Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Project Delivery
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 35 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 17 10 21
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 4.96% 2.94% 5.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 3.41% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
10th Percentile £213 £351 £220
25th Percentile £213 £409 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £513 £565
Median % change year-on-year -40.20% -9.29% +18.95%
75th Percentile £423 £624 £647
90th Percentile £563 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £322 £531 £503
% change year-on-year -39.44% +5.72% +5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £23.18 -
Wales median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 269 293 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.43% 86.18% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 169 238
10th Percentile £205 £168 £166
25th Percentile £289 £213 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £504 £550 £588
90th Percentile £613 £689 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 38 23
10th Percentile £12.98 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.96 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +36.13%
75th Percentile £26.42 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in South Wales

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in South Wales

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 December 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 +8 13 £293 -52.45% 27
Newport +5 3 £544 - 24
Bridgend -1 1 £550 +69.23%
Project Delivery
Wales

Project Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.76%) GitHub
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JMeter
1 2 (11.76%) MSTest
1 2 (11.76%) Selenium
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Health
4 2 (11.76%) Welsh Language
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Project Officer
2 4 (23.53%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (23.53%) Support Officer
3 3 (17.65%) Principal Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Automation Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Automation Tester
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Tester
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) NHS
2 3 (17.65%) PMI
3 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) PRINCE2
5 4 (23.53%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 4 (23.53%) Resource Management
5 4 (23.53%) Time Management
6 3 (17.65%) Line Management
6 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
6 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Project Governance
7 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
7 2 (11.76%) Scrum
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
3 2 (11.76%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Google