Project Manager Contracts in Wales

Project Manager
UK > Wales

The median Project Manager daily rate in Wales is £514 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 28 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 22 37 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 6.01% 6.10% 9.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.75% 6.39% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 76
10th Percentile £409 £363 £266
25th Percentile £489 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £425 £456
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -6.85% -1.35%
75th Percentile £528 £550 £538
90th Percentile £540 £551 £595
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.03 - £29.00
Median hourly rate £11.64 - £30.00
75th Percentile £12.25 - £31.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -41.60% +19.05% +57.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 326 579 932
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.07% 95.39% 96.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 444 683
10th Percentile £170 £180 £185
25th Percentile £327 £325 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.13 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.52 £15.25 £11.97
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.14 £19.33
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -6.16% +8.90%
75th Percentile £42.34 £19.98 £26.19
90th Percentile £86.90 £47.25 £47.14
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Wales over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +13 17 £513 +20.59% 17
Dyfed - 1 £450 -
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Agile
2 13 (59.09%) Project Management
3 11 (50.00%) Scrum
3 11 (50.00%) Degree
4 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
5 9 (40.91%) SDLC
5 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
5 9 (40.91%) Atlassian
6 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (31.82%) Azure
7 7 (31.82%) Migration
8 6 (27.27%) PHP
8 6 (27.27%) JIRA
8 6 (27.27%) GitHub
8 6 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (27.27%) Containerisation
8 6 (27.27%) Argo
9 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
9 5 (22.73%) Project Governance
9 5 (22.73%) MySQL
10 4 (18.18%) Change Management
10 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
10 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (13.64%) iTrent
11 3 (13.64%) Kalman Filter
11 3 (13.64%) Finance
11 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
11 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) GitHub
2 6 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
1 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) MySQL
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) AIX
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Agile
2 13 (59.09%) Project Management
3 11 (50.00%) Scrum
4 9 (40.91%) SDLC
5 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (31.82%) Migration
7 6 (27.27%) Containerisation
8 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
8 5 (22.73%) Project Governance
9 4 (18.18%) Change Management
10 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (13.64%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (13.64%) Kanban
10 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
11 2 (9.09%) Analytics
11 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
11 2 (9.09%) Project Planning
11 2 (9.09%) Resource Management
11 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Atlassian
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) Progress
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (4.55%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Meraki
3 1 (4.55%) SAP