Project Management Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Project Management
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 8 21 61
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.52% 16.54% 20.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 17.80% 22.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £480 £338 -
25th Percentile £513 £380 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £693 £495 -
90th Percentile £766 £522 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 25
10th Percentile - £40.00 £33.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £55.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +2.50% -8.40%
75th Percentile £48.75 £66.00 -
90th Percentile - - £66.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% +2.50% -8.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 235 118 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 73.90% 92.91% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 16 26
10th Percentile £365 £297 £234
25th Percentile £450 £312 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £388
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +22.58% -1.59%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £483
90th Percentile £758 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £506 £488
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 68 167
10th Percentile £41.25 £38.50 £39.31
25th Percentile £51.07 £60.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £66.75 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £82.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £89.75 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £26.28 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -60.19% +1.54% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Stevenage over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Stevenage

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (25.00%) Trello
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (12.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Asana
2 1 (12.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Integration Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Integration Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Change Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Cash Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Map
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) APMG
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) PTC
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow