Project Management Contracts in Aberdeen

Project Management
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 6 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 38.89% 13.79% 25.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 43.75% 14.81% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £313 £341 £233
25th Percentile £331 £384 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% -2.63% +75.93%
75th Percentile £388 £534 £519
90th Percentile £548 £574 £538
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 27 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 88.89% 93.10% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 12
10th Percentile £234 £155 £178
25th Percentile £313 £256 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -20.51% +28.29%
75th Percentile £488 £591 £542
90th Percentile £683 £634 £629
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.26
25th Percentile - - £17.34
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £17.47
Median % change year-on-year - -2.66% -
75th Percentile - - £17.59
90th Percentile - - £17.67
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Aberdeen

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Aberdeen.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Aberdeen

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Aberdeen

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Aberdeen

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Aberdeen.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Aberdeen

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (85.71%) Yammer
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Business Change Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Change Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Waterfall
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Infographics
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Security Auditing
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP