SC Cleared Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Security Check Clearance Project Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Security Check Clearance Project Manager daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 36 53
Rank change year-on-year -23 +17 +25
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Project Manager 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.60% 1.81% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.87% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £491 £431 -
25th Percentile £534 £454 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £475 £365
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% +30.14% -28.43%
75th Percentile £610 £519 £398
90th Percentile - £544 -
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 633 267 519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 96.74% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 189 375
10th Percentile £304 £240 £252
25th Percentile £406 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% +1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
South East median daily rate £505 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +0.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 17 48
10th Percentile £15.25 - £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £17.64
Median hourly rate £19.34 £19.00 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -20.42% +49.22%
75th Percentile £36.00 £53.75 £29.06
90th Percentile £39.63 £67.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £38.63 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.11% +6.25% -11.11%

SC Cleared Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

SC Cleared Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Project Manager in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Project Manager in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Project Manager within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Milton Keynes -26 4 £588 +23.68% 1
SC Cleared Project Manager
South East

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 19 March 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring SC Cleared Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Information Management
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Validation

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Business Case
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Information Management
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft