Project Governance Contracts in Scotland

Project Governance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Governance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 117 133
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Governance 8 12 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.54% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.61% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 28
10th Percentile £324 - £269
25th Percentile £391 £313 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -30.23% +9.69%
75th Percentile £600 £463 £588
90th Percentile - £538 £596
UK median daily rate £484 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -7.86% -4.55% +7.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Governance 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Governance in Scotland

Project Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Governance in Scotland

Project Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Governance in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Governance in Scotland

Project Governance
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 Governance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow -2 4 £524 +39.60% 2
Edinburgh +6 2 £433 - 2
Perthshire 0 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £600 -
Project Governance
UK

Project Governance
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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Asana
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) PMO Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
4 1 (12.50%) PMO Officer
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Office Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
2 6 (75.00%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Business Case
5 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 1 (12.50%) Coaching
6 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland