Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Project Delivery
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -30 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 27 85 48
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.76% 11.24% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 12.39% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 40
10th Percentile £410 £350 £391
25th Percentile £413 £412 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +6.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £608 £620
90th Percentile £648 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Project Delivery 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 626 686 809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 87.19% 90.74% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 435 541
10th Percentile £300 £303 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £625
90th Percentile £625 £659 £700
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 18
10th Percentile £14.83 £16.75 £12.09
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.32 £12.95
Median hourly rate £24.98 £19.59 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.51% +22.44% -46.16%
75th Percentile £49.15 £26.86 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.93 £40.10 £32.40
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Glasgow over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Glasgow

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) WAN
2 4 (14.81%) BGP
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (14.81%) EIGRP
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (14.81%) OSPF
2 4 (14.81%) SD-WAN
3 2 (7.41%) SDH
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) MPLS
4 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Project Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Network Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Field Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.70%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Project Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Release Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) CMDB
2 2 (7.41%) FMCG
2 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
2 2 (7.41%) PMI
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) SCADA
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Kanban
3 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
3 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (18.52%) Scrum
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) ITSM
4 4 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (11.11%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.11%) Data Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 3 (11.11%) ITIL
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.41%) DevOps
6 2 (7.41%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) CCNP
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (14.81%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) PMP
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Cisco
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) IBM
3 1 (3.70%) Meraki
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto