Project Planning Contracts in Scotland

Project Planning
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 142 114
Rank change year-on-year +26 -28 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 13 24 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.59% 0.85% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.92% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 51
10th Percentile £275 £222 £283
25th Percentile £353 £280 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +46.67% -5.06%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £413
90th Percentile £875 £660 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £37.43
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -6.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 +32 7 £588 +51.61% 4
Glasgow -5 3 £313 -43.18% 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £475 -
Aberdeen - 1 £575 - 2
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Finance Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Programme Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Transformation Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Transformation Programme Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Manager
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Project Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle Programme Manager
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.69%) Project Leader
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Change Management
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) ERP
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Process Management
5 3 (23.08%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (23.08%) Record to Report
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
6 2 (15.38%) Cost Control
6 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco