Financial Services Project Manager Contracts in Cardiff

Project Manager - Financial Services
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Project Manager - Financial Services daily rate in Cardiff is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Project Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 167 217 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.09% 93.13% 96.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 180 175
10th Percentile £188 £140 £184
25th Percentile £300 £261 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +5.41% -2.63%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £575
90th Percentile £632 £600 £629
South Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 10
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.53 £15.70
25th Percentile £12.65 £12.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £19.03
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% -2.42% +0.16%
75th Percentile £21.13 £21.67 £23.75
90th Percentile £23.75 - £25.10
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £21.49 £18.14
% change year-on-year -4.58% +18.44% +0.78%

Financial Services Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Services Project Manager in Cardiff

Financial Services Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Services Project Manager in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Financial Services Project Manager in Cardiff

Financial Services Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 28 June 2025, Financial Services 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 Cardiff region featuring Financial Services Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case

Financial Services 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO