Project Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 23 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 55 121 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.69% 9.38% 10.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.60% 9.85% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 81 146
10th Percentile £308 £208 £212
25th Percentile £413 £306 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £518
90th Percentile £650 £613 £575
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -37.02% +96.97% +23.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 724 1,228 1,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.08% 95.19% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 879 1,254
10th Percentile £230 £252 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £558
90th Percentile £669 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 13 18
10th Percentile £15.10 £14.07 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.87 £21.26 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.57% -41.75% -32.99%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.92
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.05% -46.30% -21.43%

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 26 April 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:

Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) Azure
1 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (9.09%) OCI
2 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.64%) SaaS
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (3.64%) Power BI
1 2 (3.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 35 (63.64%) Public Sector
2 25 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 23 (41.82%) Finance
4 7 (12.73%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (7.27%) Banking
7 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (3.64%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) Project Manager
2 7 (12.73%) Lead
3 4 (7.27%) Coordinator
4 3 (5.45%) Administrator
4 3 (5.45%) Finance Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Finance Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (3.64%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Architect
5 2 (3.64%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Development Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) IT Manager
5 2 (3.64%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Risk Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Security Architect
5 2 (3.64%) Test Manager
6 1 (1.82%) Data Manager
6 1 (1.82%) Delivery Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.64%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.64%) Equities
3 2 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.64%) PKI
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Agile
2 24 (43.64%) Project Delivery
3 17 (30.91%) Business Case
4 15 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 11 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 8 (14.55%) Asset Management
6 8 (14.55%) Supplier Management
7 7 (12.73%) DevOps
7 7 (12.73%) Time Management
8 6 (10.91%) Change Management
9 5 (9.09%) Business Analysis
9 5 (9.09%) Change Control
9 5 (9.09%) Dependency Management
9 5 (9.09%) ERP
9 5 (9.09%) ITIL
9 5 (9.09%) Scrum
9 5 (9.09%) Software Delivery
9 5 (9.09%) User Research
10 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
2 3 (5.45%) APMP
2 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (3.64%) ISEB
3 2 (3.64%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.64%) PMP
4 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.82%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (7.27%) QA
3 3 (5.45%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle
2 2 (3.64%) CheckPoint