Project Management Jobs in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 48 38
Rank change year-on-year -19 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 366 255 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.43% 5.40% 6.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.85% 5.73% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 165 150 183
10th Percentile £32,800 £38,700 £39,659
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,450 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +2.73%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,257 4,450 5,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.89% 94.28% 90.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,424 2,228 2,791
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,416 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -58 179 £55,000 - 39
Edinburgh +23 99 £48,507 -11.81% 39
Fife - 22 £48,750 - 3
Aberdeen -2 20 £41,000 -25.45% 19
Lanarkshire +2 12 £41,000 +2.50% 15
West Lothian -2 6 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Highlands - 4 £41,000 - 1
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 4 £39,250 - 2
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Midlothian -2 1 £50,000 +25.76% 10
Stirling -6 1 £49,500 +6.90% 3
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £50,625 - 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 13 (3.55%) Confluence
2 10 (2.73%) Apache
3 9 (2.46%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.19%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 24 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.64%) Windchill
3 16 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.09%) AutoCAD
6 4 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.82%) InVision
7 3 (0.82%) Sketch
8 1 (0.27%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (4.64%) Teamcenter
2 13 (3.55%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (3.28%) Primavera
4 8 (2.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.55%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.66%) Azure
2 36 (9.84%) AWS
3 31 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 28 (7.65%) SaaS
5 24 (6.56%) GCP
6 22 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.73%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (2.19%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.37%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.82%) Figma
13 2 (0.55%) IaaS
13 2 (0.55%) PaaS
13 2 (0.55%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.27%) Entra ID
14 1 (0.27%) GitHub
14 1 (0.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.28%) Firewall
2 10 (2.73%) Internet
2 10 (2.73%) IPsec
2 10 (2.73%) SNMP
2 10 (2.73%) VPN
3 8 (2.19%) BGP
3 8 (2.19%) DNS
3 8 (2.19%) SSL
3 8 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.55%) Broadband
4 2 (0.55%) LAN
4 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.55%) WAN
5 1 (0.27%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) SDH
5 1 (0.27%) VoIP
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.65%) Power BI
2 14 (3.83%) Tableau
3 12 (3.28%) DB2
3 12 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (2.73%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.19%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.91%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.91%) Looker
7 5 (1.37%) Big Data
8 3 (0.82%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) Maven
3 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 145 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 108 (29.51%) Finance
3 57 (15.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (12.02%) Marketing
5 43 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (8.74%) Law
6 32 (8.74%) Public Sector
7 30 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.37%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.46%) Legal
11 8 (2.19%) Billing
11 8 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.19%) Retail
12 5 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.09%) Local Government
14 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.82%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 111 (30.33%) Project Manager
2 42 (11.48%) Senior
3 40 (10.93%) Architect
4 36 (9.84%) Analyst
5 30 (8.20%) Lead
5 30 (8.20%) Presales Manager
6 28 (7.65%) Senior Manager
7 27 (7.38%) Consultant
8 23 (6.28%) Senior Project Manager
9 18 (4.92%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.64%) Configuration Specialist
11 16 (4.37%) Cloud Architect
12 14 (3.83%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.83%) Graduate
13 13 (3.55%) Pensions Project Manager
14 12 (3.28%) Implementation Consultant
14 12 (3.28%) Software Engineer
15 11 (3.01%) Graduate Analyst
15 11 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.01%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.92%) RabbitMQ
2 11 (3.01%) Spring Boot
3 10 (2.73%) YAML
4 7 (1.91%) CSS
4 7 (1.91%) HTML
5 5 (1.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 4 (1.09%) React
7 3 (0.82%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.82%) LESS
7 3 (0.82%) Sass
7 3 (0.82%) Spring
8 2 (0.55%) Django
8 2 (0.55%) jQuery
8 2 (0.55%) JSON
8 2 (0.55%) Kafka
8 2 (0.55%) REST
9 1 (0.27%) .NET
9 1 (0.27%) SOAP
9 1 (0.27%) XML
9 1 (0.27%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.10%) Product Ownership
1 26 (7.10%) Public Cloud
2 18 (4.92%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.92%) Market Risk
3 14 (3.83%) PKI
4 12 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.73%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.91%) PMI
7 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.09%) CCTV
9 4 (1.09%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.09%) IoT
9 4 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.82%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.82%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.02%) Linux
2 25 (6.83%) Windows
3 13 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.28%) Unix
5 10 (2.73%) Data ONTAP
6 8 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (37.43%) Agile
2 97 (26.50%) Actionable Insight
3 79 (21.58%) Project Delivery
4 64 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (17.21%) Presales
6 53 (14.48%) Change Management
7 48 (13.11%) SDLC
8 47 (12.84%) Data Analysis
9 45 (12.30%) Decision-Making
9 45 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 43 (11.75%) Agile Project Management
10 43 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (11.20%) Scrum
12 40 (10.93%) Software Delivery
13 38 (10.38%) Collaborative Working
14 30 (8.20%) PRINCE2
15 28 (7.65%) Analytics
16 27 (7.38%) ERP
16 27 (7.38%) Risk Management
16 27 (7.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.56%) Python
2 23 (6.28%) SQL
3 15 (4.10%) C#
4 12 (3.28%) Java
5 10 (2.73%) C
5 10 (2.73%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.64%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.09%) C++
8 3 (0.82%) PHP
9 2 (0.55%) R
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.27%) Swift
10 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (30.05%) Degree
2 42 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.83%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.37%) Master's Degree
4 16 (4.37%) PMI Certification
5 15 (4.10%) PMP
6 14 (3.83%) PhD
7 12 (3.28%) CISA
8 10 (2.73%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.46%) HND
10 8 (2.19%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.09%) HNC
12 2 (0.55%) CCNA
12 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CISSP
12 2 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.38%) PMO
2 24 (6.56%) QA
3 12 (3.28%) ITGC
4 5 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.82%) GMP
5 3 (0.82%) WCAG
6 2 (0.55%) COSHH
6 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.55%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) Basel III
System Software
1 10 (2.73%) Docker
1 10 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.73%) Ansible
2 10 (2.73%) Prometheus
2 10 (2.73%) vCenter Server
3 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (23.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.83%) Google
2 25 (6.83%) Oracle
3 16 (4.37%) SAP
4 12 (3.28%) Sage
5 10 (2.73%) NetApp
5 10 (2.73%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.73%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.73%) SolidFire
5 10 (2.73%) VMware
6 9 (2.46%) Dell
6 9 (2.46%) Twitter
7 8 (2.19%) Sparx
8 3 (0.82%) ANSYS
8 3 (0.82%) NEC
9 2 (0.55%) Cadence
9 2 (0.55%) Cisco
9 2 (0.55%) Zoho
10 1 (0.27%) ConnectWise
10 1 (0.27%) Splunk