Project Manager Contracts in Glasgow

Project Manager
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Project Manager daily rate in Glasgow is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -33 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 32 88 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.65% 9.62% 9.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.84% 10.09% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 75 83
10th Percentile £325 £363 £382
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £491
90th Percentile £600 £588 £540
Scotland median daily rate £475 £488 £466
% change year-on-year -2.56% +4.56% +13.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Scotland median hourly rate - £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +62.50% -34.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 834 872 979
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 95.30% 96.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 645 745
10th Percentile £270 £313 £209
25th Percentile £378 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +10.43%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £538
90th Percentile £675 £701 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
% change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Glasgow

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Glasgow

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Glasgow over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Glasgow

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Glasgow region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 24 (75.00%) Project Management
2 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 14 (43.75%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (28.13%) Waterfall
4 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
5 7 (21.88%) JIRA
6 6 (18.75%) Degree
7 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
7 5 (15.63%) Business Case
8 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.50%) Migration
8 4 (12.50%) Mainframe
8 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 3 (9.38%) Python
9 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
9 3 (9.38%) Perl
9 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
9 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
10 2 (6.25%) Contingency Planning
10 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
10 2 (6.25%) Budget Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Back Office
6 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) FMCG
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.13%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Project Management
2 14 (43.75%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (28.13%) Waterfall
4 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 5 (15.63%) Business Case
6 4 (12.50%) Migration
6 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
7 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
8 2 (6.25%) Budget Management
8 2 (6.25%) Business Strategy
8 2 (6.25%) Contingency Planning
8 2 (6.25%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.25%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Perl
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) PL/SQL
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) HNC
2 2 (6.25%) HND
2 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.25%) PMP
2 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.13%) FFIEC
3 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Avaloq
2 1 (3.13%) Autodesk
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco
2 1 (3.13%) IBM
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) SAP