IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

IT Project Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Cardiff is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
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 - £413
% change year-on-year - - -1.49%

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 235 214 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 92.24% 97.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 156 183
10th Percentile £203 £161 £167
25th Percentile £290 £212 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +0.59% -6.11%
75th Percentile £497 £575 £538
90th Percentile £613 £638 £624
South Wales median daily rate £405 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -1.82% -2.94% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.38 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.52 £21.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.73 £25.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.65% +13.78% +25.00%
75th Percentile £20.56 £27.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £22.99 £30.13 £44.75
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +44.44%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Cardiff

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Cardiff

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, IT 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 Cardiff region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
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%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
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%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

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