Project Delivery Contracts in Scotland

Project Delivery
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 35 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -13 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 122 185 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.50% 6.46% 7.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.20% 6.98% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 143 202
10th Percentile £318 £291 £306
25th Percentile £427 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £573
90th Percentile £688 £638 £593
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30.55
25th Percentile - - £32.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 - £36.50
75th Percentile - - £39.13
90th Percentile - - £39.65
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -45.15% +46.07% +4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 2,651 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.60% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,908 2,312
10th Percentile £229 £263 £240
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Glasgow -10 53 £550 +10.00% 23
Edinburgh +17 42 £500 +9.89% 18
Renfrewshire +3 8 £525 -1.75% 1
Perthshire +6 3 £675 +22.73%
Aberdeen -1 3 £563 +49.01% 13
West Lothian +2 2 £425 -19.05%
Fife +1 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire -1 1 £525 +15.07% 9
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (7.38%) Confluence
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.57%) Azure
2 8 (6.56%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.92%) SaaS
4 5 (4.10%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.28%) IaaS
5 4 (3.28%) PaaS
5 4 (3.28%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.28%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.46%) AWS
6 3 (2.46%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.82%) GCP
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) DHCP
1 7 (5.74%) DNS
1 7 (5.74%) Firewall
2 5 (4.10%) SMTP
2 5 (4.10%) VPN
3 4 (3.28%) ATM
4 3 (2.46%) LAN
4 3 (2.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (4.10%) Power BI
2 2 (1.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (23.77%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.64%) ERwin
General
1 47 (38.52%) Public Sector
2 39 (31.97%) Social Skills
3 30 (24.59%) Finance
4 11 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Banking
5 10 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.82%) Back Office
8 1 (0.82%) Legal
8 1 (0.82%) Marketing
8 1 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (22.95%) Project Manager
2 18 (14.75%) Architect
3 15 (12.30%) Analyst
4 11 (9.02%) Lead
4 11 (9.02%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (7.38%) Senior
6 8 (6.56%) Delivery Manager
6 8 (6.56%) Project Controller
7 7 (5.74%) Project Leader
8 6 (4.92%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.92%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.10%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.10%) User Experience Manager
10 4 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.28%) Change Manager
10 4 (3.28%) Programme Manager
10 4 (3.28%) Security Architect
11 3 (2.46%) IT Project Manager
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.46%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) LDAP
1 5 (4.10%) Middleware
2 3 (2.46%) .NET
2 3 (2.46%) J2EE
2 3 (2.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.56%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.74%) Clustering
2 7 (5.74%) PKI
3 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.10%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.46%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.46%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.64%) Equities
6 2 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.38%) Windows
2 7 (5.74%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.82%) Android
5 1 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (47.54%) Project Management
2 47 (38.52%) Agile
3 24 (19.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (18.03%) Waterfall
5 20 (16.39%) Business Case
6 15 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (12.30%) Roadmaps
7 13 (10.66%) Business Analysis
8 12 (9.84%) Change Management
9 11 (9.02%) Coaching
9 11 (9.02%) Document Management
9 11 (9.02%) PRINCE2
9 11 (9.02%) Risk Management
10 10 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (8.20%) TOGAF
11 9 (7.38%) DevOps
11 9 (7.38%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (7.38%) IT Strategy
11 9 (7.38%) Programme Governance
11 9 (7.38%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.74%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.92%) SQL
3 4 (3.28%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.82%) Perl
4 1 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (13.93%) Degree
2 13 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.02%) PMP
4 10 (8.20%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.20%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.46%) APMP
5 3 (2.46%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.64%) ISEB
6 2 (1.64%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.82%) CCSA
7 1 (0.82%) CCSE
7 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.82%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 14 (11.48%) PMO
3 5 (4.10%) QA
4 2 (1.64%) COBIT
5 1 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (8.20%) Hyper-V
2 7 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.74%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.10%) BitLocker
3 5 (4.10%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (4.10%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.74%) vCenter Server
2 5 (4.10%) vMotion
3 2 (1.64%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.64%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) VMware
3 8 (6.56%) Citrix
4 5 (4.10%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.10%) Infoblox
5 4 (3.28%) Avaloq
6 2 (1.64%) Cisco
6 2 (1.64%) HP
6 2 (1.64%) IDERA
6 2 (1.64%) Informatica
6 2 (1.64%) McAfee
6 2 (1.64%) Symantec
6 2 (1.64%) Veritas
7 1 (0.82%) Apple
7 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.82%) Google
7 1 (0.82%) Mitel
7 1 (0.82%) Oracle
7 1 (0.82%) Progress
7 1 (0.82%) SAP