47%) Veeam
14 18 (1.33%) EMC
15 17 (1.25%) CheckPoint
16 12 (0.88%) Blue Coat
16 12 (0.88%) Citrix
16 12 (0.88%) Symantec