DV Cleared Software Engineer Job Trends

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 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 760 760
Rank change year-on-year +100 0 +445
Permanent jobs requiring a DV Cleared Software Engineer 16 36 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.046% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.048% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 11 20 7
10th Percentile £52,500 £84,500 £49,500
25th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £50,000
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 - £75,000
90th Percentile - £101,875 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared Software Engineer 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared Software Engineer in the UK

DV Cleared Software Engineer
Top 8 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 18 September 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 +92 15 £90,000 -10.00% 2
UK excluding London +101 13 £90,000 -10.00% 2
South West +65 6 £100,000 +11.11%
North of England +24 6 £80,000 -20.00% 2
North West +13 6 £80,000 -20.00% 2
London +61 2 - -
Midlands +51 1 £55,000 -45.00%
West Midlands +46 1 £55,000 -45.00%

DV Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 16 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) Python
3 7 (43.75%) Java
4 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 6 (37.50%) TypeScript
5 5 (31.25%) Containerisation
5 5 (31.25%) Node.js
5 5 (31.25%) AWS
5 5 (31.25%) MongoDB
5 5 (31.25%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle
6 4 (25.00%) SAP
6 4 (25.00%) Electronics
6 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 4 (25.00%) Finance
6 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (25.00%) Spring
6 4 (25.00%) Marketing
6 4 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
6 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
6 4 (25.00%) Serverless
6 4 (25.00%) Cost Reduction

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (25.00%) Serverless
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) MongoDB
1 5 (31.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (6.25%) MySQL
General
1 4 (25.00%) Electronics
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (25.00%) Marketing
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Node.js
2 4 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 4 (25.00%) Spring
2 4 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 2 (12.50%) React
4 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 1 (6.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Raspberry Pi
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Containerisation
4 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 4 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (6.25%) Clean Code
5 1 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Python
2 7 (43.75%) Java
3 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 6 (37.50%) TypeScript
4 3 (18.75%) C++
5 1 (6.25%) Bash
5 1 (6.25%) Go
5 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
1 4 (25.00%) SAP