SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
South London > Croydon

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Croydon is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.54% 0.98% 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.98% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile £456 £446 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £473 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.56% +1.05%
75th Percentile £469 £499 £563
90th Percentile - - £585
South London median daily rate £463 £473 £480
% change year-on-year -2.12% -1.56% +1.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 178 102 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 100.00% 98.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 79 82
10th Percentile £452 £380 £360
25th Percentile £492 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £584
90th Percentile £630 £680 £630
South London median daily rate £511 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.62% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £30.23
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £27.61 £23.50
% change year-on-year +145.25% +17.47% +0.17%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Java Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Croydon

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Croydon

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, SC Cleared Java Developer 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 Croydon region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes