Programme Delivery Contract Job Trends in Wales

Programme Delivery
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Programme Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.52% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £336 - £300
UK median daily rate £600 £573 £610
% change year-on-year +4.67% -6.02% -0.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Programme 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 363 324 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.57% 86.86% 84.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 202 269
10th Percentile £195 £167 £175
25th Percentile £290 £234 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -11.58%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £563
90th Percentile £645 £650 £653
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 34 27
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £13.03
25th Percentile £15.08 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £18.18 £22.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% -30.77% +72.73%
75th Percentile £23.50 £29.69 £55.25
90th Percentile £36.00 £43.88 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in Wales

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
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 Programme Delivery within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
West Wales - 1 - - 1
South Wales - 1 £336 - 5
Programme Delivery
UK

Programme Delivery
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Welsh Language
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality Specialist
1 5 (71.43%) Quality Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Dashboard Development
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
1 5 (71.43%) Data Discovery
1 5 (71.43%) Data Interpretation
1 5 (71.43%) Data Management
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata Management
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) People Management
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) P3O
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco