SC Cleared Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Check Clearance Software Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Security Check Clearance Software Engineer daily rate in Exeter is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 0.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £606 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £613 £500 -
% change year-on-year +22.50% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 130 58 157
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 100.00% 97.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 38 133
10th Percentile £210 £312 £158
25th Percentile £231 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £497 £584 £581
90th Percentile £638 £606 £660
Devon median daily rate £425 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.64%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -58.82% +100.00% -47.83%

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 2026, 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 Exeter region featuring SC Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
SC Cleared Software Engineer jobs