Project Management Jobs in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 71 46
Rank change year-on-year +39 -25 -3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 252 356 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.39% 5.22% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.05% 5.73% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 63 170 158
10th Percentile - £33,175 £38,600
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £59,375 £59,500 £67,188
90th Percentile £85,500 £73,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +2.65%

All Process and 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 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Edinburgh -3 65 £50,445 +0.89% 127
Glasgow +60 35 £60,000 +9.09% 127
Lanarkshire +2 35 - - 3
Fife -12 16 £40,101 -17.74% 12
Stirling +8 13 £42,500 -14.14%
East Ayrshire - 13 £40,101 -
West Lothian +10 12 - - 12
South Lanarkshire - 10 - -
Moray - 10 £40,101 - 2
South Ayrshire - 10 £40,101 -
North Lanarkshire - 8 - - 1
Renfrewshire -12 7 £90,000 - 17
Midlothian -1 3 - - 6
Falkirk - 2 - -
Inverclyde - 2 - -
Highlands +2 1 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
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 4 (1.59%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.40%) CMS
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (11.11%) Simulink
2 9 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.19%) Revit
5 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (11.11%) Teamcenter
2 3 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.78%) Azure
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
2 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
2 5 (1.98%) SaaS
3 3 (1.19%) AWS
3 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.79%) ChatGPT
4 2 (0.79%) Figma
4 2 (0.79%) OCI
4 2 (0.79%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.40%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.19%) MS Access
1 3 (1.19%) Power BI
1 3 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 28 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.98%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 165 (65.48%) Finance
2 105 (41.67%) Banking
3 85 (33.73%) Social Skills
4 30 (11.90%) Electronics
5 28 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 25 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (8.33%) Legal
8 14 (5.56%) Retail
9 13 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.97%) Front Office
11 6 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.19%) Law
14 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 117 (46.43%) Senior
2 80 (31.75%) Designer
2 80 (31.75%) Senior Designer
3 79 (31.35%) Senior UX Designer
3 79 (31.35%) UX Designer
4 31 (12.30%) Project Manager
5 28 (11.11%) Developer
5 28 (11.11%) Junior
5 28 (11.11%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 28 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (8.33%) Senior Manager
7 17 (6.75%) UX Developer
8 15 (5.95%) Architect
8 15 (5.95%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
9 12 (4.76%) Product Architect
9 12 (4.76%) Security Architect
9 12 (4.76%) Security Manager
9 12 (4.76%) Senior Architect
9 12 (4.76%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.38%) HTML
2 3 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.79%) ADO
4 1 (0.40%) CSS
4 1 (0.40%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.40%) React
4 1 (0.40%) Redux
4 1 (0.40%) Spring
4 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.78%) PMI
3 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
3 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (1.19%) SCADA
5 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.79%) Genomics
5 2 (0.79%) Life Science
5 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.79%) Social Media
6 1 (0.40%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.40%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.40%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (48.41%) Agile
2 106 (42.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (40.87%) User Experience
4 98 (38.89%) Design Thinking
4 98 (38.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 98 (38.89%) UX Design
4 98 (38.89%) UX Research
5 97 (38.49%) User Research
6 96 (38.10%) Journey Map
6 96 (38.10%) Prototyping
6 96 (38.10%) Usability Testing
6 96 (38.10%) Wireframes
7 62 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (15.08%) Mathematics
10 34 (13.49%) Mentoring
11 31 (12.30%) Systems Engineering
12 30 (11.90%) UML
13 29 (11.51%) Computer Science
14 28 (11.11%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.11%) MATLAB
2 15 (5.95%) Python
3 6 (2.38%) Java
4 5 (1.98%) SQL
5 4 (1.59%) VBA
6 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.40%) Bash
7 1 (0.40%) C
7 1 (0.40%) R
7 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (33.73%) Degree
2 41 (16.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (6.75%) CISSP
4 11 (4.37%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.97%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.97%) PhD
6 9 (3.57%) HNC
6 9 (3.57%) HND
7 8 (3.17%) PMP
8 5 (1.98%) CISA
8 5 (1.98%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (39.29%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.19%) PMO
4 2 (0.79%) SLA
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) ECSS
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) ITGC
5 1 (0.40%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Argo
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.40%) PingFederate
1 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (11.11%) IBM
2 14 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.38%) SAP
4 4 (1.59%) Blue Prism
4 4 (1.59%) Google
4 4 (1.59%) Oracle
4 4 (1.59%) UiPath
5 3 (1.19%) Autodesk
5 3 (1.19%) Facebook
5 3 (1.19%) YouTube
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe
6 2 (0.79%) Charles River
6 2 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.40%) ESRI
7 1 (0.40%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.40%) NetIQ
7 1 (0.40%) Okta
7 1 (0.40%) Ping Identity