SC Cleared Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Security Check Clearance Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Check Clearance Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £425, 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 130 98 142
Rank change year-on-year -32 +44 +1
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Project Manager 17 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.62% 0.33% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.35% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 2
10th Percentile £301 £431 £346
25th Percentile £375 £454 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +13.10% -18.84%
75th Percentile £584 £519 £465
90th Percentile £603 £544 £479
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £80.00 - £60.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,487 1,430 2,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 93.65% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,625 886 1,533
10th Percentile £284 £266 £213
25th Percentile £401 £409 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £630 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £674
South East median daily rate £505 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +0.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 52 190
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.50 £15.85
25th Percentile £20.65 £23.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £59.50 £50.25 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% +16.18% +29.10%
75th Percentile £85.50 £64.95 £62.47
90th Percentile £95.00 £74.95 £72.33
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 the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Project Manager in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Project Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

SC Cleared Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire - 13 £375 -
Buckinghamshire -23 4 £588 +23.68% 1
SC Cleared Project Manager
South East

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring SC Cleared Project Manager in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (82.35%) Project Management
3 8 (47.06%) Degree
3 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (41.18%) PMP
5 6 (35.29%) Agile
5 6 (35.29%) ITIL
5 6 (35.29%) Migration
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (23.53%) Budget Management
7 4 (23.53%) Change Management
7 4 (23.53%) ITSM
7 4 (23.53%) MAPM
7 4 (23.53%) MPLS
7 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
7 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 4 (23.53%) Service Management
8 3 (17.65%) BGP
8 3 (17.65%) Business Case
8 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
8 3 (17.65%) Firewall
8 3 (17.65%) LAN
8 3 (17.65%) OSPF
8 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
8 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
8 3 (17.65%) VPN

SC Cleared Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) MPLS
2 3 (17.65%) BGP
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) OSPF
2 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
2 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.88%) NAS
4 1 (5.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) PMI
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
3 2 (11.76%) Handset
3 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Project Management
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) ITIL
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Budget Management
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) ITSM
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
6 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
6 2 (11.76%) Critical Path Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Network Planning
6 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
6 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) Degree
3 7 (41.18%) PMP
4 4 (23.53%) MAPM
4 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
5 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow