Project Delivery Contracts in Wales

Project Delivery
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 7 31 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.39% 7.85% 8.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 9.97% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 33
10th Percentile £221 £91 £368
25th Percentile £281 £216 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -36.59% +7.89% -6.59%
75th Percentile £450 £625 £550
90th Percentile £525 £650 £551
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £31.00
75th Percentile £21.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.65 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.76% -45.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 311 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.03% 78.73% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 212 421
10th Percentile £185 £168 £183
25th Percentile £285 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £573
90th Percentile £625 £667 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Wales

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Wales

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Wales

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Wales

Project 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 Project Delivery within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Wales -17 6 £306 -40.24% 21
Dyfed - 1 £550 - 1
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Case
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Software AG
1 1 (14.29%) Sophos
1 1 (14.29%) VMware
1 1 (14.29%) webMethods