Project Management Jobs in Edinburgh

Project Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 31 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 -5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 65 96 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.46% 6.39% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.68% 7.21% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 36 66
10th Percentile £46,238 £32,500 £30,285
25th Percentile £49,059 £40,188 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,445 £49,254 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -10.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £102,625 £73,000 £64,654
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 846 1,331 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.13% 88.56% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 934 1,082
10th Percentile £26,156 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.08%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Copilot
1 4 (6.15%) Power Automate
1 4 (6.15%) SaaS
2 3 (4.62%) AWS
2 3 (4.62%) Azure
3 2 (3.08%) ChatGPT
3 2 (3.08%) Figma
3 2 (3.08%) OCI
3 2 (3.08%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) GitLab
2 1 (1.54%) Git
General
1 39 (60.00%) Finance
2 26 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (35.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (23.08%) Legal
5 9 (13.85%) Banking
5 9 (13.85%) Front Office
6 5 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Law
9 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (16.92%) Lead
2 10 (15.38%) Risk Manager
3 9 (13.85%) Developer
3 9 (13.85%) Project Manager
4 8 (12.31%) Senior
5 6 (9.23%) Risk Officer
6 4 (6.15%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Developer
7 3 (4.62%) Account Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Innovation Manager
7 3 (4.62%) NetSuite Developer
7 3 (4.62%) Senior Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Associate Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Change Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Credit Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) HTML
2 3 (4.62%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.08%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) Credit Risk
1 2 (3.08%) Genomics
1 2 (3.08%) Life Science
1 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
1 2 (3.08%) Social Media
2 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.54%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (20.00%) Agile
3 13 (20.00%) Change Management
4 12 (18.46%) Business Strategy
4 12 (18.46%) Risk Management
5 11 (16.92%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 10 (15.38%) Business Case
6 10 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (15.38%) Data Transformation
7 9 (13.85%) Mathematics
7 9 (13.85%) Model Validation
7 9 (13.85%) Quantitative Analysis
7 9 (13.85%) Quantitative Finance
7 9 (13.85%) Roadmaps
7 9 (13.85%) Statistics
7 9 (13.85%) Validation
8 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
8 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.54%) Python
2 5 (7.69%) Java
3 4 (6.15%) VBA
4 3 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.54%) Bash
5 1 (1.54%) C
5 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) Master's Degree
2 9 (13.85%) PhD
3 5 (7.69%) CISA
3 5 (7.69%) CISSP
4 4 (6.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (6.15%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (6.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 4 (6.15%) PMI Certification
4 4 (6.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.54%) ECSS
2 1 (1.54%) ITGC
2 1 (1.54%) PMO
2 1 (1.54%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Argo
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.54%) PingFederate
1 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Blue Prism
2 4 (6.15%) Google
2 4 (6.15%) UiPath
3 2 (3.08%) Adobe
3 2 (3.08%) Charles River
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle
4 1 (1.54%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.54%) NetIQ
4 1 (1.54%) Okta
4 1 (1.54%) Ping Identity