IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IT Project Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
16 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 65 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 +14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 3 8 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.49% 0.99% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.05% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £405 £385 £455
25th Percentile £423 £400 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £503 £500 £592
90th Percentile £524 £515 £618
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £481
% change year-on-year -2.86% -9.09% -3.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 558 763 937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.55% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 404 563
10th Percentile £267 £192 £220
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.42%
75th Percentile £546 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £594 £600
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 33 15
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.53 £13.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.37 £15.49
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +212.93% +3.70% -2.82%
75th Percentile £72.50 £23.89 £48.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £48.84 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Edinburgh

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Case Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Trello
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow

IT Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Case Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
76 IT Project Manager jobs Nationwide