Project Delivery Job Trends in Scotland

Project Delivery
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 63 101
Rank change year-on-year -36 +38 -28
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 42 82 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.54% 3.11% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 3.36% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8 33 68
10th Percentile £37,125 £31,250 £37,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,210 £96,539
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Delivery 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,192 2,442 2,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.18% 92.61% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 1,028 1,789
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,025 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,292 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Scotland

Project Delivery
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Project Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Edinburgh -14 25 £65,000 +20.37% 7
Glasgow -8 8 £40,000 -33.33% 5
West Lothian - 8 - - 1
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (4.76%) WebSphere
1 2 (4.76%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) IIS
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Smart View
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Weka
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Hyperion Planning
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Assets
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Financials
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle General Ledger
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 5 (11.90%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) DHCP
2 2 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) LAN
3 1 (2.38%) Modbus
3 1 (2.38%) VLAN
3 1 (2.38%) VPN
3 1 (2.38%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Essbase
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (4.76%) Git
General
1 21 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Banking
5 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.38%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Private Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Senior
2 9 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 8 (19.05%) Analyst
3 8 (19.05%) IT Support
3 8 (19.05%) Senior Manager
3 8 (19.05%) Senior Project Manager
3 8 (19.05%) Service Desk Support
4 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Digital Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 6 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (9.52%) Oracle Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Scrum Master
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Oracle Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Applications Support
7 2 (4.76%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.38%) PMI
3 1 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.38%) SCADA
3 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (30.95%) Collaborative Culture
4 12 (28.57%) Project Management
4 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (23.81%) Agile
5 10 (23.81%) Budget Management
5 10 (23.81%) ITSM
6 9 (21.43%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 9 (21.43%) Customer Service
7 8 (19.05%) Asset Management
7 8 (19.05%) Coaching
8 7 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
8 7 (16.67%) Logistics
9 6 (14.29%) Budgeting
9 6 (14.29%) Data Management
9 6 (14.29%) Migration
9 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
10 5 (11.90%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (9.52%) Groovy
3 2 (4.76%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) CISM
2 2 (4.76%) CISSP
2 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.38%) CBAP
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.38%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) GxP
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.38%) IEC 61131
3 1 (2.38%) IEC 61508
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) Proxmox
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Hyperion
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle
2 3 (7.14%) VMware
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Rockwell
3 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Siemens