Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 383 527
Rank change year-on-year +209 +144 -155
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,669 887 992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.70% 0.85% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.12% 2.59% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 659 562
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,175
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,800 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DV Cleared.

Salary trend for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DV Cleared in the UK

DV Cleared
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +206 1,611 £56,000 +0.90% 376
UK excluding London +150 1,346 £55,000 - 305
South West +55 637 £58,000 -3.33% 111
South East +100 529 £55,000 +11.11% 102
Work from Home +236 503 £58,000 -2.52% 123
London +208 281 £65,000 +10.17% 61
North of England +80 64 £55,000 -21.43% 24
North West +44 59 £55,000 -21.43% 19
East of England +30 45 £51,000 +2.51% 35
Midlands -5 42 £46,000 -3.16% 29
West Midlands +16 29 £46,000 -2.62% 22
Scotland -40 26 £27,400 -69.56% 3
East Midlands -17 13 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North East -1 3 £42,500 -4.51% 1
Wales - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire +89 2 - - 4

DV Cleared
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 51 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.94%) Apache
3 46 (2.76%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (1.44%) IIS
6 17 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 17 (1.02%) nginx
7 13 (0.78%) CMS
7 13 (0.78%) Confluence
8 5 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.18%) Documentum
10 2 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.060%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 59 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.44%) Simulink
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.24%) EPLAN
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.12%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.060%) 1Password
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.24%) Primavera
2 2 (0.12%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.12%) Maximo
2 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 279 (16.72%) AWS
2 273 (16.36%) Azure
3 93 (5.57%) OpenShift
4 64 (3.83%) GCP
5 55 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 48 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (2.82%) SaaS
8 35 (2.10%) Serverless
9 32 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (1.62%) Entra ID
11 25 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
12 24 (1.44%) PaaS
13 23 (1.38%) IaaS
14 21 (1.26%) OCI
15 20 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (1.02%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.02%) MinIO
17 14 (0.84%) Azure Storage
18 9 (0.54%) Power Platform
19 7 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 178 (10.67%) Firewall
2 137 (8.21%) DNS
3 116 (6.95%) DHCP
4 101 (6.05%) WAN
5 100 (5.99%) LAN
6 89 (5.33%) TCP/IP
7 67 (4.01%) Network Security
8 61 (3.65%) HTTP
9 37 (2.22%) Internet
9 37 (2.22%) VPN
10 31 (1.86%) SAN
11 25 (1.50%) AMQP
12 24 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
12 24 (1.44%) Wireless
13 17 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
14 15 (0.90%) SNMP
15 11 (0.66%) NAS
16 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (0.48%) SSL
17 8 (0.48%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.30%) Big Data
2 52 (3.12%) Hadoop
3 34 (2.04%) MongoDB
4 24 (1.44%) Cloudera CDH
5 21 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.02%) Presto
7 12 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.54%) Power BI
9 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.24%) Looker
11 4 (0.24%) Metadata
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.24%) SQLite
11 4 (0.24%) Tableau
12 3 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 57 (3.42%) JIRA
2 41 (2.46%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.74%) Selenium
4 20 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 20 (1.20%) Git
5 10 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (0.54%) MSI
6 9 (0.54%) TestRail
7 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.36%) GitLab
9 4 (0.24%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.24%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
12 1 (0.060%) ESLint
General
1 320 (19.17%) Social Skills
2 217 (13.00%) Aerospace
3 161 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (8.93%) Finance
5 135 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 84 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
7 71 (4.25%) Military
8 63 (3.77%) Retail
9 54 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.16%) Police
11 35 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 30 (1.80%) Electronics
14 18 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.90%) Back Office
16 13 (0.78%) Games
16 13 (0.78%) Law
16 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 240 (14.38%) Senior
2 189 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 188 (11.26%) Architect
4 122 (7.31%) Consultant
4 122 (7.31%) Software Engineer
5 115 (6.89%) Analyst
6 112 (6.71%) Network Engineer
7 93 (5.57%) DevOps Engineer
8 82 (4.91%) Administrator
8 82 (4.91%) Lead
9 67 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
10 61 (3.65%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 59 (3.54%) Security Consultant
12 55 (3.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 49 (2.94%) Developer
13 49 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
14 48 (2.88%) Integration Engineer
14 48 (2.88%) Project Manager
14 48 (2.88%) Support Engineer
15 43 (2.58%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.24%) HTML
2 47 (2.82%) React
3 43 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
5 36 (2.16%) Node.js
6 34 (2.04%) Spring
6 34 (2.04%) Spring Boot
7 33 (1.98%) REST
8 29 (1.74%) AngularJS
8 29 (1.74%) OpenID
8 29 (1.74%) SAML
9 25 (1.50%) Material-UI
10 24 (1.44%) Apache NiFi
10 24 (1.44%) gRPC
10 24 (1.44%) OpenAPI
10 24 (1.44%) Swagger
11 17 (1.02%) ActiveMQ
11 17 (1.02%) YAML
12 16 (0.96%) NumPy
13 15 (0.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.67%) Cloud Native
2 77 (4.61%) PKI
3 62 (3.71%) Cyberattack
4 48 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 48 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 41 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.16%) Cyber Defence
8 34 (2.04%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.04%) Public Cloud
9 30 (1.80%) Management Information System
10 29 (1.74%) Driving Licence
11 28 (1.68%) CMDB
11 28 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 20 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
14 19 (1.14%) Fat Client
14 19 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.14%) Thin Client
15 18 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 472 (28.28%) Windows
2 456 (27.32%) Linux
3 216 (12.94%) Windows Server
4 120 (7.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 97 (5.81%) CentOS
6 85 (5.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 76 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 72 (4.31%) Ubuntu
9 70 (4.19%) Windows 10
10 61 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
11 35 (2.10%) Windows 7
12 33 (1.98%) VMS
13 25 (1.50%) Debian
14 15 (0.90%) Unix
15 14 (0.84%) Windows NT
16 12 (0.72%) Windows XP
17 10 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
18 8 (0.48%) CoreOS
19 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
19 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (32.17%) Agile
2 296 (17.74%) Actionable Insight
3 287 (17.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 207 (12.40%) DevOps
5 198 (11.86%) ITIL
6 196 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
7 184 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
8 168 (10.07%) Collaborative Working
9 162 (9.71%) Software Engineering
10 149 (8.93%) Scrum
11 127 (7.61%) Mentoring
12 122 (7.31%) Customer Service
13 120 (7.19%) Infrastructure as Code
14 109 (6.53%) CI/CD
15 105 (6.29%) Analytics
15 105 (6.29%) SIEM
16 101 (6.05%) Coaching
17 91 (5.45%) Service Management
18 87 (5.21%) SDLC
19 83 (4.97%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 293 (17.56%) Python
2 235 (14.08%) PowerShell
3 162 (9.71%) Java
4 121 (7.25%) Bash
5 116 (6.95%) SQL
6 100 (5.99%) JavaScript
7 49 (2.94%) C++
8 46 (2.76%) C
8 46 (2.76%) C#
9 32 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 28 (1.68%) MATLAB
11 25 (1.50%) VB
12 22 (1.32%) VBScript
13 14 (0.84%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Perl
15 8 (0.48%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.30%) Ruby
17 4 (0.24%) Lua
17 4 (0.24%) Rust
17 4 (0.24%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1,669 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 633 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 185 (11.08%) Degree
4 70 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (3.24%) CCNA
6 46 (2.76%) CCNP
7 40 (2.40%) CISSP
8 32 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.74%) NVQ Level 3
11 23 (1.38%) CISM
11 23 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.20%) A+ Certification
12 20 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.20%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
14 18 (1.08%) HND
15 16 (0.96%) PhD
16 14 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 13 (0.78%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.24%) NIST
2 43 (2.58%) QA
3 30 (1.80%) SLA
4 21 (1.26%) NIST 800
5 19 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.14%) PMO
6 18 (1.08%) NCSC
7 17 (1.02%) JSP 440
8 13 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.72%) RMADS
10 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.36%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.18%) GDPR
14 3 (0.18%) MISRA
14 3 (0.18%) MISRA C
System Software
1 280 (16.78%) Active Directory
2 180 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (8.33%) Docker
4 99 (5.93%) Hyper-V
5 50 (3.00%) vSphere
6 39 (2.34%) Firmware
7 31 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (0.90%) KVM
9 14 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
10 12 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
10 12 (0.72%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.54%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.12%) Lustre
14 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 260 (15.58%) Ansible
2 209 (12.52%) Kubernetes
3 198 (11.86%) Terraform
4 125 (7.49%) SCCM
5 109 (6.53%) Puppet
6 72 (4.31%) WSUS
7 69 (4.13%) SCOM
8 34 (2.04%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.08%) Grafana
11 17 (1.02%) HAProxy
11 17 (1.02%) Prometheus
12 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (0.90%) NetBackup
14 14 (0.84%) Progress Chef
14 14 (0.84%) Sysprep
15 12 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
16 9 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
17 5 (0.30%) Opsview
17 5 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 334 (20.01%) Microsoft
2 242 (14.50%) VMware
3 178 (10.67%) Cisco
4 153 (9.17%) Red Hat
5 68 (4.07%) Juniper
6 57 (3.42%) Oracle
7 46 (2.76%) HP
8 36 (2.16%) Google
8 36 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.74%) SolarWinds
10 28 (1.68%) Dynatrace
10 28 (1.68%) SaltStack
11 24 (1.44%) Tanium
11 24 (1.44%) Tripwire
12 23 (1.38%) Palo Alto
13 22 (1.32%) Dell
14 20 (1.20%) Riverbed
15 18 (1.08%) Citrix
15 18 (1.08%) EMC
15 18 (1.08%) Veeam