SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Guildford is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £513 £638 -
% change year-on-year -19.61% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 51 34 65
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 56
10th Percentile £214 £244 £275
25th Percentile £323 £291 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -12.20% +0.49%
75th Percentile £491 £581 £609
90th Percentile £519 £590 £813
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 2
10th Percentile £55.00 £23.00 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% +60.00% -
75th Percentile £69.69 - £18.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £30.30 -
Surrey median hourly rate £67.50 £27.50 £18.35
% change year-on-year +145.45% +49.86% -59.22%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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 Guildford.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Guildford

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

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

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 28 March 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 Guildford region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) Argo
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 3 (100.00%) Quarkus
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Review

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 3 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) Quarkus
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Argo
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat