Project Management Job Trends in Glasgow

Project Management
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 9 69
Rank change year-on-year -27 +60 -25
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 18 94 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.70% 13.54% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 14.62% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 37
10th Percentile £26,750 £41,700 £35,050
25th Percentile £32,125 £50,268 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -14.03%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £64,125
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £48,814
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.67% -11.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 500 643 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 75.08% 92.65% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 311 284 496
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,575 £28,650
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,625 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Project Management
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Glasgow over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Glasgow

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Tableau
2 3 (16.67%) Data Mining
3 2 (11.11%) Power BI
4 1 (5.56%) Metadata
4 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Games
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Private Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Trainee
1 6 (33.33%) Trainee Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 5 (27.78%) Senior Manager
3 4 (22.22%) QA Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Quality Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Senior QA Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Quality Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Data Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Trainee Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Automation Specialist
6 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Innovation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 6 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 5 (27.78%) Analytics
3 5 (27.78%) Lean Six Sigma
3 5 (27.78%) Six Sigma
4 4 (22.22%) Coaching
4 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Performance Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Quality Management
4 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Python
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Anaplan
2 1 (5.56%) Dataiku
2 1 (5.56%) Genesys
2 1 (5.56%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Verint