Project Management Jobs in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 47 39 37
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +39
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 183 348 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.41% 6.89% 6.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 7.34% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 91 133 136
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £46,125 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £61,186 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,542
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% +5.24% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,750 4,739 4,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 96.32% 93.88% 93.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 2,596 2,715
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £69,900 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,919 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +12 81 £59,556 +4.48% 53
Edinburgh -4 65 £55,000 +10.00% 50
Aberdeen +10 14 £56,250 +60.71% 9
Dundee +11 8 £47,557 - 3
Lanarkshire +11 2 £46,000 +34.31% 16
Inverclyde +1 2 £60,000 - 1
West Lothian +2 1 £60,000 - 5
Dumfries and Galloway -1 1 £40,000 - 1
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.92%) Confluence
2 6 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.19%) CMS
3 4 (2.19%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.85%) Azure
2 25 (13.66%) SaaS
3 21 (11.48%) PaaS
4 16 (8.74%) IaaS
5 15 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.46%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.37%) AWS
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.55%) GCP
8 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.10%) SAN
2 3 (1.64%) Firewall
2 3 (1.64%) LAN
3 2 (1.09%) WAN
4 1 (0.55%) DHCP
4 1 (0.55%) DNS
4 1 (0.55%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.55%) SSL
4 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.46%) Power BI
2 9 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.19%) DB2
6 3 (1.64%) DTS
6 3 (1.64%) Tableau
7 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.55%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (6.01%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Git
2 1 (0.55%) MSI
General
1 92 (50.27%) Social Skills
2 61 (33.33%) Finance
3 29 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.75%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (12.02%) Public Sector
7 19 (10.38%) Banking
8 17 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (8.20%) Marketing
10 10 (5.46%) Retail
11 8 (4.37%) Legal
12 5 (2.73%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.19%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.09%) Billing
14 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.55%) Electronics
15 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.55%) Law
15 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (32.24%) Project Manager
2 30 (16.39%) Senior
3 24 (13.11%) Architect
4 20 (10.93%) Infrastructure Architect
5 19 (10.38%) Analyst
6 16 (8.74%) Consultant
7 14 (7.65%) Senior Manager
8 11 (6.01%) Implementation Consultant
9 10 (5.46%) Graduate
9 10 (5.46%) Graduate Analyst
10 9 (4.92%) IT Manager
10 9 (4.92%) Presales Engineer
10 9 (4.92%) Technical Manager
11 8 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.37%) Lead
11 8 (4.37%) Presales Manager
11 8 (4.37%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.83%) Audit Manager
13 6 (3.28%) Senior Project Manager
14 5 (2.73%) Software Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.73%) CSS
1 5 (2.73%) React
2 4 (2.19%) React Native
3 3 (1.64%) Django
4 2 (1.09%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.55%) .NET
5 1 (0.55%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.55%) HTML
5 1 (0.55%) jQuery
5 1 (0.55%) Laravel
5 1 (0.55%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.55%) Vue
5 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.57%) Public Cloud
2 20 (10.93%) Virtual Team
3 16 (8.74%) Private Cloud
4 13 (7.10%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.83%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.28%) Data Structures
7 6 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.09%) CCTV
10 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.09%) Life Science
11 1 (0.55%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.55%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.55%) IoT
11 1 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.94%) Windows
2 24 (13.11%) Linux
3 5 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (51.91%) Agile
2 54 (29.51%) Actionable Insight
3 49 (26.78%) Project Delivery
4 36 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (18.03%) PRINCE2
6 30 (16.39%) Software Delivery
7 28 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (14.75%) Presales
9 26 (14.21%) ITIL
9 26 (14.21%) SDLC
9 26 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (12.57%) Analytics
11 22 (12.02%) Technology Transformation
12 20 (10.93%) Mentoring
12 20 (10.93%) TOGAF
13 19 (10.38%) Agile Project Management
14 18 (9.84%) Change Management
14 18 (9.84%) Scrum
15 17 (9.29%) Waterfall
16 16 (8.74%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.84%) SQL
2 9 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.37%) Python
4 4 (2.19%) C#
4 4 (2.19%) Java
5 3 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.55%) C
7 1 (0.55%) C++
7 1 (0.55%) PHP
7 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (30.05%) Degree
2 15 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.56%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.46%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.28%) HND
6 5 (2.73%) CISA
6 5 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.73%) PMP
7 4 (2.19%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.09%) HNC
9 2 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.09%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.55%) CAPM
10 1 (0.55%) CEH
10 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.55%) CISSP
10 1 (0.55%) MCSE
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.37%) PMO
2 6 (3.28%) QA
3 4 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.19%) ITGC
4 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.55%) IASME
5 1 (0.55%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.73%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.46%) Ansible
1 10 (5.46%) Terraform
2 5 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) WMI
4 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.20%) Oracle
3 13 (7.10%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.92%) Dell
5 7 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.83%) SAP
6 6 (3.28%) NEC
6 6 (3.28%) Teradata
7 5 (2.73%) Cisco
8 4 (2.19%) Google
8 4 (2.19%) Remedy
8 4 (2.19%) Sage
9 3 (1.64%) Dataiku
10 2 (1.09%) NetApp
10 2 (1.09%) VMware
11 1 (0.55%) Citrix
11 1 (0.55%) Civica
11 1 (0.55%) Juniper
11 1 (0.55%) Meraki
11 1 (0.55%) Northgate