SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
South East > Surrey

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Surrey 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 52 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.63% 0.68% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 £619 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £638 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% - -
75th Percentile £519 £656 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £438 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -31.25% +2.00% +19.05%
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 - - -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 435 280 536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.92% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 183 397
10th Percentile £204 £182 £200
25th Percentile £400 £260 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £595
90th Percentile £688 £659 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 25 52
10th Percentile £39.76 £20.68 £12.29
25th Percentile £60.00 £24.18 £13.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £27.50 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +145.45% +49.86% -59.22%
75th Percentile £85.40 £43.39 £58.00
90th Percentile £89.15 £62.50 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Surrey

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

SC Cleared Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Surrey

SC Cleared Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
Guildford - 3 £513 - 3
SC Cleared Java Developer
South East

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

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 Surrey 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 Surrey 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