Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer
UK
The median Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 711 | 826 | 903 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | +77 | +386 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer | 15 | 86 | 20 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.080% | 0.022% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.084% | 0.025% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 26 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £65,000 | £48,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £80,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £100,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +66.67% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | - | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £74,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £100,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +66.67% | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 52,841 | 102,275 | 81,164 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.80% | 94.83% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,673 | 72,139 | 54,039 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,770 | £38,750 | £44,192 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
DV Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DV Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer.
DV Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
DV Cleared Software Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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 |
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| England | +101 | 14 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +116 | 12 | £80,000 | -20.00% | 8 |
| South West | +79 | 6 | £100,000 | +23.08% | 2 |
| North of England | +50 | 6 | £80,000 | -20.00% | 6 |
| North West | 0 | 6 | £80,000 | -11.11% | 6 |
| London | +94 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, DV Cleared Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring DV Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.
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DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: