Project Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Project Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 25 56 60
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.24% 8.66% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 9.18% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 25
10th Percentile £287 £243 £270
25th Percentile £362 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -2.22% +3.45%
75th Percentile £506 £483 £497
90th Percentile £591 £546 £529
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £23.59 £40.94
% change year-on-year - -42.38% -30.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 657 610 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.10% 94.28% 84.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 307 388
10th Percentile £341 £307 £209
25th Percentile £406 £413 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £540
90th Percentile £614 £597 £640
Scotland median daily rate £451 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 22
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.08 £13.21
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.87 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +179.80% +2.11% -63.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £41.44 £23.89
90th Percentile £82.20 £62.38 £36.62
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +3.49%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Management

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) CMS
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) SAN
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
1 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (48.00%) Public Sector
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (36.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Local Government
6 2 (8.00%) Retail
7 1 (4.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Law
7 1 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Construction Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 1 (4.00%) ERP Manager
4 1 (4.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Lead
4 1 (4.00%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Planning Manager
4 1 (4.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Risk Manager
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (4.00%) Clustering
1 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.00%) PMI
1 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Unix
2 2 (8.00%) Solaris
3 1 (4.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) PRINCE2
1 13 (52.00%) Project Delivery
2 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Business Case
5 5 (20.00%) Change Management
5 5 (20.00%) ITIL
5 5 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 5 (20.00%) Service Management
6 4 (16.00%) Budget Management
6 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (16.00%) Migration
6 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) DevOps
7 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) REXX
2 1 (4.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) PMP
2 5 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
5 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Ansible
1 1 (4.00%) Nagios
1 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Avaya
3 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) IFS
3 1 (4.00%) Infor
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow