SC Cleared Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Check Clearance Software Engineer
London > Central London

The median Security Check Clearance Software Engineer daily rate in Central London is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - +55
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Software Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.051% - 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% - 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £625
25th Percentile £363 - £647
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £695
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.27%
75th Percentile £388 - £741
90th Percentile - - £764
London median daily rate £638 £550 £593
% change year-on-year +15.91% -7.17% -0.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,841 2,185 2,734
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.06% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,283 1,361 1,933
10th Percentile £325 £363 £344
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £670 £675 £688
90th Percentile £759 £775 £808
London median daily rate £538 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.25% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 23 19
10th Percentile £18.22 £21.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £33.13 £20.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -2.78% -15.29%
75th Percentile £41.75 £85.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £58.15 £132.40 £69.75
London median hourly rate £26.57 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -29.15% - +7.14%

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Central London

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Software Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 1 £375 - 3
SC Cleared Software Engineer
London

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, SC Cleared Software Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Central London region featuring SC Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform