P3O Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring P3O skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing P3O 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £336 - -
Wales median daily rate £336 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South Wales

P3O falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 65 64 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 19.17% 17.16% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 32
10th Percentile £201 £161 £180
25th Percentile £269 £210 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +5.41% -11.48%
75th Percentile £511 £544 £575
90th Percentile £621 £550 £648
Wales median daily rate £413 £438 £338
% change year-on-year -5.71% +29.63% -32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 6
10th Percentile - £15.16 £12.96
25th Percentile - £21.50 £15.51
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.36 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -48.42% +6.04% +18.16%
75th Percentile £65.15 £26.50 £26.88
90th Percentile £83.75 £48.75 £34.87
Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £27.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -51.56% +12.90% -4.34%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3O relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

P3O job vacancy trend in South Wales

P3O
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing P3O.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing P3O

P3O
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 P3O within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 November 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 - 1 £336 -
P3O
Wales

P3O
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP