DV Cleared Software Engineer Job Trends

Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer
UK

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Software Engineer salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
3 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 732 695
Rank change year-on-year +116 -37 +390
Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer 26 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.009% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.010% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 24 5 5
10th Percentile £54,500 £75,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +41.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,500 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% +33.33% -17.24%

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 49,330 59,759 47,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.19% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,185 33,142 37,246
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DV Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared Software Engineer over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Top 10 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 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
England +137 25 £95,000 +11.76% 2
UK excluding London +94 21 £95,000 +18.75% 2
South West +28 9 £100,000 +25.00%
North West - 9 £95,000 -
North of England - 9 £95,000 -
London +55 3 £95,000 +11.76%
South East - 2 £60,000 -
Work from Home +85 1 £57,500 -28.13%
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, DV Cleared Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 26 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 26 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (50.00%) Java
3 12 (46.15%) Python
4 11 (42.31%) AWS
4 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
4 11 (42.31%) Kubernetes
5 7 (26.92%) Kotlin
6 4 (15.38%) Agile
6 4 (15.38%) C++
7 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
7 3 (11.54%) Azure
7 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
7 3 (11.54%) GCP
7 3 (11.54%) Node.js
7 3 (11.54%) React
7 3 (11.54%) Spring
7 3 (11.54%) Spring Boot
8 2 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (7.69%) AMQP
8 2 (7.69%) Ansible
8 2 (7.69%) Apache
8 2 (7.69%) Apache Spark
8 2 (7.69%) API Development
8 2 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (7.69%) Big Data
8 2 (7.69%) CentOS
8 2 (7.69%) Cloudera CDH

DV Cleared Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Apache
1 2 (7.69%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) GCP
3 2 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (7.69%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (7.69%) OpenShift
3 2 (7.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Big Data
1 2 (7.69%) Cloudera CDH
1 2 (7.69%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.85%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) MySQL
2 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
1 3 (11.54%) Node.js
1 3 (11.54%) React
1 3 (11.54%) Spring
1 3 (11.54%) Spring Boot
2 2 (7.69%) gRPC
2 2 (7.69%) Material-UI
2 2 (7.69%) OpenAPI
2 2 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (7.69%) REST
2 2 (7.69%) Swagger
3 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.85%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) CentOS
1 2 (7.69%) Debian
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
1 2 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
4 2 (7.69%) API Development
4 2 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (7.69%) Kanban
4 2 (7.69%) Microservices
4 2 (7.69%) Open Source
4 2 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (7.69%) Scrum
5 1 (3.85%) Clean Code
5 1 (3.85%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) Java
2 12 (46.15%) Python
3 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
4 7 (26.92%) Kotlin
5 4 (15.38%) C++
6 1 (3.85%) Bash
6 1 (3.85%) Go
6 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 26 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.69%) Ansible
2 2 (7.69%) Puppet
2 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Google
1 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
1 2 (7.69%) SaltStack