Resource Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Resource Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Resource Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 114 125
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 +26
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 5 2 20
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.33% 0.12% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.13% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £425 £91 £363
25th Percentile £453 £141 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £225 £400
Median % change year-on-year +122.72% -43.88% -14.44%
75th Percentile £538 £308 £563
90th Percentile £560 £358 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Resource 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 1,312 1,486 2,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.64% 89.90% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 878 1,315
10th Percentile £246 £240 £250
25th Percentile £386 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £588
90th Percentile £637 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 44 52
10th Percentile £13.71 £16.75 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.13 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £56.25 £43.58 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Resource Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Resource Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Management

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Management in Scotland

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Management

Resource 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 Resource Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 2 £550 +40.66% 3
Edinburgh - 2 £500 - 1
West Lothian +1 1 £413 +611.21% 1
Resource Management
UK

Resource Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Order to Cash
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) PMO