PMI Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing PMI 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.30% 0.27% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £720 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.33% - -
Wales median daily rate £214 £720 -
% change year-on-year -70.33% - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 120 126 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 36.25% 33.60% 37.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 79 107
10th Percentile £185 £144 £163
25th Percentile £243 £210 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £425 £351
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +21.26% -26.21%
75th Percentile £438 £576 £588
90th Percentile £526 £700 £675
Wales median daily rate £308 £325 £340
% change year-on-year -5.38% -4.41% -24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.60 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £26.42 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £63.00 £51.13 £55.50
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

PMI job vacancy trend in South Wales

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMI

PMI
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 PMI within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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 -2 1 £214 -70.33%
PMI
Wales

PMI
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%) Digital Health
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA