Senior Project Manager Contracts in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Scotland is £498 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 152 146
Rank change year-on-year +36 -6 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 7 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.32% 0.58% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.61% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 15
10th Percentile £460 £450 £463
25th Percentile £474 £454 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +4.76% +17.81%
75th Percentile £521 £575 £575
90th Percentile £536 - -
UK median daily rate £596 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.59% +4.35% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,037 2,637 3,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 95.37% 95.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,891 2,365
10th Percentile £200 £236 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 44 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.19 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.90 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -17.60% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
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 Senior Project Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 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
Edinburgh +36 4 £450 -18.18% 4
Glasgow +2 1 £545 -0.91% 3
West Lothian - 1 - -
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Planning and Forecasting

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model