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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 390 542
Rank change year-on-year +221 +152 -179
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 1,717 929 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.77% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.34% 2.63% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 666 542
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,250 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -0.45% -3.48%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £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 27,082 35,345 40,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.87% 32.78% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 17,298 15,550 18,958
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,501 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,646 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +4.81% -
75th Percentile £70,969 £77,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 16 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 16 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 +204 1,656 £55,000 - 356
UK excluding London +154 1,402 £55,000 - 294
South West +53 687 £57,500 -4.17% 129
South East +101 538 £55,000 +11.11% 86
Work from Home +233 530 £57,500 +3.60% 132
London +195 272 £65,000 +13.54% 55
North of England +73 73 £55,000 -20.00% 19
North West +39 66 £55,000 -20.00% 11
East of England +33 34 £57,500 +15.00% 25
Midlands -1 34 £43,227 -9.00% 28
Scotland -20 33 £27,400 - 6
West Midlands +24 21 £43,227 -8.49% 21
East Midlands -15 13 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North East -1 5 £50,000 +12.34% 2
Wales - 3 - - 3
Yorkshire +83 2 - - 6

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 55 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.91%) Apache
3 46 (2.68%) Apache Spark
4 33 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.46%) IIS
6 24 (1.40%) Jupyter
7 19 (1.11%) nginx
8 13 (0.76%) CMS
9 11 (0.64%) Confluence
10 5 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.17%) Documentum
12 2 (0.12%) MS Project Server
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.058%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 60 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.28%) Simulink
3 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.23%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.17%) 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
1 283 (16.48%) AWS
2 279 (16.25%) Azure
3 100 (5.82%) OpenShift
4 69 (4.02%) GCP
5 62 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 46 (2.68%) SaaS
8 34 (1.98%) Serverless
9 31 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (1.51%) Entra ID
11 25 (1.46%) PaaS
12 24 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (1.34%) IaaS
13 23 (1.34%) OCI
14 20 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (1.05%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.05%) MinIO
16 14 (0.82%) Azure Storage
17 9 (0.52%) Power Platform
18 7 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 180 (10.48%) Firewall
2 129 (7.51%) DNS
3 115 (6.70%) DHCP
4 110 (6.41%) LAN
5 109 (6.35%) WAN
6 86 (5.01%) TCP/IP
7 61 (3.55%) HTTP
8 59 (3.44%) Network Security
9 40 (2.33%) SAN
10 35 (2.04%) VPN
11 34 (1.98%) Internet
12 29 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
13 24 (1.40%) AMQP
14 23 (1.34%) Wireless
15 22 (1.28%) NAS
16 17 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
17 16 (0.93%) SNMP
18 12 (0.70%) Skype
19 10 (0.58%) BGP
20 9 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (4.60%) Big Data
2 52 (3.03%) Hadoop
3 35 (2.04%) MongoDB
4 23 (1.34%) Cloudera CDH
5 21 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.05%) Presto
7 13 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.52%) Power BI
9 8 (0.47%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.23%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.23%) Looker
12 4 (0.23%) Metadata
12 4 (0.23%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.23%) SQLite
12 4 (0.23%) Tableau
13 3 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 53 (3.09%) JIRA
2 40 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.63%) Selenium
4 21 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 19 (1.11%) Git
6 12 (0.70%) MSI
7 10 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
8 9 (0.52%) TestRail
9 7 (0.41%) GitLab
9 7 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.29%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.23%) AdminStudio
12 4 (0.23%) InstallShield
13 3 (0.17%) JMeter
13 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.058%) GCC
14 1 (0.058%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 323 (18.81%) Social Skills
2 206 (12.00%) Aerospace
3 189 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 178 (10.37%) Finance
5 135 (7.86%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.18%) Military
7 85 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
8 59 (3.44%) Retail
9 55 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (2.04%) Police
11 34 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 29 (1.69%) Electronics
14 16 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.87%) Back Office
16 13 (0.76%) Manufacturing
17 12 (0.70%) Games
18 11 (0.64%) Law
19 9 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
20 7 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 274 (15.96%) Senior
2 190 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 184 (10.72%) Architect
4 123 (7.16%) Software Engineer
5 122 (7.11%) Consultant
5 122 (7.11%) Network Engineer
6 114 (6.64%) Analyst
7 93 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
8 91 (5.30%) Lead
9 81 (4.72%) Administrator
10 64 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
11 60 (3.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 60 (3.49%) Senior Network Engineer
12 59 (3.44%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 59 (3.44%) Wintel Engineer
13 58 (3.38%) Senior Wintel Engineer
14 57 (3.32%) Security Consultant
15 51 (2.97%) Project Manager
16 50 (2.91%) Support Engineer
17 49 (2.85%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.43%) HTML
2 46 (2.68%) React
3 43 (2.50%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (2.39%) Elastic Stack
4 41 (2.39%) Node.js
5 32 (1.86%) Spring
5 32 (1.86%) Spring Boot
6 31 (1.81%) REST
7 29 (1.69%) OpenID
7 29 (1.69%) SAML
8 28 (1.63%) AngularJS
9 26 (1.51%) Apache NiFi
10 23 (1.34%) gRPC
10 23 (1.34%) Material-UI
10 23 (1.34%) OpenAPI
10 23 (1.34%) Swagger
11 18 (1.05%) .NET
11 18 (1.05%) ActiveMQ
11 18 (1.05%) YAML
12 16 (0.93%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.36%) Cyberattack
2 90 (5.24%) PKI
3 78 (4.54%) Cloud Native
4 57 (3.32%) Algorithms
5 51 (2.97%) Data Centre
6 48 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 47 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
8 44 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (2.10%) Cyber Defence
10 35 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 30 (1.75%) Driving Licence
11 30 (1.75%) Fat Client
11 30 (1.75%) Thin Client
12 29 (1.69%) CMDB
12 29 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (1.63%) Management Information System
14 25 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 21 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
16 18 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
16 18 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 502 (29.24%) Windows
2 460 (26.79%) Linux
3 245 (14.27%) Windows Server
4 114 (6.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 100 (5.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 95 (5.53%) CentOS
7 79 (4.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 76 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 75 (4.37%) Windows 10
10 68 (3.96%) Ubuntu
11 36 (2.10%) Windows 7
12 31 (1.81%) VMS
13 24 (1.40%) Debian
14 17 (0.99%) Unix
15 15 (0.87%) Windows NT
16 12 (0.70%) Windows XP
17 8 (0.47%) CoreOS
17 8 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
18 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
19 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (31.51%) Agile
2 297 (17.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 296 (17.24%) Actionable Insight
4 222 (12.93%) DevOps
5 202 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (11.59%) ITIL
7 182 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
8 177 (10.31%) Software Engineering
9 164 (9.55%) Collaborative Working
10 149 (8.68%) Mentoring
10 149 (8.68%) Scrum
11 124 (7.22%) Customer Service
12 121 (7.05%) Infrastructure as Code
13 112 (6.52%) Analytics
14 110 (6.41%) Incident Management
15 105 (6.12%) CI/CD
16 103 (6.00%) Coaching
17 101 (5.88%) SIEM
18 90 (5.24%) Service Management
19 85 (4.95%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 326 (18.99%) Python
2 262 (15.26%) PowerShell
3 176 (10.25%) Java
4 126 (7.34%) Bash
5 120 (6.99%) SQL
6 117 (6.81%) JavaScript
7 47 (2.74%) C#
8 44 (2.56%) C++
9 41 (2.39%) C
10 32 (1.86%) Shell Script
11 28 (1.63%) MATLAB
12 25 (1.46%) VB
13 22 (1.28%) VBScript
14 16 (0.93%) R
15 14 (0.82%) Bicep
16 11 (0.64%) Perl
17 9 (0.52%) Rust
18 8 (0.47%) TypeScript
19 7 (0.41%) Go
19 7 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,717 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 663 (38.61%) SC Cleared
3 200 (11.65%) Degree
4 70 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (3.15%) CCNA
6 46 (2.68%) CCNP
7 40 (2.33%) CISSP
8 38 (2.21%) AWS Certification
9 37 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 30 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (1.69%) NVQ Level 3
12 25 (1.46%) CISM
13 23 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (1.16%) A+ Certification
14 20 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
15 18 (1.05%) HND
16 17 (0.99%) Master's Degree
17 15 (0.87%) PhD
18 14 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 13 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.15%) NIST
2 50 (2.91%) QA
3 29 (1.69%) SLA
4 21 (1.22%) NIST 800
5 20 (1.16%) NCSC
6 19 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.05%) JSP 440
7 18 (1.05%) PMO
8 14 (0.82%) RMADS
9 12 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.52%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.35%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.17%) HMG Infosec
14 3 (0.17%) MISRA
14 3 (0.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 312 (18.17%) Active Directory
2 205 (11.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 152 (8.85%) Docker
4 123 (7.16%) Hyper-V
5 59 (3.44%) vSphere
6 41 (2.39%) Firmware
7 29 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (1.34%) VMware NSX
9 15 (0.87%) KVM
10 14 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
11 12 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (0.52%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
13 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.12%) Lustre
15 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 258 (15.03%) Ansible
2 222 (12.93%) Kubernetes
3 198 (11.53%) Terraform
4 145 (8.44%) SCCM
5 108 (6.29%) Puppet
6 72 (4.19%) WSUS
7 70 (4.08%) SCOM
8 34 (1.98%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
11 18 (1.05%) Grafana
11 18 (1.05%) HAProxy
11 18 (1.05%) Prometheus
12 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
13 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 15 (0.87%) NetBackup
13 15 (0.87%) Sysprep
14 14 (0.82%) Progress Chef
15 12 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 363 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 262 (15.26%) VMware
3 183 (10.66%) Cisco
4 149 (8.68%) Red Hat
5 61 (3.55%) Oracle
6 59 (3.44%) Juniper
7 47 (2.74%) HP
8 36 (2.10%) ServiceNow
9 34 (1.98%) Google
10 31 (1.81%) SolarWinds
11 29 (1.69%) Dynatrace
12 27 (1.57%) SaltStack
13 25 (1.46%) Tripwire
14 23 (1.34%) Tanium
15 19 (1.11%) Dell
16 18 (1.05%) Citrix
16 18 (1.05%) EMC
17 17 (0.99%) Palo Alto
17 17 (0.99%) Veeam
18 14 (0.82%) Splunk