SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in South London

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
London > South London

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in South London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 38 31
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +19
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.31% 0.51% 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.55% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile £456 £446 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £473 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.56% +1.05%
75th Percentile £469 £499 £563
90th Percentile - - £585
London median daily rate £521 £550 £463
% change year-on-year -5.23% +18.92% -30.87%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 311 183 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 92.89% 97.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 126 156
10th Percentile £365 £225 £188
25th Percentile £456 £430 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £745 £638
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 20
10th Percentile £54.44 £22.49 £16.62
25th Percentile £54.55 £24.41 £20.25
Median hourly rate £67.70 £27.61 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.25% +17.47% +0.17%
75th Percentile £76.58 £30.80 £77.06
90th Percentile - £32.72 £83.75
London median hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year +6.43% +25.85% -20.54%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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 South London.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in South London

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

SC Cleared Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Java Developer within the South London region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Croydon -13 1 £463 -2.12% 1
SC Cleared Java Developer
London

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 South London region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes