Project Manager Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Project Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Project Manager daily rate in South Wales is £306, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 29 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 19 13 33
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 5.37% 3.78% 9.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.76% 4.23% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 27
10th Percentile £214 £174 £220
25th Percentile £240 £271 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £355 £508
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% -30.05% +23.03%
75th Percentile £420 £480 £563
90th Percentile £466 £551 £623
Wales median daily rate £316 £360 £485
% change year-on-year -12.15% -25.77% +21.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year - -53.98% -
Wales median hourly rate - £26.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year - -53.98% -

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 330 307 343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 191 264
10th Percentile £192 £167 £156
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -5.88% -8.11%
75th Percentile £512 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £413 £406
% change year-on-year - +1.54% -11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £17.10
25th Percentile £16.78 £21.50 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -14.19% +57.39%
75th Percentile £22.00 £40.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £32.63 £49.13 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £29.83
% change year-on-year -19.92% -14.19% +91.17%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in South Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in South Wales over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in South Wales

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in South Wales

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 Project Manager within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 24 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 0 15 £299 -15.71% 16
Newport - 3 £425 - 6
Monmouthshire - 1 £163 -
Project Manager
Wales

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Project Management
2 9 (47.37%) Migration
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
3 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
4 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
5 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
6 4 (21.05%) Degree
6 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
6 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
6 4 (21.05%) Project Planning
6 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (15.79%) Business Case
7 3 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (15.79%) Line Management
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
7 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
8 2 (10.53%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (10.53%) Change Management
8 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
8 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (10.53%) ITIL
8 2 (10.53%) PMO
8 2 (10.53%) PMP
8 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) QA

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) CMS
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.26%) GCP
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Digital Health
5 2 (10.53%) Welsh Language
6 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) NHS
2 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (15.79%) PMI
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Project Management
2 9 (47.37%) Migration
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
3 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
4 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
5 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
6 4 (21.05%) Project Planning
6 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (15.79%) Business Case
7 3 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (15.79%) Line Management
7 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
7 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
8 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
8 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
1 4 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) SAP