Project Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Project Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 48 23
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 59 74 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.27% 5.76% 8.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.63% 6.03% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 47 96
10th Percentile £399 £370 £403
25th Percentile £431 £428 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £550
90th Percentile £538 £553 £575
Scotland median daily rate £475 £488 £464
% change year-on-year -2.56% +4.98% +12.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,228 1,860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 95.64% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 876 1,276
10th Percentile £202 £240 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £569
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.26 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +11.52% -18.99% -28.40%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 30 (50.85%) Project Management
2 26 (44.07%) Public Sector
3 23 (38.98%) Finance
4 17 (28.81%) Project Delivery
4 17 (28.81%) Social Skills
5 15 (25.42%) Agile
6 14 (23.73%) Business Case
7 11 (18.64%) Microsoft
8 9 (15.25%) PRINCE2
8 9 (15.25%) Change Management
9 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
9 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (11.86%) Time Management
10 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Project
10 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (10.17%) Degree
11 6 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (8.47%) Business Strategy
12 5 (8.47%) Azure
12 5 (8.47%) Identity Access Management
12 5 (8.47%) Business Analysis
12 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
12 5 (8.47%) Oracle
13 4 (6.78%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (6.78%) Asset Management
13 4 (6.78%) Scrum
13 4 (6.78%) Programme Management
13 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Identification
13 4 (6.78%) Disclosure Scotland

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (11.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.08%) OCI
2 3 (5.08%) SaaS
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Firewall
1 2 (3.39%) LAN
1 2 (3.39%) WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Internet
2 1 (1.69%) MPLS
2 1 (1.69%) Network Security
2 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 26 (44.07%) Public Sector
2 23 (38.98%) Finance
3 17 (28.81%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Banking
6 2 (3.39%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.39%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.69%) BYOD
3 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.69%) IoT
3 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Project Management
2 17 (28.81%) Project Delivery
3 15 (25.42%) Agile
4 14 (23.73%) Business Case
5 9 (15.25%) Change Management
5 9 (15.25%) PRINCE2
6 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
7 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (11.86%) Time Management
8 5 (8.47%) Business Analysis
8 5 (8.47%) Business Strategy
8 5 (8.47%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (6.78%) Asset Management
9 4 (6.78%) Programme Management
9 4 (6.78%) Scrum
9 4 (6.78%) Software Delivery
9 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Identification
10 3 (5.08%) Information Security
10 3 (5.08%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) Degree
2 3 (5.08%) APMP
3 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.39%) PMP
4 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.69%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.69%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.69%) Cognos
4 1 (1.69%) Fortinet