Senior Project Manager Contracts in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Scotland is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 107 149
Rank change year-on-year +2 +42 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 11 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 0.53% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.56% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile £421 £477 £440
25th Percentile £433 £518 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - +0.92%
75th Percentile £564 £572 £575
90th Percentile £586 £576 -
UK median daily rate £625 £593 £600
% change year-on-year +5.42% -1.19% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,554 1,960 2,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 94.64% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 1,200 1,759
10th Percentile £232 £200 £250
25th Percentile £358 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 126 54
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.58
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £18.72
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +3.31% -50.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £56.88 £52.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £66.00 £64.40
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Project Manager in Scotland

Senior Project Manager
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 Senior Project Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 June 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 -1 5 £425 -5.56% 6
Glasgow -12 5 £533 -4.05% 8
Perthshire - 1 - -
Senior Project Manager
UK

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Senior Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Project Management
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) BT
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Business Case
5 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
6 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
6 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Banking
6 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) WAN
6 2 (18.18%) AWS
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 2 (18.18%) 4G
6 2 (18.18%) Project Governance
6 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
6 2 (18.18%) Line Management
7 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (9.09%) Blue Prism
7 1 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
7 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance

Senior Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) 4G
1 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Line Management
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Project Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
6 1 (9.09%) Scrum
6 1 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) BT
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Blue Prism
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Snow