Project Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Project Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 44 18
Rank change year-on-year +22 -26 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 58 78 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.06% 6.05% 8.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.40% 6.33% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 51 105
10th Percentile £398 £375 £347
25th Percentile £419 £428 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £534 £503 £550
90th Percentile £538 £575 £575
Scotland median daily rate £475 £481 £465
% change year-on-year -1.30% +3.49% +13.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 784 1,233 1,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.58% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 882 1,278
10th Percentile £203 £250 £230
25th Percentile £407 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.53 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
% change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Edinburgh

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 32 (55.17%) Project Management
2 28 (48.28%) Public Sector
3 25 (43.10%) Finance
4 19 (32.76%) Project Delivery
5 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
5 16 (27.59%) Agile
6 14 (24.14%) Business Case
7 13 (22.41%) PRINCE2
8 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
9 10 (17.24%) Time Management
10 9 (15.52%) Change Management
10 9 (15.52%) Risk Management
10 9 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
11 8 (13.79%) Degree
12 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
13 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (8.62%) Business Strategy
14 5 (8.62%) Business Analysis
14 5 (8.62%) Oracle
14 5 (8.62%) ITIL
14 5 (8.62%) Azure
14 5 (8.62%) Disclosure Scotland
14 5 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
14 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
15 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Identification
15 4 (6.90%) Software Delivery
15 4 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (6.90%) Oracle Reports

Project Manager Skill Set
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 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.17%) OCI
3 2 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) AWS
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Firewall
1 2 (3.45%) LAN
1 2 (3.45%) WAN
2 1 (1.72%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) MPLS
2 1 (1.72%) Network Security
2 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 28 (48.28%) Public Sector
2 25 (43.10%) Finance
3 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.72%) BYOD
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.72%) IoT
3 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (55.17%) Project Management
2 19 (32.76%) Project Delivery
3 16 (27.59%) Agile
4 14 (24.14%) Business Case
5 13 (22.41%) PRINCE2
6 10 (17.24%) Time Management
7 9 (15.52%) Change Management
7 9 (15.52%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.62%) Business Analysis
9 5 (8.62%) Business Strategy
9 5 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (8.62%) ITIL
9 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (6.90%) Asset Management
10 4 (6.90%) Scrum
10 4 (6.90%) Software Delivery
10 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Identification
11 3 (5.17%) Information Security
11 3 (5.17%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (5.17%) APMP
4 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.45%) PMP
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.72%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.72%) Cognos
4 1 (1.72%) Fortinet