Project Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Project Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Project Manager salary in Cardiff is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

 6 months to
31 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 44 42
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 11 25 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.11% 3.35% 3.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.15% 3.55% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1 24 15
10th Percentile - £32,650 £42,100
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.79% +35.38%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,188 £61,875
90th Percentile - £65,700 £64,000
South Wales median annual salary £64,000 £40,553 £55,000
% change year-on-year +57.82% -26.27% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 179 704 499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.44% 94.24% 91.39%
Number of salaries quoted 122 607 386
10th Percentile £23,614 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,101 £40,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,037 £50,000 £52,746
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -5.21% +0.47%
75th Percentile £63,438 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,154 £45,569 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -4.07% -5.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Project Manager in Cardiff

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Project Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Project Management
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Driving Licence
3 7 (63.64%) Scorecard
3 7 (63.64%) Balanced Scorecard
3 7 (63.64%) Risk Management
3 7 (63.64%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) NEBOSH
5 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Migration

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Balanced Scorecard
2 7 (63.64%) Risk Management
2 7 (63.64%) Scorecard
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NEBOSH
13 Project Manager jobs in South Wales