Project Manager Contracts in Wales

Project Manager
UK > Wales

The median Project Manager daily rate in Wales is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 25 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.98% 5.87% 6.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.40% 6.48% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 30
10th Percentile £284 £469 £386
25th Percentile £369 £494 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% +8.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £502 £539 £550
90th Percentile £525 £577 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.64 -
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £35.73 £63.25
% change year-on-year +57.43% -43.51% +17.13%

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 278 386 526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 90.61% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 249 398
10th Percentile £180 £143 £170
25th Percentile £266 £256 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £586
90th Percentile £600 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 46 35
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.48 £15.63
Median hourly rate £21.01 £20.24 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +11.55% +0.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £43.19 £22.88
90th Percentile £45.00 £79.38 £42.75
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Wales

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager 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 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 +1 12 £438 -15.05% 40
West Wales - 2 £450 -
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Project Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (20.00%) PMO
5 3 (20.00%) Business Case
5 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (13.33%) Asana
6 2 (13.33%) DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
6 2 (13.33%) Service Management
6 2 (13.33%) Migration
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Kanban
6 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 2 (13.33%) Azure
6 2 (13.33%) NHS
6 2 (13.33%) Confluence
6 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow

Project Manager Skill Set
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 2 (13.33%) Confluence
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Asana
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Local Government
2 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Project Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Business Case
4 3 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 2 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (13.33%) Kanban
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Service Management
6 1 (6.67%) Critical Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow