The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 6 4 8
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 109 198 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 13.31% 18.05% 12.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.16% 19.19% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 109 99
Average daily rate £423 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.58% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £354 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £509 £500 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.29 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year
+35.00% -18.75%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
770 1032 1229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.02% 94.07% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 508 608
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Scotland

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Manager across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title.

1 104 (59.77%) Finance
2 71 (40.80%) Project Management
3 68 (39.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (37.36%) Banking
5 34 (19.54%) PRINCE2
6 17 (9.770%) Retail
7 15 (8.621%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 12 (6.897%) Asset Management
8 12 (6.897%) Change Management
8 12 (6.897%) Migration
9 9 (5.172%) Oracle
9 9 (5.172%) Microsoft
10 8 (4.598%) Mainframe
10 8 (4.598%) Programme Management
11 7 (4.023%) Supplier Management
11 7 (4.023%) Retail Banking
11 7 (4.023%) Time Management
11 7 (4.023%) Change Control
12 6 (3.448%) Investment Management
13 5 (2.874%) MS PowerPoint
13 5 (2.874%) Project Planning
13 5 (2.874%) UNIX
14 4 (2.299%) MS Excel
14 4 (2.299%) MS Office
14 4 (2.299%) E-Commerce
14 4 (2.299%) Publishing
14 4 (2.299%) Risk Management
14 4 (2.299%) Derivative
14 4 (2.299%) Cadis
14 4 (2.299%) Continuous Improvement

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.724%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.575%) Middleware
2 1 (0.575%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.299%) Lync
2 3 (1.724%) CMS
3 1 (0.575%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.575%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.575%) WordPress
3 1 (0.575%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.575%) CICS
3 1 (0.575%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.575%) MTS
Applications
1 5 (2.874%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (2.299%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.299%) MS Office
3 2 (1.149%) MS Project
4 1 (0.575%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.575%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.575%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.575%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.575%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.149%) Intranet
1 2 (1.149%) Internet
1 2 (1.149%) ATM
1 2 (1.149%) VoIP
1 2 (1.149%) RTP
1 2 (1.149%) Firewall
1 2 (1.149%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.575%) HTTP
2 1 (0.575%) SSL
2 1 (0.575%) Extranet
2 1 (0.575%) SAN
2 1 (0.575%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.575%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.575%) Hudson
General
1 104 (59.77%) Finance
2 65 (37.36%) Banking
3 17 (9.770%) Retail
4 7 (4.023%) Retail Banking
5 4 (2.299%) Publishing
6 3 (1.724%) Marketing
6 3 (1.724%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.724%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.724%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.724%) Front Office
7 1 (0.575%) Wholesale Banking
7 1 (0.575%) Advertising
7 1 (0.575%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.598%) Mainframe
2 4 (2.299%) Derivative
3 3 (1.724%) FMCG
4 2 (1.149%) PMI
5 1 (0.575%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.575%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.575%) SaaS
5 1 (0.575%) iSeries
5 1 (0.575%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.575%) PKI
5 1 (0.575%) Clustering
5 1 (0.575%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.575%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.874%) UNIX
2 1 (0.575%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.575%) Android
2 1 (0.575%) Windows
2 1 (0.575%) AIX
2 1 (0.575%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (40.80%) Project Management
2 68 (39.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (19.54%) PRINCE2
4 12 (6.897%) Asset Management
4 12 (6.897%) Change Management
4 12 (6.897%) Migration
5 8 (4.598%) Programme Management
6 7 (4.023%) Supplier Management
6 7 (4.023%) Time Management
6 7 (4.023%) Change Control
7 6 (3.448%) Investment Management
8 5 (2.874%) Project Planning
9 4 (2.299%) E-Commerce
9 4 (2.299%) Risk Management
9 4 (2.299%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (1.724%) Performance Management
10 3 (1.724%) Business Analysis
10 3 (1.724%) Resource Management
10 3 (1.724%) Fund Management
10 3 (1.724%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.575%) C
1 1 (0.575%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (8.621%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (1.724%) Degree
2 3 (1.724%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.149%) PMP
4 1 (0.575%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.575%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.575%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.149%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.575%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (1.724%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.575%) SCOM
1 1 (0.575%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (5.172%) Oracle
1 9 (5.172%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.299%) Cadis
3 3 (1.724%) Citrix
3 3 (1.724%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (0.575%) F5
4 1 (0.575%) Charles River
4 1 (0.575%) IBM
4 1 (0.575%) EMC
4 1 (0.575%) BMC
4 1 (0.575%) Sage
4 1 (0.575%) SAP
Edinburgh, Scotland
A top tier bank urgently requires a Project Manager to work in their Edinburgh Office, on a 6 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Ensuring key deliverables are delivered within the agreed schedule, quality and cost objectives. Setting up the project environment, structure, support and agree roles and responsibilities. Working with multiple...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
In addition, stakeholder management and end to end project lifecycle experience is necessary. Essential Requirements - Proven track record of project management within banking and finance - Ideally experience within...
Orgtel
Rate: £200 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
SAGE Implementation Project Manager required for part-time (3 days per week) contract with public sector client to work between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The client is looking for...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £356.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Key Requirements: - Business Change Project Manager - Must have experience Managing Insurance/Life and Pensions projects/programmes - Stakeholder Management - Use the established project methodologies - Work closely with the Programme...
Sanderson
Rate: £380 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Our Edinburgh based financial services client require a Change Project Manager for a 6 month contract. Role Requirements Project planning and management. Strong stakeholder management. Risks & Issues management...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Our client, a large financial services organisation, is currently recruiting for a Junior/Assistant Project Manager to join their Edinburgh based programme. The selected candidate will have extensive...
Head Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £315 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Project Manager. Our Banking client is offering an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Agile Project Manager to join their Edinburgh based team for 6 months initial contract.
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
A leading Edinburgh based Organisation have a requirement for a project manager with strong customer journey experience.This organisation are going through a massive change cycle and require...
Rate: £300.00 - £325.00 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Key Responsibilities: *Conduct implementation strategy ensuring retail interests and strategies are in alignment *Deliver technology change *Operate change within set deadlines and budgets *Provide structure to the implementation...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client is a major banking organisation who are urgently seeking a Project Manager to help draw their FATCA Policy subject to regulatory demands. The successful candidate will...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013