Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Project Delivery
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 30 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 14 5 15
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 5.60% 2.22% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.70% 2.73% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 13
10th Percentile - £527 £220
25th Percentile £213 £559 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £577 £600
Median % change year-on-year -49.25% -3.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile £336 £616 £650
90th Percentile £434 £684 -
South Wales median daily rate £306 £577 £565
% change year-on-year -46.92% +2.19% +18.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.22 - -
Median hourly rate £27.22 - -
75th Percentile £28.22 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £27.22 £23.18 -
% change year-on-year +17.43% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 183 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 83.60% 81.33% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 132 164
10th Percentile £213 £167 £176
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £421
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +0.89% -6.39%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £624
South Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £12.82 £21.62 £17.50
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.50 £18.81
Median hourly rate £16.22 £25.60 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.65% +5.57% +42.52%
75th Percentile £20.56 £27.50 £38.50
90th Percentile £22.99 £38.00 £48.13
South Wales median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £26.58
% change year-on-year -24.06% -4.94% +33.51%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Cardiff over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Cardiff

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Digital Health
3 2 (14.29%) Welsh Language
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Project Officer
2 4 (28.57%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (28.57%) Support Officer
3 3 (21.43%) Principal Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) NHS
2 3 (21.43%) PMI
3 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) Business Case
4 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Time Management
5 3 (21.43%) Line Management
5 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
6 2 (14.29%) Coaching
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 2 (14.29%) Requirements Management
6 2 (14.29%) Scrum
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
1 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
1 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Google