Senior Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Wales

Senior Project Manager
UK > Wales

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Wales is £308, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% - 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £508
25th Percentile £304 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £311 - £594
90th Percentile - - £613
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +5.73%

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 421 368 415
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.82% 90.64% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 238 317
10th Percentile £177 £161 £160
25th Percentile £276 £213 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% - -10.33%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £550
90th Percentile £613 £650 £647
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 44 23
10th Percentile £13.33 £18.70 £16.20
25th Percentile £15.97 £20.25 £21.30
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -5.76% +74.08%
75th Percentile £22.00 £40.00 £53.13
90th Percentile £30.53 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.33 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.23% -26.67% +48.76%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Senior Project Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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 - 1 £308 - 8
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Senior 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft