Project Planning Contracts in Scotland

Project Planning
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning 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 87 117 138
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 -28
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 29 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.78% 0.54% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.61% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 17
10th Percentile £298 £275 £222
25th Percentile £310 £353 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.53% -13.64% +46.67%
75th Percentile £581 £656 £600
90th Percentile £625 £875 £660
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Planning 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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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 +17 17 £520 +66.32% 5
Edinburgh +6 7 £625 +6.38% 5
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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) SaaS
2 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) ADSL
1 1 (3.45%) LAN
1 1 (3.45%) PSTN
1 1 (3.45%) SDH
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (31.03%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.45%) GIS
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Lead
1 8 (27.59%) Project Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Oracle Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Lead Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Programme Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.34%) PMI
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Replication
3 1 (3.45%) Robotics
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) HPUX
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Solaris
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Mentoring
1 9 (31.03%) Project Management
1 9 (31.03%) SDLC
2 7 (24.14%) Change Management
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (17.24%) Time Management
5 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
5 4 (13.79%) Content Management
5 4 (13.79%) IT Asset Management
5 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.34%) Contingency Planning
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.34%) PRINCE
6 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
6 3 (10.34%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) PL/SQL
1 9 (31.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) HNC
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) PMO
2 2 (6.90%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Blue Prism
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) HP
2 1 (3.45%) IBM
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Nokia
2 1 (3.45%) Pega
2 1 (3.45%) Sun
2 1 (3.45%) Unisys