Project Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 49 117 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.56% 9.87% 10.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.59% 10.54% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 79 127
10th Percentile £363 £206 £220
25th Percentile £425 £302 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.12% +7.23%
75th Percentile £538 £499 £523
90th Percentile £558 £604 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £431
% change year-on-year -2.70% +7.25% +3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.66
25th Percentile - - £19.80
Median hourly rate - - £22.45
75th Percentile - - £24.85
90th Percentile - - £25.84
Scotland median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year -37.02% +73.66% -

All Process and 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 743 1,110 1,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.24% 93.59% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 780 1,233
10th Percentile £219 £225 £280
25th Percentile £366 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% +14.12%
75th Percentile £559 £538 £570
90th Percentile £652 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £464 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 12
10th Percentile £13.30 £12.10 £15.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -5.30% -58.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £32.71 £48.75
90th Percentile - £47.75 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
% change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) Azure
1 7 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.08%) SaaS
3 1 (2.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) BGP
1 3 (6.12%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (6.12%) Firewall
1 3 (6.12%) IPv4
1 3 (6.12%) IPv6
1 3 (6.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) JIRA
General
1 25 (51.02%) Public Sector
2 23 (46.94%) Social Skills
3 15 (30.61%) Finance
4 10 (20.41%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Banking
5 5 (10.20%) Retail Banking
6 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 28 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 5 (10.20%) Lead
3 4 (8.16%) Agile Project Manager
3 4 (8.16%) Senior
3 4 (8.16%) Senior Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Finance Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Finance Project Manager
4 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Administrator
5 2 (4.08%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (4.08%) Analyst
5 2 (4.08%) Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Business Manager
5 2 (4.08%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Planning Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Risk Manager
5 2 (4.08%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.08%) Equities
2 2 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.08%) PKI
3 1 (2.04%) Blog
3 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 16 (32.65%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Risk Management
4 9 (18.37%) Dependency Management
4 9 (18.37%) DevOps
4 9 (18.37%) Supplier Management
5 8 (16.33%) Business Case
6 7 (14.29%) Change Control
6 7 (14.29%) Software Delivery
6 7 (14.29%) User Research
7 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
7 6 (12.24%) Scrum
8 5 (10.20%) Asset Management
8 5 (10.20%) Business Strategy
8 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Identification
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.16%) ITIL
9 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
10 3 (6.12%) ERP
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) CCNP
2 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.12%) HND
3 2 (4.08%) ISEB
3 2 (4.08%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.04%) ACCA
4 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.04%) CIMA
4 1 (2.04%) CIPD
4 1 (2.04%) CIPFA
4 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.04%) PMP
4 1 (2.04%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (6.12%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) Cisco
1 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Facebook
3 1 (2.04%) Instagram
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle