SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Manchester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.16% - 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £495
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.00%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £550
North West median daily rate £500 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -16.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,177 980 1,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.87% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 622 1,087
10th Percentile £313 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 31 81
10th Percentile £18.26 £15.90 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +44.44% -46.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 £33.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.12 £26.66
% change year-on-year +44.05% +9.21% -0.04%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 February 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 Manchester region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) JAX-RS
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Mockito
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Mockito
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (50.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Web Design
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft