Project Management Contracts in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 208 263 368
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.58% 9.34% 10.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.81% 10.10% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 192 279
10th Percentile £288 £225 £229
25th Percentile £363 £373 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile - - £27.89
25th Percentile - - £31.47
Median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +73.66% +31.33%
75th Percentile - - £38.72
90th Percentile £42.35 - £39.49
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.90
% change year-on-year -22.20% +44.54% +25.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Management 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 1,924 2,605 3,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.54% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,868 2,327
10th Percentile £225 £260 £249
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.84 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.41 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +3 85 £475 +5.56% 42
Edinburgh -3 47 £488 +8.33% 35
South Lanarkshire +18 21 £525 +16.67% 1
West Lothian +10 18 £416 -16.90% 2
Fife +3 4 - - 5
Aberdeen -3 4 £463 -2.63% 20
Perthshire +9 3 £500 -9.09%
Lanarkshire -1 2 £450 -10.00% 16
Renfrewshire -7 2 £525 -3.67% 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 10
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 - - 1
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 29 (13.94%) Confluence
2 21 (10.10%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (9.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.85%) Photoshop
4 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.96%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.96%) Lectora
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.81%) Azure
3 8 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.85%) Canva
3 8 (3.85%) Slack
3 8 (3.85%) Yammer
4 6 (2.88%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.40%) OCI
6 3 (1.44%) AWS
6 3 (1.44%) SaaS
6 3 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.85%) Intranet
2 6 (2.88%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) LAN
4 2 (0.96%) DHCP
4 2 (0.96%) DNS
4 2 (0.96%) Internet
4 2 (0.96%) WLAN
5 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (2.40%) Power BI
3 2 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.96%) Metadata
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (24.52%) JIRA
General
1 85 (40.87%) Social Skills
2 70 (33.65%) Public Sector
3 64 (30.77%) Finance
4 33 (15.87%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (10.58%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.37%) Banking
8 7 (3.37%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.40%) Publishing
10 4 (1.92%) Electronics
10 4 (1.92%) Marketing
11 3 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.48%) Back Office
13 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.48%) Legal
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 66 (31.73%) Project Manager
2 30 (14.42%) Analyst
3 21 (10.10%) Senior
4 18 (8.65%) Senior Manager
5 17 (8.17%) Delivery Manager
6 16 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 14 (6.73%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 13 (6.25%) Lead
9 12 (5.77%) Change Analyst
9 12 (5.77%) Change Manager
10 11 (5.29%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.29%) Product Manager
11 8 (3.85%) Project Controller
12 7 (3.37%) Content Manager
12 7 (3.37%) Technical Manager
13 6 (2.88%) Administrator
13 6 (2.88%) Agile Project Manager
14 5 (2.40%) IT Project Manager
14 5 (2.40%) Programme Manager
14 5 (2.40%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.96%) Flash
1 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.17%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.81%) Video Editing
3 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.88%) e-Learning
5 6 (2.88%) Wiki
6 5 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.92%) FMCG
7 4 (1.92%) PKI
8 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.44%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.96%) Clustering
9 2 (0.96%) Equities
9 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.96%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.96%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.96%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.88%) Windows
2 4 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.44%) Linux
4 2 (0.96%) Unix
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.48%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (50.00%) Agile
2 56 (26.92%) Project Delivery
3 36 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (16.83%) Change Management
5 33 (15.87%) PRINCE2
6 32 (15.38%) Business Case
7 30 (14.42%) Waterfall
8 26 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
10 23 (11.06%) Roadmaps
11 20 (9.62%) Scrum
12 18 (8.65%) Programme Management
13 17 (8.17%) Business Analysis
13 17 (8.17%) DevOps
13 17 (8.17%) Software Delivery
14 16 (7.69%) Risk Management
14 16 (7.69%) User Research
14 16 (7.69%) User Stories
15 14 (6.73%) ERP
16 12 (5.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.40%) PL/SQL
1 5 (2.40%) SQL
2 4 (1.92%) Perl
2 4 (1.92%) Python
3 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (16.83%) Degree
2 33 (15.87%) Security Cleared
3 26 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.25%) PMP
5 5 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.44%) APMP
6 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.96%) HNC
7 2 (0.96%) HND
7 2 (0.96%) ISEB
7 2 (0.96%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.48%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.54%) PMO
2 18 (8.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 8 (3.85%) QA
4 4 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.96%) COBIT
5 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
5 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.96%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.48%) Basel III
6 1 (0.48%) COREP
6 1 (0.48%) FINREP
6 1 (0.48%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.48%) IFRS
6 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
1 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.96%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (0.96%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.25%) Oracle
3 12 (5.77%) SAP
4 5 (2.40%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.40%) Avaloq
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe
5 2 (0.96%) Avaya
5 2 (0.96%) CheckPoint
5 2 (0.96%) Citrix
5 2 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (0.96%) Fortinet
5 2 (0.96%) HP
5 2 (0.96%) McAfee
5 2 (0.96%) Symantec
5 2 (0.96%) Veritas
5 2 (0.96%) VMware
5 2 (0.96%) Workday
6 1 (0.48%) Cadence
6 1 (0.48%) IFS
6 1 (0.48%) Instagram