Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Project Manager
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Project Manager daily rate in Stevenage is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 24 43
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.23% 3.15% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.31% 3.23% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £504 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.53%
75th Percentile £625 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -16.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £62.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Stevenage with a recognized job title 348 124 313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.03% 97.64% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 20 40
10th Percentile £224 £312 £80
25th Percentile £406 £450 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £533 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +33.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £616 £525
90th Percentile £756 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £531 £430
% change year-on-year -1.18% +23.55% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 75 203
10th Percentile £28.37 £45.00 £39.55
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.73 £70.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -24.24% +5.60% -2.34%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Stevenage.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Stevenage

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Stevenage over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Stevenage

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Stevenage.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Stevenage

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stevenage region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 7 (46.67%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Line Management
4 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (13.33%) Asana
5 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
5 2 (13.33%) CRM
5 2 (13.33%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) ERP
5 2 (13.33%) Freshdesk
5 2 (13.33%) IT Governance
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (13.33%) PMP
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) Salesforce

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (13.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Asana
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) LIMS
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 7 (46.67%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Line Management
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
5 2 (13.33%) CRM
5 2 (13.33%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) ERP
5 2 (13.33%) IT Governance
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.67%) ETL
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Freshdesk
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow