Principal Project Manager Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Principal Project Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Principal Project Manager daily rate in South Wales is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.60% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £223 - -
25th Percentile £237 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - -
75th Percentile £283 - -
90th Percentile £296 - -
Wales median daily rate £260 - -

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 306 343 371
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.47% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 203 290
10th Percentile £190 £140 £153
25th Percentile £279 £209 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £584
90th Percentile £630 £649 £644
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 47 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.71 £20.12 £19.63
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +37.17%
75th Percentile £22.00 £48.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £52.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +60.00%

Principal 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 Principal Project Manager 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 £260 -
Principal Project Manager
Wales

Principal Project Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Principal Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Principal Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification

Principal Project Manager Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA