Contract Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Contract Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Contract Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs citing Contract Management 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.75% - 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £333 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £404 - £625
90th Percentile £414 - -
Scotland median daily rate £375 £636 £625
% change year-on-year -41.04% +1.76% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Contract 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 597 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.98% 95.22% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 331 420
10th Percentile £236 £200 £227
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £487
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -5.03% +2.53%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £577
90th Percentile £651 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £456 £480
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 29
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £15.82
25th Percentile £28.38 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -11.54% +22.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £31.93 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.44 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.86% +15.06% +10.05%

Contract Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contract Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Contract Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Contract Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Contract Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Contract Management

Contract Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Construction Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Health and Safety Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle