Project Management Contracts in Watford

Project Management
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 9.09% 1.10% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 1.19% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £379 - -
25th Percentile £384 £629 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £658 £651
Median % change year-on-year -37.26% +1.00% +21.12%
75th Percentile £434 £686 £738
90th Percentile £436 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33 84 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 100.00% 92.31% 80.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 58 65
10th Percentile £267 £275 £186
25th Percentile £372 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.86% +0.96%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £738
90th Percentile - £716 £965
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £27.93 £13.12 £20.05
25th Percentile £28.52 £13.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £14.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.17% -34.09% -37.14%
75th Percentile £41.02 £15.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £45.55 £15.90 £34.64
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +24.00% -20.32% +25.50%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Watford

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Watford.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Watford

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Watford.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Watford

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Big Data
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft