Project Management Contracts in Wales

Project Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 6 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 17 53 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.65% 12.44% 6.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 17.55% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 42 23
10th Percentile £266 £416 £372
25th Percentile £366 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% -3.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £500 £619 £600
90th Percentile £528 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £46.75 -
25th Percentile - £85.00 £31.25
Median hourly rate - £87.80 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - +170.15% +60.57%
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - £87.92 -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £38.12 £45.50
% change year-on-year +18.05% -16.22% +40.22%

All Process and 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 269 302 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 89.37% 70.89% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 369
10th Percentile £190 £143 £180
25th Percentile £285 £306 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £488 £553 £586
90th Percentile £616 £629 £650
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 40 28
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.75 £14.68
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year +11.19% +7.55% -6.49%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.44 £24.06
90th Percentile £41.63 £85.10 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Wales

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 23 June 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 14 £451 -17.20% 201
West Wales - 1 £475 - 12
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Confluence
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (5.88%) Photoshop
3 1 (5.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Asana
2 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Agile Development Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Clinical Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Financial Services Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (5.88%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Senior User Experience Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.88%) Photography
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) SDLC
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Kanban
3 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Business Case
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
4 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (17.65%) Scrum
5 2 (11.76%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Atlassian
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow