Project Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Project Manager salary in Edinburgh is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 118 101
Rank change year-on-year +55 -17 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 52 34 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.40% 1.59% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 1.67% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 23 23 37
10th Percentile £43,817 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,077 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,000 £66,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,313 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% - +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,467 2,035 2,270
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 95.45% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 1,189 1,421
10th Percentile £32,650 £36,314 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

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
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Project Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 39 (75.00%) Project Management
2 31 (59.62%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) Project Delivery
4 19 (36.54%) Agile Project Management
4 19 (36.54%) Actionable Insight
5 17 (32.69%) SDLC
6 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
7 15 (28.85%) Software Delivery
7 15 (28.85%) Presales
8 14 (26.92%) PRINCE2
9 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 10 (19.23%) Finance
10 10 (19.23%) Public Sector
11 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
11 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (17.31%) Telecoms
12 8 (15.38%) Change Management
13 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
13 7 (13.46%) Degree
14 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
14 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (9.62%) PMI Certification
15 5 (9.62%) Programme Management
15 5 (9.62%) Waterfall
15 5 (9.62%) Renewable Energy
16 4 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
16 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
16 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 4 (7.69%) Knowledge Management

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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Finance
2 10 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 9 (17.31%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Banking
5 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Billing
6 1 (1.92%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.77%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.85%) PMI
3 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (75.00%) Project Management
2 31 (59.62%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) Project Delivery
4 19 (36.54%) Actionable Insight
4 19 (36.54%) Agile Project Management
5 17 (32.69%) SDLC
6 15 (28.85%) Presales
6 15 (28.85%) Software Delivery
7 14 (26.92%) PRINCE2
8 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
8 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (15.38%) Change Management
10 7 (13.46%) Risk Management
11 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
12 5 (9.62%) Programme Management
12 5 (9.62%) Waterfall
13 4 (7.69%) Business Case
13 4 (7.69%) Knowledge Management
13 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 3 (5.77%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (9.62%) PMI Certification
4 4 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) QA
2 2 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) ConnectWise
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle