Project Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Project Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 31 39 46
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 6.75% 9.75% 10.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 11.47% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 38
10th Percentile £206 £175 £201
25th Percentile £213 £244 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £429 £550 £548
90th Percentile £508 £596 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Median hourly rate - £25.60 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year - -54.69% +67.41%
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £33.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +24.42% -32.65% +23.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Project Management 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 366 340 375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.74% 85.00% 87.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 206 282
10th Percentile £183 £162 £175
25th Percentile £283 £213 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £575
90th Percentile £618 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 42 23
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.34 £17.20
25th Percentile £16.53 £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 £23.05 £35.46 £53.13
90th Percentile £33.15 £41.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Project Management
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 Management within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
South Wales -4 28 £300 -42.81% 22
North Wales -12 2 £450 -
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 (3.23%) CMS
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
1 1 (3.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) SAP PM
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Digital Health
6 2 (6.45%) Legal
6 2 (6.45%) Welsh Language
7 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Project Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Project Officer
2 6 (19.35%) Project Support Officer
2 6 (19.35%) Support Officer
3 4 (12.90%) ABAP Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Developer
3 4 (12.90%) SAP Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Principal Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) NHS Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) NHS
2 4 (12.90%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (9.68%) PMI
4 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Project Delivery
2 10 (32.26%) Agile
2 10 (32.26%) Migration
3 7 (22.58%) PRINCE2
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (19.35%) Project Planning
4 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
4 6 (19.35%) Time Management
5 5 (16.13%) Business Case
5 5 (16.13%) Change Management
5 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
5 5 (16.13%) Data Protection
5 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (16.13%) Resource Management
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Budgeting
6 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.90%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.90%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
1 5 (16.13%) Master's Degree
1 5 (16.13%) PMI Certification
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) PMP
4 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
1 2 (6.45%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) P3O
2 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) SAP
2 4 (12.90%) Adobe
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle