SC Cleared Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Security Check Clearance Software Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Security Check Clearance Software Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £698, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Software Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.56% - 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £674 - £624
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £698 - £648
75th Percentile £721 - £671
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £698 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +21.30% +4.55% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 165 78 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.70% 64.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 52 60
10th Percentile £320 £403 £370
25th Percentile £418 £446 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £589
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -8.75% +17.81%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £667
90th Percentile £688 £725 £668
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £540 £540
% change year-on-year -1.76% -0.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile £24.95 £77.63 £20.70
25th Percentile £34.63 £77.81 £25.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +80.56% +16.13%
75th Percentile £45.56 £85.31 £63.13
90th Percentile £55.58 £85.88 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -28.57% -41.12% +37.94%

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Farnborough region featuring SC Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) TDD

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian