Software Project Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Software Project Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Project Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Scotland median daily rate £400 - £503
% change year-on-year - - +21.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 597 768 1,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.00% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 420 687
10th Percentile £264 £170 £223
25th Percentile £413 £307 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £589 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 12
10th Percentile - £13.57 £13.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.07 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +51.40% +1.95% -3.22%
75th Percentile £63.13 £19.61 £46.24
90th Percentile £74.00 £52.50 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.09% +2.31% -17.58%

Software Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Project Manager in Edinburgh

Software Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Software Project Manager in Edinburgh

Software Project Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, Software 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 Software Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Trello
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management

Software 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 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap