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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 31 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 -26 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Management 8 10 67
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.34% 5.24% 15.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 5.75% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £404 £370 -
25th Percentile - £400 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £265
Median % change year-on-year - +69.81% -
75th Percentile £525 £625 £273
90th Percentile £625 £730 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -24.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 59
10th Percentile - £35.00 -
25th Percentile £28.37 £40.63 -
Median hourly rate £30.58 £50.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -38.84% +31.16% -22.20%
75th Percentile £32.79 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - £58.00 £60.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £24.96 £50.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -50.09% +31.16% -22.20%

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 267 174 362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 78.07% 91.10% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 49 36
10th Percentile £350 £348 £80
25th Percentile £425 £500 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% -13.98%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £725 £684 £625
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £527 £405
% change year-on-year -3.13% +30.00% -22.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 85 261
10th Percentile £22.68 £36.19 £38.12
25th Percentile £40.00 £44.94 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £81.22 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £61.76 £54.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.83% +8.50% -23.08%

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 29 July 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 1 (12.50%) Oracle Smart View
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 1 (12.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Structured Cabling
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (62.50%) Data Centre Manager
2 5 (62.50%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 5 (62.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technical 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%) QA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Flash
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Change Management
2 5 (62.50%) Line Management
2 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
2 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cash Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Escalation Management
3 1 (12.50%) Order to Cash
3 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Record to Report
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle