SC Cleared Java Developer Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer daily rate in Tyne and Wear 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 52 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.70% - 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% - 0.48%
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 - - -
North East 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 - - -
North East median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 545 227 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.61% 95.38% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 170 98
10th Percentile £306 £225 £314
25th Percentile £400 £361 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -5.13% -11.36%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £589
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North East median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 10 38
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £55.44 £12.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.54 £48.75
90th Percentile - £49.08 £50.00
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
% change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -65.67%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

SC Cleared Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

SC Cleared Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

SC Cleared Java Developer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 4 £400 - 1
SC Cleared Java Developer
North East

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

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 Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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