Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Project Delivery
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 8.33% - 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £417 - -
25th Percentile £433 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £508 - -
90th Percentile £526 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -2.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Lothian

Project Delivery 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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 27 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 66.67% 79.41% 98.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 36
10th Percentile £113 £68 £120
25th Percentile £137 £130 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £178 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -56.91% -
75th Percentile £350 £548 £515
90th Percentile £431 £578 £594
Scotland median daily rate £467 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £16.29 £13.15 -
25th Percentile £16.34 £14.13 £82.50
Median hourly rate £17.63 £16.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -80.59% +545.90%
75th Percentile £18.84 £24.00 £87.50
90th Percentile £18.86 £28.05 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.94 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.31% -0.31% -4.76%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in West Lothian

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Livingston - 2 £469 - 1
Project Delivery
Scotland

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds