Project Planning Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Project Planning
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 32 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.85% 1.15% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.28% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £325
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -40.91%
75th Percentile £625 £450 £419
90th Percentile - £465 £468
Wales median daily rate £600 £425 £325
% change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -40.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Project Planning 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 354 235 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 75.48% 90.38% 77.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 161 191
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £285 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £590 £488 £552
90th Percentile £775 £625 £625
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 37
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £13.32
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.23 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.75 £16.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.94% -28.89% +15.44%
75th Percentile £46.85 £23.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £43.32 £85.40
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.47
% change year-on-year +4.71% +2.64% +5.03%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in South Wales

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Project Planning
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 Planning within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 July 2026. 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
Bridgend - 4 £600 - 1
Project Planning
Wales

Project Planning
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Server Building
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Server Patching
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware