Project Delivery Contracts in Scotland

Project Delivery
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 32 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 114 121 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 7.05% 5.78% 6.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 6.57% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 73 136
10th Percentile £302 £280 £321
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £575
90th Percentile £630 £624 £636
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £40.94 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £35.65 £62.50
% change year-on-year +82.33% -42.96% +40.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 1,841 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.70% 87.88% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 1,140 1,739
10th Percentile £263 £219 £260
25th Percentile £374 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 92 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.92 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.71 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +12 54 £515 +3.00% 68
Glasgow -4 54 £447 -10.60% 74
South Lanarkshire +16 1 £470 - 1
Perthshire +3 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £600 - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 £400 - 8
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) JBoss
3 1 (0.88%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (6.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.40%) AWS
2 8 (7.02%) Azure
3 4 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.75%) Asana
4 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.88%) BrowserStack
5 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.88%) IaaS
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.88%) OCI
5 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.26%) WAN
2 5 (4.39%) LAN
3 3 (2.63%) SDH
4 2 (1.75%) Firewall
4 2 (1.75%) MPLS
4 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) 4G
5 1 (0.88%) ADSL
5 1 (0.88%) Internet
5 1 (0.88%) Intranet
5 1 (0.88%) IPsec
5 1 (0.88%) Network Security
5 1 (0.88%) PSTN
5 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.88%) SNA
5 1 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.88%) Wireless
5 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) EDRMS
1 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.88%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) GCC
2 1 (0.88%) Git
2 1 (0.88%) JMeter
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
General
1 49 (42.98%) Finance
2 41 (35.96%) Social Skills
3 21 (18.42%) Public Sector
4 18 (15.79%) Banking
5 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.51%) Law
7 4 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.63%) Legal
8 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Electronics
9 2 (1.75%) Local Government
10 1 (0.88%) Back Office
10 1 (0.88%) Front Office
10 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Project Manager
2 20 (17.54%) Senior
3 10 (8.77%) Analyst
3 10 (8.77%) Developer
3 10 (8.77%) Java Developer
3 10 (8.77%) Lead
4 8 (7.02%) Senior Manager
4 8 (7.02%) Service Manager
5 6 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 6 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 6 (5.26%) Technical Manager
6 5 (4.39%) Project Assistant
7 4 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.51%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.51%) Network Engineer
7 4 (3.51%) Server Engineer
7 4 (3.51%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (2.63%) Architect
8 3 (2.63%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (2.63%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.65%) Spring
1 11 (9.65%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.75%) Middleware
2 2 (1.75%) React
3 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.88%) EntireX
3 1 (0.88%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (0.88%) J2EE
3 1 (0.88%) Java RMI
3 1 (0.88%) Node.js
3 1 (0.88%) Playwright
3 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.39%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (3.51%) PMI
4 3 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.63%) FMCG
4 3 (2.63%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.75%) Derivative
5 2 (1.75%) Equities
5 2 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.75%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.75%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.88%) Clustering
6 1 (0.88%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.77%) Windows
2 8 (7.02%) Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Amazon Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.63%) Unix
5 2 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.75%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.33%) Agile
2 36 (31.58%) Project Management
3 31 (27.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (14.04%) ITIL
5 15 (13.16%) Process Improvement
5 15 (13.16%) Risk Management
6 13 (11.40%) Change Management
6 13 (11.40%) Programme Management
6 13 (11.40%) Waterfall
7 12 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (9.65%) CI/CD
8 11 (9.65%) DevOps
9 10 (8.77%) Workshop Facilitation
10 9 (7.89%) Migration
10 9 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.89%) Project Governance
11 8 (7.02%) Budget Management
11 8 (7.02%) Project Planning
11 8 (7.02%) Service Management
12 7 (6.14%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.53%) Java
2 3 (2.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.88%) JCL
3 1 (0.88%) REXX
3 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (8.77%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.63%) HNC
5 2 (1.75%) PMP
6 1 (0.88%) APMP
6 1 (0.88%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) CBAP
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) IIBA
6 1 (0.88%) ISEB
6 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) PMO
2 4 (3.51%) QA
3 3 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (9.65%) Terraform
2 1 (0.88%) Ansible
2 1 (0.88%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 13 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Cisco
3 6 (5.26%) VMware
4 5 (4.39%) Adobe
4 5 (4.39%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.51%) IBM
6 3 (2.63%) Nokia
6 3 (2.63%) Oracle
6 3 (2.63%) Pega
7 2 (1.75%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.75%) Databricks
7 2 (1.75%) Meraki
7 2 (1.75%) Reuters
7 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.88%) Openreach
8 1 (0.88%) Snow
8 1 (0.88%) Software AG
8 1 (0.88%) Spotify
8 1 (0.88%) Tanium