IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

IT Project Manager
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Aberdeen is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 4.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £488
% change year-on-year - -12.82% +1.30%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 37 17 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.09% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 17
10th Percentile £250 £229 £156
25th Percentile £260 £313 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -3.23% -6.06%
75th Percentile £519 £488 £588
90th Percentile £538 £660 £633
Scotland median daily rate £456 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.66%
Scotland median hourly rate £23.05 £21.59 £33.25
% change year-on-year +6.74% -35.07% +43.44%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Aberdeen

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Validation

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Validation