Project Manager Contracts in Cardiff

Project Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Project Manager daily rate in Cardiff is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 10 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 +14 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 9 27 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.63% 12.74% 6.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.84% 13.71% 6.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 22
10th Percentile £250 £259 £225
25th Percentile £355 £489 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £413
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +24.24% -10.81%
75th Percentile £488 £526 £447
90th Percentile £543 £586 £548
South Wales median daily rate £425 £510 £400
% change year-on-year -16.67% +27.50% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.64 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £11.64 -

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 154 197 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.92% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 160 259
10th Percentile £184 £199 £185
25th Percentile £257 £377 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £492 £550 £550
90th Percentile £619 £620 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.79 £11.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £20.51 £13.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -21.75% -7.99%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.00 £22.34
90th Percentile £38.75 £39.45 £24.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills

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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall