PMI Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Project Management Institute (PMI)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing PMI 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.43% 0.40% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 1.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £720 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.33% - -
South Wales median daily rate £214 £720 -
% change year-on-year -70.33% - -

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 93 92 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 39.57% 36.95% 36.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 64 63
10th Percentile £192 £137 £183
25th Percentile £264 £207 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +13.33% -14.77%
75th Percentile £438 £556 £544
90th Percentile £521 £629 £678
South Wales median daily rate £318 £425 £351
% change year-on-year -25.29% +21.26% -26.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile - £22.20 -
25th Percentile - £24.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.60 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.91% +28.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile - £26.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £15.82 £27.50 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

PMI job vacancy trend in Cardiff

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing PMI

PMI
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Health
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA