Project Management Contracts in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management 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 19 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 149 217 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.17% 9.79% 9.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.82% 11.05% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 132 194
10th Percentile £308 £288 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £524 £552 £538
90th Percentile £575 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 1
10th Percentile £21.95 - -
25th Percentile £25.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £40.94 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.19% -37.02% +96.97%
75th Percentile £28.38 - -
90th Percentile £50.35 £42.35 -
UK median hourly rate £43.08 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +13.00% -22.20% +47.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
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 Management 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 -4 72 £461 -3.00% 44
Edinburgh +5 57 £425 -11.69% 42
Aberdeen +4 7 £375 -18.92% 20
Perth and Kinross - 4 £525 - 1
Stirling - 2 £431 - 3
Lanarkshire 0 1 £400 -11.11% 5
West Lothian -2 1 £188 -54.87% 1
Perthshire -3 1 - -
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 25 (16.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.36%) Confluence
3 3 (2.01%) CMS
4 2 (1.34%) CICS
4 2 (1.34%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (16.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (13.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.68%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.68%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (11.41%) Azure
3 13 (8.72%) Yammer
4 6 (4.03%) AWS
4 6 (4.03%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.01%) Alation
6 3 (2.01%) Asana
6 3 (2.01%) IaaS
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.01%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.67%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.67%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) LAN
1 5 (3.36%) WAN
2 3 (2.01%) DHCP
2 3 (2.01%) DNS
2 3 (2.01%) Firewall
3 2 (1.34%) SDH
3 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.34%) Wireless
3 2 (1.34%) WLAN
4 1 (0.67%) 4G
4 1 (0.67%) ADSL
4 1 (0.67%) BGP
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) MPLS
4 1 (0.67%) Network Security
4 1 (0.67%) OSPF
4 1 (0.67%) PSTN
4 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) Power BI
2 3 (2.01%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (2.01%) OLAP
2 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) GCC
2 1 (0.67%) GoCD
2 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (46.31%) Social Skills
2 62 (41.61%) Finance
3 46 (30.87%) Public Sector
4 43 (28.86%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (15.44%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (14.77%) Banking
7 9 (6.04%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.37%) Investment Banking
9 6 (4.03%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.68%) Publishing
11 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.01%) Marketing
11 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Electronics
12 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.34%) Local Government
12 2 (1.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.67%) Legal
13 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 58 (38.93%) Project Manager
2 28 (18.79%) Analyst
3 15 (10.07%) Senior
4 13 (8.72%) Change Analyst
5 10 (6.71%) Business Analyst
6 9 (6.04%) Senior Manager
7 8 (5.37%) Lead
7 8 (5.37%) Release Manager
7 8 (5.37%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Business Change Analyst
8 6 (4.03%) Technical Manager
9 5 (3.36%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 4 (2.68%) IT Manager
10 4 (2.68%) IT Project Manager
10 4 (2.68%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
10 4 (2.68%) Scrum Master
10 4 (2.68%) Security Manager
10 4 (2.68%) Security Project Manager
10 4 (2.68%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) Middleware
2 2 (1.34%) REST
2 2 (1.34%) XML
3 1 (0.67%) EDI
3 1 (0.67%) HTML
3 1 (0.67%) Java RMI
3 1 (0.67%) SOAP
3 1 (0.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.70%) PMI
3 6 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.01%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.01%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.34%) Clustering
6 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.34%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.67%) Social Media
7 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.04%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
3 2 (1.34%) Unix
3 2 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (45.64%) Agile
2 41 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (24.16%) Project Delivery
4 33 (22.15%) Waterfall
5 28 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (15.44%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (14.09%) Risk Management
8 20 (13.42%) Change Management
8 20 (13.42%) PRINCE2
9 15 (10.07%) Scrum
10 13 (8.72%) Budget Management
11 12 (8.05%) Coaching
11 12 (8.05%) DevOps
12 11 (7.38%) Business Case
12 11 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (7.38%) SDLC
12 11 (7.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (6.71%) Line Management
13 10 (6.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.67%) Groovy
1 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.67%) Python
1 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (20.81%) Degree
2 14 (9.40%) PMI Certification
3 10 (6.71%) PMP
4 6 (4.03%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.01%) APMP
6 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.01%) ISEB
6 3 (2.01%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.34%) HNC
7 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.67%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.67%) HND
8 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.41%) QA
2 12 (8.05%) PMO
3 7 (4.70%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.67%) Basel III
6 1 (0.67%) P3O
6 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 40 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.03%) Cisco
3 5 (3.36%) Pega
4 4 (2.68%) IBM
4 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.01%) Dell
5 3 (2.01%) Informatica
6 2 (1.34%) Avaya
6 2 (1.34%) BT
6 2 (1.34%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (1.34%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.34%) Nokia
6 2 (1.34%) Oracle
7 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.67%) Google
7 1 (0.67%) Openreach
7 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.67%) Snow
7 1 (0.67%) Spotify