Project Management Job Trends in the Highlands

Project Management
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 3.80% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 91.14% 39.13% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 34 9 4
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +60.00% -
75th Percentile - £48,000 -
90th Percentile - £167,400 -
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Project Management
Salary Trend in the Highlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Project Management

Project Management
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 3 £52,500 - 1
Project Management
Scotland

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (33.33%) Civil 3D
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Navisworks
1 1 (33.33%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Query
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Building Information Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) CAD
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Information Management
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Order to Cash
1 1 (33.33%) PQQ
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Autodesk
1 1 (33.33%) ESRI
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft