SC Cleared Java Developer Job Trends in London

Security Check Clearance Java Developer
England > London

The median Security Check Clearance Java Developer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 April 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 392 471
Rank change year-on-year +6 +79 +169
Permanent jobs requiring a SC Cleared Java Developer 16 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.084% 0.031% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.034% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 19
10th Percentile £68,500 - £72,500
25th Percentile - £66,250 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -18.18% +26.92%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £74,250 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -18.18% +26.92%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

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

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 17,422 11,721 21,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.62% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,697 7,554 16,607
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £99,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -9.29%

SC Cleared Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancy trend in London

SC Cleared Java Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Java Developer job vacancies in London

SC Cleared Java Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Java Developer in London over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared Java Developer in London

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 April 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 job ads across the London region featuring SC Cleared Java Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 2 (12.50%) DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Docker
3 2 (12.50%) GitLab
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (12.50%) Microservices
3 2 (12.50%) React
3 2 (12.50%) Spring
3 2 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 2 (12.50%) Terraform
4 1 (6.25%) AI
4 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 1 (6.25%) Ansible
4 1 (6.25%) Azure
4 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) CSS
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps

SC Cleared Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) GitLab
1 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) React
1 2 (12.50%) Spring
1 2 (12.50%) Spring Boot
2 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) LangChain
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 2 (12.50%) DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (12.50%) Microservices
4 1 (6.25%) AI
4 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps
4 1 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible