Hybrid/Remote SC Cleared Java Developer Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 - 515
Rank change year-on-year - - +177
Permanent jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 4 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.025% - 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - £65,000
25th Percentile £62,500 - £80,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.92%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -18.18% +26.92%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,822 15,555 25,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.97% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,684 9,351 20,927
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.93% -5.60%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,338 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Java Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

SC Cleared Java Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, SC Cleared Java Developer 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 permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) LangChain
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Spring

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) LangChain
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform