Project Management Job Trends in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 27 52
Rank change year-on-year -52 +25 -15
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 66 209 233
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.69% 8.25% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 9.17% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14 51 94
10th Percentile £29,250 £37,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £33,188 £47,625 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +18.23% -7.73%
75th Percentile £117,500 £70,625 £63,125
90th Percentile £127,500 £102,500 £73,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,667 2,279 3,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.42% 89.94% 85.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,576 995 1,616
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,217 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.16% -30.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £82,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Project Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Glasgow -15 13 £70,000 +19.66% 74
North Lanarkshire -1 8 - - 4
West Lothian -4 8 - - 5
Renfrewshire 0 6 - - 7
Edinburgh -35 6 £85,000 +54.95% 72
Lanarkshire -3 5 £29,500 - 56
South Lanarkshire -12 4 - -
East Ayrshire +1 2 - -
Stirling -6 2 - - 6
Ayrshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
Highlands -5 1 - - 1
Aberdeen - 1 - - 12
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (48.48%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.55%) Azure
1 3 (4.55%) SaaS
2 2 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon EventBridge
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.52%) AWS Step Functions
3 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) GIS
2 2 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.52%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) GitLab
1 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 41 (62.12%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.73%) Finance
3 6 (9.09%) Electronics
4 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.55%) Local Government
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (3.03%) Digital Health
6 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Marketing
6 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.52%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.52%) Military
7 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Project Manager
2 33 (50.00%) Senior
2 33 (50.00%) Senior Manager
3 32 (48.48%) Senior Project Manager
4 8 (12.12%) Engineering Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Technical Director
6 3 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.03%) Architect
7 2 (3.03%) Product Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.03%) Technical Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Business Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (1.52%) ERP Manager
8 1 (1.52%) ERP Project Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Marketing Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Security Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Senior Technical Manager
8 1 (1.52%) Service Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) FHIR
2 1 (1.52%) PySpark
2 1 (1.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.03%) PACS
4 2 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.03%) SCADA
4 2 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.52%) PMI
5 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Android
1 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Project Delivery
2 36 (54.55%) Agile
3 35 (53.03%) Budget Management
4 34 (51.52%) PRINCE2
5 33 (50.00%) Coaching
6 32 (48.48%) Conflict Management
6 32 (48.48%) Customer Experience
6 32 (48.48%) Impact Analysis
6 32 (48.48%) Operations Management
6 32 (48.48%) Programme Governance
7 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.12%) Data Analysis
8 8 (12.12%) Kaizen
8 8 (12.12%) Lean Six Sigma
8 8 (12.12%) Preventative Maintenance
8 8 (12.12%) Risk Management
8 8 (12.12%) Six Sigma
9 7 (10.61%) AI
9 7 (10.61%) Business Development
9 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) Java
1 1 (1.52%) Python
1 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (72.73%) Degree
2 32 (48.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 10 (15.15%) Chartered Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) HND
5 8 (12.12%) HNC
6 3 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.52%) CISA
7 1 (1.52%) CISM
7 1 (1.52%) CISSP
7 1 (1.52%) CRISC
7 1 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.52%) PMP
7 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) DICOM
1 2 (3.03%) GDPR
1 2 (3.03%) HL7
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) NIST
2 1 (1.52%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Firmware
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Siemens
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe
3 1 (1.52%) Databricks
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle
3 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow