Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Project Manager
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Project Manager daily rate in Stevenage is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 16 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 5.35% 2.96% 3.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.65% 3.03% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £516 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £738 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 8
10th Percentile - - £58.50
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £61.35
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 283 132 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 97.78% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 23 36
10th Percentile £176 £293 £254
25th Percentile £400 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £423
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +12.43% +1.81%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £500
90th Percentile £691 £623 £609
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 70 143
10th Percentile £43.00 £35.00 £39.07
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £88.25 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% +1.54% -

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 6 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) RBAC
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
4 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (18.75%) PingFederate
4 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 2 (12.50%) Asana
5 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) Freshdesk
5 2 (12.50%) IT Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Logistics
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (12.50%) PMP
5 2 (12.50%) 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Asana
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) LIMS
3 1 (6.25%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) RBAC
3 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) IT Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Logistics
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (6.25%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
4 2 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) PMO
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (18.75%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Freshdesk
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow