Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Wales

Project Manager
UK > Wales

The median Project Manager daily rate in Wales is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 34 17
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 25 16 41
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 5.24% 3.74% 9.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.91% 4.12% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 35
10th Percentile £214 £177 £220
25th Percentile £267 £272 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £360 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -28.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £447 £459 £537
90th Percentile £490 £538 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £528
% change year-on-year - -0.47% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year - -53.98% -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +71.43% -36.36% -15.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wales with a recognized job title 423 388 417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.68% 90.65% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 250 318
10th Percentile £180 £161 £162
25th Percentile £275 £213 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £551
90th Percentile £613 £639 £647
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 24
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.26 £16.30
25th Percentile £16.38 £20.21 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -3.70% +70.35%
75th Percentile £22.00 £40.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £30.60 £49.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Wales over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Wales

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 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 +12 20 £308 -13.38% 15
North Wales - 4 £450 - 1
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 13 (52.00%) Migration
3 10 (40.00%) Agile
3 10 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Project Planning
6 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.00%) PMI Certification
6 5 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 5 (20.00%) Resource Management
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.00%) Degree
7 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.00%) Budgeting
8 3 (12.00%) Business Case
8 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (12.00%) Line Management
8 3 (12.00%) PMO
8 3 (12.00%) PMP
8 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
9 2 (8.00%) Azure
9 2 (8.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 2 (8.00%) Burndown Charts
9 2 (8.00%) Change Management
9 2 (8.00%) CRM

Project Manager Skill Set
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 (4.00%) CMS
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Health
5 2 (8.00%) Legal
5 2 (8.00%) Welsh Language
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) NHS
2 3 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (12.00%) PMI
3 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 13 (52.00%) Migration
3 10 (40.00%) Agile
3 10 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Project Planning
6 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 5 (20.00%) Resource Management
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
8 3 (12.00%) Budgeting
8 3 (12.00%) Business Case
8 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (12.00%) Line Management
8 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
9 2 (8.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) PMO
2 2 (8.00%) QA
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.00%) P3O
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Google
2 1 (4.00%) SAP