SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.76% - 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £501
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.49%
75th Percentile - - £501
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 - £501
% change year-on-year - - -21.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 507 207 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.94% 96.73% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 156 91
10th Percentile £313 £244 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -7.25% -11.50%
75th Percentile £563 £570 £595
90th Percentile £638 £625 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £463 £488
% change year-on-year -2.70% -5.13% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 4 20
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.32 £12.26
25th Percentile £59.19 £18.67 £17.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £33.74 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.68% -28.98% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £49.56 £50.00
90th Percentile - £51.03 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
% change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

SC Cleared Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (75.00%) Argo
2 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
2 3 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Quarkus
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) SonarQube
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Review
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Unix

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (75.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (75.00%) Quarkus
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Review
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Argo
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat