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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 55 30
Rank change year-on-year +20 -25 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 224 313 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.54% 5.56% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.68% 6.31% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53 135 164
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,250 £45,512
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,445 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,976
90th Percentile £90,750 £77,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.15% -10.83% +4.35%

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 2,915 4,963 3,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 85.08% 88.20% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,378 1,992 1,952
10th Percentile £26,929 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £63,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,315
% change year-on-year - -8.81% +0.53%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -7 71 £60,000 +8.42% 53
Glasgow +39 35 £60,000 +3.45% 36
Lanarkshire +2 35 - - 14
West Lothian +25 12 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 10 - - 6
Stirling +3 9 £42,500 -14.14% 3
North Lanarkshire - 9 £60,000 - 3
Renfrewshire -12 7 £60,000 - 6
Fife -16 5 £40,101 -19.80% 3
East Ayrshire - 5 £40,101 - 1
Midlothian -4 4 - - 18
Inverclyde - 3 £60,000 - 1
Highlands -2 2 - - 2
South Ayrshire -19 2 £40,101 -
Moray -23 2 £40,101 -10.89%
Falkirk - 2 - - 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 (1.79%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.57%) Simulink
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.23%) Revit
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.57%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.79%) SAP CO
2 4 (1.79%) SAP FI
2 4 (1.79%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.34%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.89%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.68%) SaaS
2 5 (2.23%) Azure
2 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (2.23%) Power Automate
2 5 (2.23%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.79%) AWS
4 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.89%) ChatGPT
4 2 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.89%) Figma
4 2 (0.89%) OCI
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) SpaceWire
1 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.34%) Power BI
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.89%) Tableau
4 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (3.57%) JIRA
1 8 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Git
General
1 158 (70.54%) Finance
2 105 (46.88%) Banking
3 49 (21.88%) Social Skills
4 29 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (8.48%) Legal
6 11 (4.91%) Front Office
7 10 (4.46%) Electronics
8 8 (3.57%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.68%) Retail
11 5 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.79%) Law
12 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Aviation
14 1 (0.45%) Billing
14 1 (0.45%) Games
14 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (50.45%) Senior
2 80 (35.71%) Designer
2 80 (35.71%) Senior Designer
3 79 (35.27%) Senior UX Designer
3 79 (35.27%) UX Designer
4 34 (15.18%) Project Manager
5 27 (12.05%) Developer
6 18 (8.04%) Senior Manager
7 17 (7.59%) UX Developer
8 15 (6.70%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.70%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (5.80%) Risk Manager
10 10 (4.46%) Lead
11 9 (4.02%) Junior
11 9 (4.02%) Senior UX Developer
11 9 (4.02%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.68%) Risk Officer
14 5 (2.23%) Analyst
14 5 (2.23%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.79%) HTML
2 3 (1.34%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.89%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
1 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
1 4 (1.79%) SCADA
2 3 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (1.34%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
3 2 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (0.89%) Social Media
4 1 (0.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.45%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.45%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (57.14%) Agile
2 110 (49.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (45.98%) User Experience
4 98 (43.75%) Design Thinking
4 98 (43.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 98 (43.75%) UX Design
4 98 (43.75%) UX Research
5 96 (42.86%) Journey Map
5 96 (42.86%) Prototyping
5 96 (42.86%) Usability Testing
5 96 (42.86%) User Research
5 96 (42.86%) Wireframes
6 47 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (12.95%) Project Delivery
9 20 (8.93%) Mathematics
10 16 (7.14%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.70%) Customer Service
11 15 (6.70%) Mentoring
12 14 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.14%) Python
2 8 (3.57%) MATLAB
3 5 (2.23%) Java
4 4 (1.79%) VBA
5 3 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.34%) R
6 2 (0.89%) SQL
7 1 (0.45%) Bash
7 1 (0.45%) C
7 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (18.75%) Degree
2 11 (4.91%) Master's Degree
2 11 (4.91%) PhD
3 9 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.23%) CISA
5 5 (2.23%) CISSP
5 5 (2.23%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.79%) HNC
6 4 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (1.79%) PMP
7 3 (1.34%) HND
8 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (45.09%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.80%) PMO
3 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.34%) GAAP
4 3 (1.34%) IFRS
4 3 (1.34%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.89%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) ECSS
6 1 (0.45%) ITGC
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.89%) Firmware
2 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Argo
1 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.45%) PingFederate
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (6.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.46%) SAP
3 8 (3.57%) IBM
4 5 (2.23%) Autodesk
5 4 (1.79%) Blue Prism
5 4 (1.79%) Google
5 4 (1.79%) Oracle
5 4 (1.79%) UiPath
6 3 (1.34%) Facebook
6 3 (1.34%) YouTube
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe
7 2 (0.89%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.89%) Charles River
7 2 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.89%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco
8 1 (0.45%) ESRI
8 1 (0.45%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.45%) NetIQ
8 1 (0.45%) VMware