Project Management Contracts in Hertfordshire

Project Management
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 4 15
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 27 117 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.46% 13.93% 10.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.54% 15.50% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 31
10th Percentile £350 £200 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £638
90th Percentile £805 £686 £738
East of England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +5.00% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 61 22
10th Percentile £40.00 - £49.00
25th Percentile £45.00 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.12 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +57.40% -37.76% -6.13%
75th Percentile £64.50 - £65.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £60.00 £65.98
East of England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £60.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -36.47% +140.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 283 755 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.71% 89.88% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 367
10th Percentile £384 £239 £239
25th Percentile £446 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £428 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.65% -14.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £760
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 316 154
10th Percentile £21.44 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £46.91 £40.00 £53.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.55
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +81.82% +41.94%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Hertfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Hertfordshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Hertfordshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Hertfordshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Hertfordshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Stevenage -8 16 £450 - 10
Hatfield 0 5 £638 +59.38% 3
Welwyn Garden City - 2 - - 3
Watford +8 1 £425 -26.09% 23
Rickmansworth - 1 - -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.70%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Primavera
2 1 (3.70%) SAP PS
2 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) DB2
2 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.70%) JMeter
1 1 (3.70%) MSI
1 1 (3.70%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Retail
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Electronics
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Architect
1 6 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 5 (18.52%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Systems Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Information Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Information Systems Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Project Controller
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Auditor
5 2 (7.41%) IT Auditor
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Auditor
5 2 (7.41%) Senior IT Auditor
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Communications Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) FMCG
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Culture of Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) IoT
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) PMI
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Agile
2 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 6 (22.22%) Critical Path Analysis
3 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 5 (18.52%) Change Control
4 5 (18.52%) Information Management
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
4 5 (18.52%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 4 (14.81%) Contingency Planning
5 4 (14.81%) Digital Transformation Strategy
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (14.81%) Validation
6 3 (11.11%) Business Case
6 3 (11.11%) Data Governance
7 2 (7.41%) Migration
7 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (7.41%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
1 13 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CCIE
4 1 (3.70%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) NIST
1 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.70%) GxP
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) Anaplan
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Tagetik
3 1 (3.70%) Workday