Project Management Contracts in Wales

Project Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 32 12
Rank change year-on-year +24 -20 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 55 28 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 12.94% 5.71% 10.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.57% 6.64% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 24 69
10th Percentile £214 £256 £213
25th Percentile £388 £300 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.54% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £545 £600 £570
90th Percentile £564 £650 £605
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £21.78 - -
25th Percentile £24.70 - -
Median hourly rate £27.80 £56.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.80% +61.43% +60.11%
75th Percentile £49.21 - -
90th Percentile £85.84 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% +7.69%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 332 422 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.12% 86.12% 84.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 315 476
10th Percentile £153 £184 £211
25th Percentile £213 £300 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £595
90th Percentile £638 £650 £666
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 25 22
10th Percentile £15.48 £16.98 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.12 £21.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.36 £26.00 £18.96
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +37.17% -7.65%
75th Percentile £48.75 £48.75 £20.44
90th Percentile £53.75 £55.25 £24.88
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £42.50 £28.90
% change year-on-year +1.18% +47.06% +34.42%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Wales over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Wales

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 September 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +24 51 £506 -0.39% 26
North Wales +2 2 - - 3
Mid Wales +1 1 - -
West Wales +1 1 - - 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.82%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.64%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) GitHub
2 9 (16.36%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (5.45%) AWS
3 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Internet
1 2 (3.64%) LAN
1 2 (3.64%) VPN
1 2 (3.64%) WAN
2 1 (1.82%) DHCP
2 1 (1.82%) DNS
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.82%) NAS
2 1 (1.82%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.82%) SAN
2 1 (1.82%) Skype
2 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.82%) VLAN
2 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) MySQL
1 10 (18.18%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.64%) GIS
2 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.82%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.82%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (34.55%) Cypress.io
2 12 (21.82%) Postman
3 10 (18.18%) GitLab
4 7 (12.73%) Storybook
5 5 (9.09%) JIRA
6 3 (5.45%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (5.45%) Visual Studio
7 2 (3.64%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (1.82%) Rational Rose
General
1 16 (29.09%) Public Sector
1 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.73%) Finance
3 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Welsh Language
4 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.64%) Legal
4 2 (3.64%) Local Government
4 2 (3.64%) Marketing
4 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Developer
2 13 (23.64%) Project Manager
3 9 (16.36%) PHP Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Programmer
5 7 (12.73%) Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Analyst Programmer
6 6 (10.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 5 (9.09%) Principal Analyst Programmer
8 4 (7.27%) Data Scientist
8 4 (7.27%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 4 (7.27%) Software Project Manager
9 3 (5.45%) Software Manager
10 2 (3.64%) Agile Project Manager
10 2 (3.64%) Bid Manager
10 2 (3.64%) Digital Transformation
10 2 (3.64%) Senior
10 2 (3.64%) Technical Leader
10 2 (3.64%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (30.91%) Vue
2 14 (25.45%) Laravel
3 9 (16.36%) Playwright
4 8 (14.55%) .NET
5 6 (10.91%) React
6 5 (9.09%) FHIR
7 4 (7.27%) PySpark
8 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 8 (14.55%) NHS
3 4 (7.27%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.45%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (5.45%) Windows
3 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Unix
4 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (76.36%) Agile
2 20 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 19 (34.55%) Test Automation
4 17 (30.91%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
6 10 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (14.55%) PRINCE2
7 8 (14.55%) Software Engineering
7 8 (14.55%) Unit Testing
8 7 (12.73%) Analytics
8 7 (12.73%) Front End Development
8 7 (12.73%) Objectives and Key Results
8 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.91%) API Development
9 6 (10.91%) Project Delivery
9 6 (10.91%) Scrum
9 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.91%) System Testing
9 6 (10.91%) Test Scripting
9 6 (10.91%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) PHP
2 8 (14.55%) TypeScript
3 4 (7.27%) Python
3 4 (7.27%) SQL
4 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
2 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.45%) ISTQB
4 3 (5.45%) PMP
4 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (3.64%) HNC
5 2 (3.64%) HND
5 2 (3.64%) ISEB
5 2 (3.64%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.64%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.00%) QA
2 4 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) HL7
4 1 (1.82%) NEBOSH
4 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.82%) vSphere
1 1 (1.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) Atlassian
3 2 (3.64%) Adobe
3 2 (3.64%) Cisco
3 2 (3.64%) Meraki
3 2 (3.64%) Progress
4 1 (1.82%) Citrix
4 1 (1.82%) ESRI
4 1 (1.82%) F5
4 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.82%) IBM
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) SAP
4 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) VMware