Project Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Project Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Project Manager salary in Cardiff is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 47 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 18 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.72% 3.45% 3.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 3.79% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 20
10th Percentile £25,808 £42,625 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £55,000 £42,671
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +28.89% -10.17%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,987 £62,125
90th Percentile £53,500 £62,500 £62,750
South Wales median annual salary £40,553 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -26.27% +29.41% -10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 620 528 832
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 91.19% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 539 404 621
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £39,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,619 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -3.58% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,383 £67,178 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,496 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.09% -9.01% +11.11%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cardiff over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Project Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Project Management
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Marketing
5 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 4 (22.22%) Performance Improvement
5 4 (22.22%) Aviation
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 4 (22.22%) Change Management
5 4 (22.22%) NEC
5 4 (22.22%) Law
5 4 (22.22%) Legal
5 4 (22.22%) Advertising
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Salesforce
7 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 2 (11.11%) Local Government
7 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
7 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.11%) User Experience
7 2 (11.11%) UX Design
7 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) GIS
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Marketing
4 4 (22.22%) Advertising
4 4 (22.22%) Aviation
4 4 (22.22%) Law
4 4 (22.22%) Legal
4 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.11%) Local Government
6 1 (5.56%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.56%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) Change Management
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Performance Improvement
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (11.11%) User Experience
3 2 (11.11%) UX Design
3 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) ERP
4 1 (5.56%) SEO
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) PMBOK
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) NEC
2 3 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Sitecore