DV Cleared Network Engineer Job Trends

Developed Vetting Clearance Network Engineer
UK

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Network Engineer salary in the UK is £72,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 660 705
Rank change year-on-year +13 +45 +301
Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Network Engineer 6 39 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.073% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.078% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 32 16
10th Percentile £53,900 - £41,125
25th Percentile £60,125 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £83,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,700 £66,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

DV Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DV Cleared Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

DV Cleared Network Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for DV Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for DV Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK

DV Cleared Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared Network Engineer over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared Network Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Network Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England +28 5 £72,000 +20.00% 6
UK excluding London +25 4 £72,000 +20.00% 6
South East +4 3 £72,000 +20.00%
London +52 1 - -
South West +11 1 - -

DV Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, DV Cleared Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring DV Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco
3 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
4 3 (50.00%) BGP
4 3 (50.00%) Juniper
4 3 (50.00%) VPN
5 2 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (33.33%) CCNP
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Engineering
5 2 (33.33%) Dell
5 2 (33.33%) DNS
5 2 (33.33%) F5
5 2 (33.33%) High Availability
5 2 (33.33%) Infoblox
5 2 (33.33%) ITSM
5 2 (33.33%) Junos
5 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (33.33%) Network Security
5 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
5 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure

DV Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) BGP
2 3 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (33.33%) DNS
3 2 (33.33%) Junos
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (16.67%) NGFW
4 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) VLAN
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) JNCIP
3 1 (16.67%) JNCIS
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (33.33%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) F5
3 2 (33.33%) Infoblox
3 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Broadcom
4 1 (16.67%) Mellanox
4 1 (16.67%) NVIDIA