Project Management Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Project Management
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 40.00% 16.67% 20.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 54.55% 25.00% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 13
10th Percentile £54 £95 £118
25th Percentile £54 £150 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £244 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -42.59% -8.11%
75th Percentile £411 £341 £476
90th Percentile £478 £397 £498
Scotland median daily rate £444 £447 £500
% change year-on-year -0.73% -10.60% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Lothian

Project 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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 16 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 73.33% 66.67% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 41
10th Percentile £54 £87 £118
25th Percentile £54 £130 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £280 £470
Median % change year-on-year -41.07% -40.43% +8.67%
75th Percentile £388 £435 £560
90th Percentile £443 £497 £590
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - - £19.25
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.65% +48.39%
75th Percentile - - £28.25
90th Percentile - - £29.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Project Management job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

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

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in West Lothian over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in West Lothian

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Management

Project Management
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 Management within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 6 £215 -12.03% 2
Project Management
Scotland

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Change Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Wiki
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 4 (66.67%) Target Operating Model
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Avaya
1 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
1 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds