Technical Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Wales

Technical Project Manager
UK > Wales

The median Technical Project Manager daily rate in Wales is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 48 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.65% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £516 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -1.81% +2.44% -6.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 424 340 403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 91.40% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 222 308
10th Percentile £183 £160 £166
25th Percentile £284 £213 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 32 25
10th Percentile £13.33 £17.08 £13.33
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £18.75 £25.27 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.80% -22.25% +108.27%
75th Percentile £22.00 £38.27 £55.25
90th Percentile £30.68 £45.00 £87.08
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.66 £36.05
% change year-on-year -9.36% -9.40% +2.99%

Technical Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Technical Project Manager job vacancy trend in Wales

Technical Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Project Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 February 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 +2 2 £325 - 1
West Wales - 1 - - 1
Technical Project Manager
UK

Technical Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Burndown Charts
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

Technical 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Burndown Charts
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) SAP