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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 4 20 30
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.82% 9.80% 11.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 13.25% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £530 £263 -
25th Percentile £575 £271 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £293 -
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% - -
75th Percentile £725 £316 -
90th Percentile £770 £324 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 22
10th Percentile - - £31.18
25th Percentile - £40.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -23.37%
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - £65.00 £65.90
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -23.08%

All Process and 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 194 151 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 88.18% 74.02% 92.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 22 51
10th Percentile £400 £264 £259
25th Percentile £500 £294 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £370 £500
Median % change year-on-year +48.65% -26.00% -12.09%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £552
90th Percentile £770 £598 £638
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +24.24% -22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 74 131
10th Percentile £41.25 £36.50 £42.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.88 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.56%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.44 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.83 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -28.33% -7.69% +8.33%

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 26 October 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) J2EE
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) LabWare
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) SAP