Project Planning Job Trends in South Wales

Project Planning
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Project Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 58 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +26
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 1 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.12% 1.21% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 1.49% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £37,750 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £40,000 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,750 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +69.53% +3.98%
75th Percentile £67,500 £107,500 £41,825
90th Percentile - - £57,980
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £68,750 £40,553
% change year-on-year -5.45% +69.53% +5.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Project Planning 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 620 538 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.17% 81.52% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 436 287 387
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,844
25th Percentile £30,625 £36,375 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -1.00% +0.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,340 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -1.44%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in South Wales

Project Planning
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Project Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Project Planning

Project Planning
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 Planning within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +11 1 £65,000 +52.94%
Project Planning
Wales

Project Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification