DV Cleared Jobs

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 173 392
Rank change year-on-year +44 +219 +125
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,216 1,682 878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.33% 1.71% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.77% 6.15% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 588 1,126 650
10th Percentile £42,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £56,200
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -1.25% +2.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £83,775
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

DV Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 +41 1,175 £57,500 +2.68% 484
UK excluding London +56 1,059 £56,500 +2.73% 381
North of England +256 408 £52,000 -5.45% 24
North West +183 394 £52,000 -5.45% 19
South East +25 375 £55,000 - 146
Work from Home -6 209 £62,500 +7.76% 161
South West -18 178 £57,500 -0.86% 160
London -36 112 £62,000 -4.62% 101
East of England +61 54 £61,750 +23.50% 25
Midlands +49 32 £57,500 +25.00% 22
West Midlands +43 23 £32,500 -32.29% 18
Scotland +113 11 £58,250 +112.59% 9
Yorkshire +79 11 - - 5
East Midlands +45 9 £57,750 +44.38% 4
North East +52 3 £52,500 +23.53%
Wales +38 1 £67,629 - 1

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 31 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.89%) Jupyter
3 11 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.41%) Confluence
5 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.25%) Apache
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.082%) nginx
8 1 (0.082%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.082%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.082%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.082%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 117 (9.62%) AWS
2 106 (8.72%) Azure
3 54 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
4 51 (4.19%) Amazon EKS
5 39 (3.21%) IaaS
6 13 (1.07%) Power Platform
7 12 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (0.99%) Amazon S3
8 11 (0.90%) GCP
9 10 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (0.82%) OpenShift
9 10 (0.82%) Serverless
10 7 (0.58%) SaaS
10 7 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.49%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.33%) Pulumi
13 3 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 429 (35.28%) VPN
2 423 (34.79%) DNS
3 85 (6.99%) Firewall
4 74 (6.09%) BGP
5 73 (6.00%) Network Security
6 72 (5.92%) OSPF
7 61 (5.02%) EIGRP
8 34 (2.80%) VSAN
9 29 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (2.22%) WAN
11 24 (1.97%) TCP/IP
12 23 (1.89%) DHCP
13 22 (1.81%) SAN
14 21 (1.73%) LAN
15 17 (1.40%) MPLS
15 17 (1.40%) NAS
16 13 (1.07%) DMVPN
16 13 (1.07%) SMTP
17 9 (0.74%) Internet
17 9 (0.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
2 46 (3.78%) Big Data
3 12 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.74%) Power BI
5 7 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.49%) Metadata
7 5 (0.41%) MySQL
7 5 (0.41%) Tableau
8 4 (0.33%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.25%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.25%) HBase
9 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.16%) DB2
10 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.16%) GIS
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.082%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 25 (2.06%) GitLab
2 20 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.32%) Git
4 9 (0.74%) JIRA
5 8 (0.66%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.58%) MSI
7 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.16%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.16%) Subversion
8 2 (0.16%) Vite
9 1 (0.082%) GDB
9 1 (0.082%) Gradle
9 1 (0.082%) Maven
9 1 (0.082%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.082%) TestNG
9 1 (0.082%) webpack
9 1 (0.082%) WinDbg
9 1 (0.082%) Yeoman
General
1 569 (46.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 507 (41.69%) Finance
3 501 (41.20%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.70%) Social Skills
5 59 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 49 (4.03%) Telecoms
7 45 (3.70%) Marketing
8 44 (3.62%) Electronics
9 42 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.07%) Law
11 13 (1.07%) Police
12 10 (0.82%) Military
13 9 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.66%) Retail
15 7 (0.58%) Advertising
16 4 (0.33%) Legal
17 3 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
18 2 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
18 2 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 475 (39.06%) Developer
2 456 (37.50%) Software Developer
3 122 (10.03%) Network Engineer
4 72 (5.92%) Senior
5 70 (5.76%) Architect
6 52 (4.28%) Data Scientist
7 48 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 43 (3.54%) Administrator
9 41 (3.37%) VMware Specialist
10 39 (3.21%) Systems Administrator
11 37 (3.04%) Support Engineer
12 36 (2.96%) Security Engineer
13 35 (2.88%) Lead
14 34 (2.80%) Analyst
15 32 (2.63%) Project Manager
15 32 (2.63%) Software Engineer
16 31 (2.55%) Wintel Administrator
16 31 (2.55%) Wintel Systems Administrator
17 26 (2.14%) Infrastructure Support
17 26 (2.14%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (4.44%) .NET
1 54 (4.44%) Node.js
2 49 (4.03%) Pandas
3 23 (1.89%) React
4 10 (0.82%) LDAP
5 8 (0.66%) Django
5 8 (0.66%) HTML
5 8 (0.66%) Leaflet
5 8 (0.66%) REST
5 8 (0.66%) Spring
5 8 (0.66%) Spring Boot
6 7 (0.58%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.58%) AWS CDK
7 6 (0.49%) CSS
7 6 (0.49%) Middleware
7 6 (0.49%) RESTful
7 6 (0.49%) Web Services
8 5 (0.41%) GWT
8 5 (0.41%) J2EE
8 5 (0.41%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 510 (41.94%) Cyberattack
2 66 (5.43%) Algorithms
3 28 (2.30%) PKI
4 24 (1.97%) Data Centre
5 20 (1.64%) Clustering
6 19 (1.56%) PMI
7 18 (1.48%) Management Information System
8 10 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (0.74%) Cloud Native
9 9 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
10 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
10 8 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.66%) Private Cloud
10 8 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.41%) Freedom of Information Act
12 5 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.41%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 552 (45.39%) Linux
2 449 (36.92%) Android
3 176 (14.47%) Windows
4 101 (8.31%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (1.23%) Unix
7 13 (1.07%) Rocky
8 9 (0.74%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.49%) AIX
9 6 (0.49%) Solaris
10 5 (0.41%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.33%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.25%) CentOS
12 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.082%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (47.94%) Agile
2 506 (41.61%) Mathematics
3 486 (39.97%) Line Management
4 449 (36.92%) OOP
5 448 (36.84%) Android Development
5 448 (36.84%) OO
6 447 (36.76%) Design Patterns
7 153 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (9.70%) Software Engineering
9 98 (8.06%) Artificial Intelligence
10 97 (7.98%) Statistics
11 92 (7.57%) CI/CD
12 89 (7.32%) Containerisation
13 86 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
14 81 (6.66%) DevOps
14 81 (6.66%) Machine Learning
15 78 (6.41%) Mentoring
15 78 (6.41%) Risk Management
16 73 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 69 (5.67%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 602 (49.51%) Python
2 508 (41.78%) Java
3 483 (39.72%) C++
4 452 (37.17%) Go
5 115 (9.46%) PowerShell
6 110 (9.05%) JavaScript
7 52 (4.28%) Rust
8 37 (3.04%) SQL
9 35 (2.88%) Bash
10 17 (1.40%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.32%) C
12 11 (0.90%) Perl
13 8 (0.66%) Fortran
14 7 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.49%) C#
16 5 (0.41%) VB
17 3 (0.25%) PHP
17 3 (0.25%) VBA
18 2 (0.16%) Embedded C
18 2 (0.16%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1,216 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 323 (26.56%) SC Cleared
3 119 (9.79%) Degree
4 39 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.89%) CCNA
6 23 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
7 21 (1.73%) CCNP
8 19 (1.56%) CISSP
8 19 (1.56%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.23%) PhD
10 13 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.74%) HND
12 8 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (0.58%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (0.49%) CCIE
14 6 (0.49%) CISM
14 6 (0.49%) CISMP
15 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.48%) PMBOK
2 12 (0.99%) NIST
3 6 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.49%) QA
4 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
5 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (0.33%) GRC
6 3 (0.25%) SLA
7 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.16%) MISRA
8 1 (0.082%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.082%) GDPR
8 1 (0.082%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.082%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.082%) JTAG
8 1 (0.082%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.082%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 536 (44.08%) Docker
2 112 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (5.84%) Active Directory
4 49 (4.03%) vSphere
5 48 (3.95%) VMware NSX
6 24 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (1.89%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.58%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.41%) Firmware
10 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.082%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.082%) ISA Server
12 1 (0.082%) NFS
12 1 (0.082%) Snort
12 1 (0.082%) vCloud
12 1 (0.082%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.082%) Xen
Systems Management
1 497 (40.87%) Ansible
2 124 (10.20%) Kubernetes
3 91 (7.48%) Terraform
4 26 (2.14%) FortiGate
5 19 (1.56%) vCenter Server
6 16 (1.32%) Puppet
7 15 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (1.15%) SCCM
8 14 (1.15%) vRealize
8 14 (1.15%) WMI
9 13 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.99%) vMotion
11 11 (0.90%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.66%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 7 (0.58%) Nagios
13 7 (0.58%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.49%) QRadar
15 5 (0.41%) SCOM
16 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
16 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 148 (12.17%) Cisco
2 123 (10.12%) VMware
3 88 (7.24%) Juniper
4 77 (6.33%) Microsoft
5 60 (4.93%) Fortinet
6 40 (3.29%) SAP
7 28 (2.30%) Red Hat
8 25 (2.06%) Splunk
9 18 (1.48%) Citrix
10 15 (1.23%) Forcepoint
11 13 (1.07%) SolarWinds
12 10 (0.82%) HP
12 10 (0.82%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.58%) EMC
13 7 (0.58%) F5
13 7 (0.58%) Google
13 7 (0.58%) McAfee
13 7 (0.58%) SevOne
14 6 (0.49%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.49%) Palo Alto