IT Project Manager Contracts in South Wales

IT Project Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in South Wales is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 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
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 40 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.40% 0.59% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £488 £500 -
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 229 311 389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 91.47% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 197 294
10th Percentile £190 £138 £165
25th Percentile £281 £199 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -13.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £483 £538 £600
90th Percentile £635 £600 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 46 23
10th Percentile £12.91 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.48 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -37.21% +30.73% +8.28%
75th Percentile £20.75 £48.75 £26.25
90th Percentile £23.02 £53.75 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £18.51 £25.36 £18.14
% change year-on-year -27.01% +39.80% +9.94%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in South Wales

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in South Wales

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +6 1 £488 -2.50% 1
IT Project Manager
Wales

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, IT 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 South Wales region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO