Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Project Planning
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 42 70
Rank change year-on-year -16 +28 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 9 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.18% 1.08% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.26% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £397 - £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £598
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.22%
75th Percentile £525 - £609
90th Percentile £548 - -
East of England median daily rate £438 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £45.20
25th Percentile - £67.50 £45.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year - +48.94% -4.08%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £54.00
90th Percentile - - £57.60
East of England median hourly rate £16.84 £70.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -75.94% +48.94% -4.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Project Planning 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 614 317 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.26% 85.44% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 152 317
10th Percentile £263 £306 £268
25th Percentile £413 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +19.72% -18.18%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £686 £725
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 89 242
10th Percentile £16.47 £20.03 £38.12
25th Percentile £18.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £76.25 £69.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.80 £55.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -60.36% +44.28% +15.52%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Hertfordshire

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Project Planning

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hatfield - 5 £388 -
Stevenage -17 3 £525 - 1
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (11.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (55.56%) Data Centre Manager
2 5 (55.56%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Data Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) PMO Manager
5 1 (11.11%) PMO Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
5 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior SAP Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Manager
5 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Risk Management
2 7 (77.78%) Project Management
3 6 (66.67%) Change Management
3 6 (66.67%) Line Management
3 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) ERP
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Business Transformation
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
6 1 (11.11%) Dependency Management
6 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) ITSM
6 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ITGC
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Computacenter
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Workday