SC Cleared Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Check Clearance Project Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Security Check Clearance Project Manager daily rate in Bristol is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 53 75
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +16
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Project Manager 4 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.41% 1.34% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.38% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £573 -
25th Percentile £413 £638 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £760 £525
Median % change year-on-year -44.08% +44.76% -
75th Percentile £438 £868 £538
90th Percentile - £923 -
South West median daily rate £425 £555 £500
% change year-on-year -23.42% +11.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £69.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £69.00 - £60.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 915 581 989
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 97.16% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 318 586
10th Percentile £269 £182 £270
25th Percentile £400 £331 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 67 160
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £59.63 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.75 £73.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.52
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

SC Cleared Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancy trend in Bristol

SC Cleared Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in Bristol

SC Cleared Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in Bristol

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, SC Cleared Project Manager 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 Bristol region featuring SC Cleared Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Asana
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (50.00%) Operations Management
3 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Asana
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (50.00%) PMP
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow