Project Manager Jobs in Scotland

Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Project Manager salary in Scotland is £50,313 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 114 94
Rank change year-on-year -25 -20 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 160 115 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.38% 2.44% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 2.71% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 88 68 91
10th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £42,480
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,731
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,313 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,512 £67,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £70,375 £75,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,505 4,245 5,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.17% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,309 2,967
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,530 £28,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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 -84 71 £52,500 -10.64% 16
Edinburgh +55 52 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Fife -3 7 £40,818 -18.36% 1
West Lothian 0 6 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Lanarkshire -4 5 £40,000 +14.29% 6
Dundee -10 4 - - 1
Aberdeen -12 4 - - 8
Clackmannanshire - 3 £51,500 -
Renfrewshire -2 2 - -
Highlands - 2 £41,000 -
Midlothian -3 1 £50,000 - 7
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
Argyll and Bute - 1 £50,625 -
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Scotland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 111 (69.38%) Project Management
2 62 (38.75%) Project Delivery
3 61 (38.13%) Agile
4 45 (28.13%) Social Skills
5 40 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
6 38 (23.75%) Agile Project Management
7 35 (21.88%) SDLC
8 34 (21.25%) Finance
9 33 (20.63%) Software Delivery
9 33 (20.63%) Presales
10 25 (15.63%) Degree
10 25 (15.63%) PRINCE2
11 22 (13.75%) Microsoft
12 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (10.63%) Decision-Making
14 16 (10.00%) Customer Service
15 15 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
15 15 (9.38%) Business Case
15 15 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (8.75%) Waterfall
17 13 (8.13%) Risk Management
17 13 (8.13%) Change Management
18 12 (7.50%) Service Delivery
18 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
18 12 (7.50%) Public Sector
19 10 (6.25%) Project Governance
19 10 (6.25%) Line Management
19 10 (6.25%) Mentoring
20 9 (5.63%) SC Cleared

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.63%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.88%) AutoCAD
6 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.50%) Primavera
2 1 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.75%) Azure
2 4 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.50%) SaaS
3 2 (1.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.63%) AWS
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 45 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 34 (21.25%) Finance
3 12 (7.50%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.63%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.75%) Retail
7 5 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Electronics
8 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.88%) Marketing
8 3 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.25%) Banking
9 2 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.25%) Legal
9 2 (1.25%) Local Government
10 1 (0.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.75%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.88%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.88%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.25%) PMI
4 2 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.63%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.63%) Life Science
5 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (69.38%) Project Management
2 62 (38.75%) Project Delivery
3 61 (38.13%) Agile
4 40 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 38 (23.75%) Agile Project Management
6 35 (21.88%) SDLC
7 33 (20.63%) Presales
7 33 (20.63%) Software Delivery
8 25 (15.63%) PRINCE2
9 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (10.63%) Decision-Making
10 17 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (10.00%) Customer Service
12 15 (9.38%) Business Case
12 15 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (8.75%) Waterfall
14 13 (8.13%) Change Management
14 13 (8.13%) Risk Management
15 12 (7.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 25 (15.63%) Degree
2 9 (5.63%) PMP
2 9 (5.63%) SC Cleared
2 9 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 8 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 8 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (4.38%) HND
5 4 (2.50%) HNC
6 1 (0.63%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.38%) QA
2 3 (1.88%) GMP
3 2 (1.25%) COSHH
3 2 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.25%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.88%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (1.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 22 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.63%) Civica
2 1 (0.63%) ConnectWise
2 1 (0.63%) Google
2 1 (0.63%) NEC
2 1 (0.63%) Northgate
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle
2 1 (0.63%) Salesforce