Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Wales

Project Delivery
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 36 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -10
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 21 12 27
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 4.53% 2.95% 6.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.72% 3.48% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 20
10th Percentile £213 £371 £220
25th Percentile £214 £458 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £531 £503
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% +5.72% +5.79%
75th Percentile £447 £614 £609
90th Percentile £558 £684 £650
UK median daily rate £514 £530 £540
% change year-on-year -3.02% -1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £20.65 -
25th Percentile £26.22 £20.88 -
Median hourly rate £27.22 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% - -
75th Percentile £28.22 £24.56 -
90th Percentile - £25.04 -
UK median hourly rate £43.12 £32.50 £58.66
% change year-on-year +32.68% -44.60% -2.23%

All Process & 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 367 345 376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.09% 84.77% 87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 211 284
10th Percentile £182 £162 £175
25th Percentile £282 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 42 23
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.34 £17.20
25th Percentile £16.72 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%
75th Percentile £23.71 £35.46 £53.13
90th Percentile £31.95 £41.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.42
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.14% +24.04%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Wales

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Wales over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Wales

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Project Delivery

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 28 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
South Wales +10 18 £306 -40.20% 50
North Wales - 2 £450 -
Project Delivery
UK

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (9.52%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JMeter
1 2 (9.52%) MSTest
1 2 (9.52%) Selenium
1 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Digital Health
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 2 (9.52%) Welsh Language
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Project Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Project Officer
2 4 (19.05%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (19.05%) Support Officer
3 3 (14.29%) Principal Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Automation Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Project Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) NHS
2 3 (14.29%) PMI
3 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Agile
1 12 (57.14%) Project Management
2 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (33.33%) Migration
4 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 6 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (19.05%) Business Case
6 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) Project Governance
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) Time Management
6 4 (19.05%) Waterfall
7 3 (14.29%) Line Management
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
7 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 3 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) C#
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
1 5 (23.81%) PMI Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
3 3 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Google