PMP Contract Job Trends in Wales

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PMP 1 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.18% - 3.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% - 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile £525 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
75th Percentile £575 - £625
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £85.84
25th Percentile - - £87.10
Median hourly rate - - £87.80
75th Percentile - - £87.85
90th Percentile - - £87.94
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +188.46% -51.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 156 121 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 28.01% 42.31% 23.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 79 62
10th Percentile £251 £200 £165
25th Percentile £375 £283 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £515
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -22.33% -1.90%
75th Percentile £603 £484 £634
90th Percentile £775 £590 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 18
10th Percentile £18.84 £21.01 £11.02
25th Percentile £25.77 £24.08 £16.65
Median hourly rate £36.70 £25.15 £22.83
Median % change year-on-year +45.92% +10.19% +25.83%
75th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £82.19
90th Percentile £55.00 £43.50 £87.80
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% -18.75% -27.27%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Wales

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMP

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
South Wales - 1 £550 - 1
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) E-Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle