Project Management Jobs in Wales

Project Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 18 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 112 165 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.64% 8.16% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.95% 10.24% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25 99 80
10th Percentile £37,574 £32,000 £36,946
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,625 £41,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% +19.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £73,000 £62,500 £82,655
UK median annual salary £56,373 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% -8.70% +1.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 803 1,611 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 83.47% 79.67% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 450 1,059 812
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,750 £26,391
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,650
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Wales +9 79 £64,500 +57.79% 40
West Wales +14 21 - - 6
North Wales -5 10 £40,101 +0.25% 9
Mid Wales +4 1 - - 4
Dyfed - 1 £75,000 - 1
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Simulink
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.89%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.57%) Azure
2 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.89%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 86 (76.79%) Social Skills
2 77 (68.75%) Finance
3 10 (8.93%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 7 (6.25%) Electronics
5 5 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.68%) Local Government
6 3 (2.68%) Retail
7 2 (1.79%) Legal
8 1 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (69.64%) Project Manager
2 75 (66.96%) Senior
3 70 (62.50%) Senior Manager
4 67 (59.82%) Senior Project Manager
5 9 (8.04%) IT Manager
6 7 (6.25%) Junior
6 7 (6.25%) Junior Systems Engineer
6 7 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Engineering Manager
8 4 (3.57%) Security Manager
9 3 (2.68%) Civil Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.68%) Development Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Product Architect
9 3 (2.68%) Security Architect
9 3 (2.68%) Senior Architect
9 3 (2.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 67 (59.82%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.68%) NHS
4 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.89%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.89%) Life Science
5 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (61.61%) Risk Management
2 67 (59.82%) Balanced Scorecard
2 67 (59.82%) Scorecard
3 13 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 9 (8.04%) Mentoring
6 8 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 8 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 8 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (6.25%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 7 (6.25%) ERP
7 7 (6.25%) Incident Management
7 7 (6.25%) Mathematics
7 7 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (6.25%) Physics
7 7 (6.25%) PLM
7 7 (6.25%) SysML
7 7 (6.25%) UML
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.25%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (29.46%) Degree
2 17 (15.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.68%) CISSP
4 2 (1.79%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.57%) NEBOSH
2 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.79%) QA
4 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (6.25%) Epicor
1 7 (6.25%) IBM
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft