Project Management Job Trends in Wales

Project Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 25 32
Rank change year-on-year -62 +7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 40 45 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.55% 5.81% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 6.94% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 52
10th Percentile £30,250 £44,714 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,938 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,258 £60,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% +35.00% -18.18%
75th Percentile £73,375 £67,500 £55,625
90th Percentile £75,416 £70,000 £65,689
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

All Process & 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 1,689 648 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.52% 83.61% 66.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 485 838
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,375 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Project Management
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

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 7 August 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
South Wales -49 29 £42,934 -30.19% 27
West Wales -47 8 £56,258 - 4
North Wales -6 1 £52,500 +94.44% 11
Mid Wales - 1 £65,000 -
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) Confluence
2 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.50%) Trello
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
1 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.50%) Intacct
2 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.50%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
1 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.50%) Storybook
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (37.50%) Finance
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.00%) Retail
5 5 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (10.00%) Billing
6 4 (10.00%) Local Government
6 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) German Language
8 1 (2.50%) Marketing
8 1 (2.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.00%) IT Manager
2 6 (15.00%) Senior
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (10.00%) ICT Officer
4 4 (10.00%) ICT Support
4 4 (10.00%) ICT Support Officer
4 4 (10.00%) IT Programme Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Support Officer
5 3 (7.50%) Account Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (7.50%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Risk Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Sales Account Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Sales Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Service Delivery Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) CSS
1 1 (2.50%) Flutter
1 1 (2.50%) Jest
1 1 (2.50%) React
1 1 (2.50%) React Native
1 1 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
1 1 (2.50%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.50%) LIMS
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 15 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 14 (35.00%) Agile
4 13 (32.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (27.50%) Business Case
6 11 (27.50%) Customer Experience
6 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (22.50%) Budget Management
7 9 (22.50%) Decision-Making
7 9 (22.50%) DevOps
8 8 (20.00%) Project Governance
9 7 (17.50%) Business Transformation
9 7 (17.50%) Service Delivery
9 7 (17.50%) Waterfall
10 6 (15.00%) Programme Management
11 5 (12.50%) Analytics
11 5 (12.50%) Change Management
11 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Dart
1 1 (2.50%) Python
1 1 (2.50%) SQL
1 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Degree
2 10 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) ACCA
4 1 (2.50%) APMP
4 1 (2.50%) CIMA
4 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) GAAP
3 1 (2.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) Autodesk
2 1 (2.50%) Epicor
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle
2 1 (2.50%) Sage
2 1 (2.50%) SAP
2 1 (2.50%) Yardi