Principal Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Principal Project Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Principal Project Manager daily rate in Cardiff is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
6 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £223 - -
25th Percentile £237 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - -
75th Percentile £283 - -
90th Percentile £296 - -
South Wales median daily rate £260 - -

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 223 231 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 92.77% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 169 172
10th Percentile £213 £135 £163
25th Percentile £290 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £421
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +3.86% -6.39%
75th Percentile £491 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 8
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.75
Median hourly rate £16.08 £24.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +12.94% +18.06%
75th Percentile £19.70 £26.28 £26.13
90th Percentile £21.50 £27.20 £31.30
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +37.17%

Principal Project Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Principal 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 Principal Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification

Principal 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA