Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Project Planning
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 59 71
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 +25
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 2 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.24% 1.36% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 1.43% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £603 £264
25th Percentile - £606 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £725
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -13.79% +29.58%
75th Percentile - £656 £875
90th Percentile - £668 -
Scotland median daily rate £306 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -38.75% +2.56% -11.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Project Planning 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 700 628 752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.47% 95.15% 85.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 329 422
10th Percentile £350 £230 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +2.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £547 £534 £550
90th Percentile £640 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £451 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.01% +3.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 31
10th Percentile £15.87 - £13.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £51.25 £18.33 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +179.56% -4.37% -40.25%
75th Percentile £73.50 £41.44 £59.13
90th Percentile £81.24 £63.50 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £20.62
% change year-on-year -3.35% -2.98% +28.92%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Project Planning
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) iTrent
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing