Project Manager Contracts in Glasgow

Project Manager
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Project Manager daily rate in Glasgow is £499, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 48 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 -24 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 39 29 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 5.13% 3.41% 9.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.36% 3.59% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 20 69
10th Percentile £414 £325 £363
25th Percentile £454 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -2.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £575
90th Percentile £588 £600 £590
Scotland median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.16% -2.56% +3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +62.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 727 808 845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.66% 95.06% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 531 619
10th Percentile £300 £253 £325
25th Percentile £378 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £467 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £650 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 19
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.03 £12.45
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.00 £13.71
Median hourly rate £19.83 £31.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.05% +70.27% -50.57%
75th Percentile £25.15 £53.75 £53.24
90th Percentile £67.05 £67.50 £61.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £27.90 £22.13
% change year-on-year -28.91% +26.08% -17.60%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025, 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 29 (74.36%) Project Management
2 25 (64.10%) Finance
3 19 (48.72%) Project Delivery
4 14 (35.90%) Agile
5 11 (28.21%) PRINCE2
6 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (25.64%) Banking
6 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
7 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (23.08%) Waterfall
8 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
8 8 (20.51%) Budget Management
9 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (17.95%) PMI Certification
9 7 (17.95%) Change Management
9 7 (17.95%) Project Planning
10 6 (15.38%) Degree
10 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
11 5 (12.82%) PMP
11 5 (12.82%) Azure
12 4 (10.26%) Pega
12 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
12 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
12 4 (10.26%) Regulatory Compliance
12 4 (10.26%) PMI
12 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
12 4 (10.26%) Scrum
12 4 (10.26%) Migration
12 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills

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 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Asana
2 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) WAN
1 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.56%) 4G
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 25 (64.10%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Banking
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.13%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.26%) PMI
2 1 (2.56%) CMDB
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.56%) NHS
2 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.56%) Robotics
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) Project Management
2 19 (48.72%) Project Delivery
3 14 (35.90%) Agile
4 11 (28.21%) PRINCE2
5 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (23.08%) Waterfall
7 8 (20.51%) Budget Management
8 7 (17.95%) Change Management
8 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (17.95%) Project Planning
8 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.26%) Customer Experience
9 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
9 4 (10.26%) Migration
9 4 (10.26%) Regulatory Compliance
9 4 (10.26%) Scrum
10 3 (7.69%) Business Case
10 3 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
10 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) PMI Certification
2 6 (15.38%) Degree
3 5 (12.82%) PMP
4 3 (7.69%) APMP
4 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.56%) HND
6 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Pega
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) BT
4 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.56%) Blue Prism
5 1 (2.56%) Citrix
5 1 (2.56%) Openreach
5 1 (2.56%) Snow
5 1 (2.56%) VMware