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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 150 187 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.10% 8.82% 9.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.73% 10.09% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 113 190
10th Percentile £285 £276 £213
25th Percentile £359 £350 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £502 £532 £534
90th Percentile £575 £588 £589
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 1
10th Percentile £21.06 £39.47 -
25th Percentile £23.03 - -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £40.94 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.19% -37.02% +73.66%
75th Percentile £46.69 - -
90th Percentile £57.68 £41.65 -
UK median hourly rate £46.22 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.24% -22.20% +50.15%

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 1,541 1,854 2,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.51% 87.41% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,152 1,729
10th Percentile £263 £219 £250
25th Percentile £370 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £640
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 96 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +33.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +11 66 £425 -11.69% 131
Glasgow -6 64 £465 +3.22% 131
Aberdeen +1 5 £375 +15.38% 102
Perth and Kinross - 3 £450 -
West Lothian -7 2 £188 - 12
Perthshire +5 1 - -
Lanarkshire +3 1 £400 -20.00% 3
Fife -4 1 - - 12
Dundee - 1 £286 - 1
Stirling - 1 £400 -
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 22 (14.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.33%) Confluence
3 2 (1.33%) CICS
3 2 (1.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (9.33%) Azure
3 10 (6.67%) Yammer
4 6 (4.00%) AWS
4 6 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.67%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.00%) Alation
6 3 (2.00%) Asana
6 3 (2.00%) IaaS
6 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.00%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.67%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.67%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.67%) LAN
1 7 (4.67%) WAN
2 4 (2.67%) Firewall
2 4 (2.67%) Internet
2 4 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.00%) DHCP
3 3 (2.00%) DNS
4 2 (1.33%) SDH
4 2 (1.33%) Wireless
4 2 (1.33%) WLAN
5 1 (0.67%) 4G
5 1 (0.67%) ADSL
5 1 (0.67%) BGP
5 1 (0.67%) MPLS
5 1 (0.67%) Network Security
5 1 (0.67%) OSPF
5 1 (0.67%) PSTN
5 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.00%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (2.00%) Power BI
3 2 (1.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 15 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) GCC
2 1 (0.67%) GoCD
2 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 67 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 56 (37.33%) Finance
3 48 (32.00%) Public Sector
4 45 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (12.67%) Banking
7 8 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.33%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.67%) Publishing
11 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.00%) Marketing
12 2 (1.33%) Electronics
12 2 (1.33%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.33%) Local Government
12 2 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.33%) Retail
13 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.67%) Legal
13 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (36.00%) Project Manager
2 25 (16.67%) Analyst
3 18 (12.00%) Senior
4 10 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 10 (6.67%) Change Analyst
5 9 (6.00%) Lead
6 8 (5.33%) Release Manager
7 7 (4.67%) IT Engineer
7 7 (4.67%) Senior Manager
7 7 (4.67%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (4.00%) Technical Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Network Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
9 5 (3.33%) Scrum Master
9 5 (3.33%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Security Project Manager
10 4 (2.67%) Business Change Analyst
10 4 (2.67%) PMO Lead
10 4 (2.67%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) Middleware
2 2 (1.33%) REST
2 2 (1.33%) 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 12 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.00%) PMI
3 5 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.00%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.33%) Clustering
6 2 (1.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.33%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.67%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.00%) Windows
2 5 (3.33%) Linux
3 4 (2.67%) Unix
4 3 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (40.00%) Agile
2 42 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (24.67%) Project Delivery
4 31 (20.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 24 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
7 22 (14.67%) PRINCE2
8 21 (14.00%) Change Management
9 20 (13.33%) Risk Management
10 13 (8.67%) Migration
10 13 (8.67%) Scrum
11 12 (8.00%) Budget Management
12 11 (7.33%) Coaching
12 11 (7.33%) DevOps
12 11 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.67%) Mentoring
13 10 (6.67%) SDLC
14 9 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (6.00%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.67%) Groovy
1 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (22.00%) Degree
2 13 (8.67%) PMI Certification
3 10 (6.67%) PMP
4 8 (5.33%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.67%) ISEB
5 4 (2.67%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.00%) APMP
6 3 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.33%) HNC
7 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.33%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.67%) CCNP
8 1 (0.67%) HND
8 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.33%) QA
2 13 (8.67%) PMO
3 11 (7.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (4.67%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.00%) GDPR
6 2 (1.33%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.33%) SLA
6 2 (1.33%) WCAG
7 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.67%) Basel III
7 1 (0.67%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.33%) Cisco
3 6 (4.00%) Oracle
4 5 (3.33%) Pega
5 4 (2.67%) IBM
5 4 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.00%) Dell
6 3 (2.00%) Informatica
7 2 (1.33%) Avaya
7 2 (1.33%) BT
7 2 (1.33%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.33%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.33%) Meraki
7 2 (1.33%) Nokia
8 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.67%) Openreach
8 1 (0.67%) Planview
8 1 (0.67%) Snow
8 1 (0.67%) Spotify