The median contractor rate for a Project Manager was £425 per day in advertised job vacancies in Cardiff during the 6 months to 15 August 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
192
650
752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.75%
97.01%
97.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
129
488
571
Median daily rate
£400
£413
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03%
+3.13%
+10.34%
10th Percentile
£163
£208
£275
90th Percentile
£575
£619
£538
South Wales median daily rate
£431
£425
£401
% change year-on-year
+1.47%
+6.12%
+6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted
9
21
23
Median hourly rate
£19.00
£17.50
£12.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57%
+40.00%
-17.33%
10th Percentile
£12.63
£12.50
£10.75
90th Percentile
£36.75
£43.75
£30.00
Median hourly rate
£17.00
£17.50
£12.88
% change year-on-year
-2.86%
+35.92%
-39.77%
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.
Project Manager Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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.
Project Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 15 August 2020, Project Manager contract jobs required the following IT skills 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.
Project Manager Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in Cardiff by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
