Project Management Jobs in South Wales

Project Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 23 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 83 112 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 8.68% 7.11% 10.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.95% 9.29% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 21 56 54
10th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £34,675
25th Percentile £57,500 £39,280 £42,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £43,100 £54,941
Median % change year-on-year +62.41% -21.55% +29.27%
75th Percentile - £53,125 £66,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,133 £117,800
Wales median annual salary £64,000 £43,750 £54,882
% change year-on-year +46.29% -20.28% +29.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 758 1,205 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 79.29% 76.46% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 449 789 555
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,029 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -0.99% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.59%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in South Wales

Project Management
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in South Wales.

Salary trend for Project Management in South Wales

Project Management
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in South Wales

Project Management
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport 0 25 £70,000 +36.79% 9
Cardiff +28 20 £65,000 +30.00% 23
Monmouthshire +1 14 - -
Vale of Glamorgan - 7 - -
Bridgend +7 6 - - 1
Glamorgan +1 2 £60,000 +62.37% 27
Gwent +1 2 £47,888 - 13
Project Management
Wales

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.20%) Azure
1 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
1 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) MS Access
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
1 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
General
1 57 (68.67%) Social Skills
2 51 (61.45%) Finance
3 14 (16.87%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Local Government
5 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.61%) Retail
6 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.20%) Legal
6 1 (1.20%) Marketing
6 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (63.86%) Project Manager
2 47 (56.63%) Senior
3 43 (51.81%) Senior Manager
4 42 (50.60%) Senior Project Manager
5 9 (10.84%) Engineering Manager
6 8 (9.64%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Software Engineering Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Software Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Civil Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Development Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Development Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Development Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.41%) IT Project Manager
10 1 (1.20%) Change Manager
10 1 (1.20%) Delivery Manager
10 1 (1.20%) IT Security Manager
10 1 (1.20%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) .NET
1 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.20%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.20%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (50.60%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.43%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.61%) e-Learning
3 3 (3.61%) FMCG
3 3 (3.61%) NHS
4 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.20%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.20%) Self-Driving Car
5 1 (1.20%) Social Media
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.81%) Risk Management
2 42 (50.60%) Balanced Scorecard
2 42 (50.60%) Scorecard
3 15 (18.07%) Project Delivery
4 10 (12.05%) Mentoring
5 8 (9.64%) Cost Control
5 8 (9.64%) Service Delivery
6 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (8.43%) Line Management
6 7 (8.43%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (7.23%) Coaching
7 6 (7.23%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 6 (7.23%) Database Security
7 6 (7.23%) ERP
7 6 (7.23%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.02%) Business Development
8 5 (6.02%) SDLC
9 4 (4.82%) People Management
9 4 (4.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Degree
2 13 (15.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.02%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (2.41%) PMP
4 2 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.20%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.61%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
2 1 (1.20%) PMO
2 1 (1.20%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (7.23%) Epicor
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.20%) Instagram
3 1 (1.20%) Twitter