Project Manager Contracts in Hertfordshire

Project Manager
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Hertfordshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 46 18
Rank change year-on-year +16 -28 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 29 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.67% 3.48% 9.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.05% 3.87% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 39
10th Percentile £400 £409 £400
25th Percentile £454 £444 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -21.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £650 £544 £719
90th Percentile £660 £588 £805
East of England median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 20
10th Percentile - - £52.87
25th Percentile - - £60.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile - - £65.19
90th Percentile - - £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 £39.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +51.90% -39.23% +74.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Hertfordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Hertfordshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Hertfordshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Hertfordshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hatfield +6 6 £525 +5.00% 1
Stevenage +24 4 - - 7
Watford +6 1 £425 -20.00% 9
St Albans - 1 £475 - 5
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (26.67%) Electronics
4 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
4 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Earned Value Management
4 4 (26.67%) Compliance Management
5 3 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (13.33%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
6 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
6 2 (13.33%) ETL
6 2 (13.33%) PMI
6 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
6 2 (13.33%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
7 1 (6.67%) FMCG
7 1 (6.67%) Financial Modelling
7 1 (6.67%) Data Architecture
7 1 (6.67%) Azure
7 1 (6.67%) SaaS
7 1 (6.67%) Retail
7 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (6.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Big Data
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Electronics
3 3 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) PMI
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Compliance Management
4 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
4 4 (26.67%) Earned Value Management
4 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
5 2 (13.33%) ERP
5 2 (13.33%) ETL
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.67%) CRM
6 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) Matrix Management
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Anaplan
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) SAP
1 1 (6.67%) Tagetik
1 1 (6.67%) VMware