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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 34 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -20 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 7 39
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.92% 3.32% 11.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 3.74% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £381 £395 £263
25th Percentile - £463 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £293
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +96.58% -
75th Percentile £600 £688 £316
90th Percentile - £755 £324
Hertfordshire median daily rate £505 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +18.82% -5.56% -22.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 30
10th Percentile - £33.13 -
25th Percentile - £35.94 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.25 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +8.21% -22.20%
75th Percentile - £45.94 £40.00
90th Percentile - £48.38 £60.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £39.67 £41.25 £38.12
% change year-on-year -3.84% +8.21% -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 292 187 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 80.22% 88.63% 83.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 50 25
10th Percentile £337 £336 £260
25th Percentile £425 £500 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £365
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +50.68% -21.51%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £649 £704 £590
Hertfordshire median daily rate £513 £528 £400
% change year-on-year -2.94% +32.00% -26.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 92 173
10th Percentile £40.00 £36.91 £38.12
25th Percentile £57.63 £42.56 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £74.08 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +42.22% -10.00% -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 9 September 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Project Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Escalation Management
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) NetApp
1 2 (28.57%) Remedy
1 2 (28.57%) Veeam
1 2 (28.57%) VMware