Project Manager Jobs in Scotland

Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Project Manager salary in Scotland is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 149 119
Rank change year-on-year +28 -30 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 43 152 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.44% 2.23% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 2.30% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 21 89 75
10th Percentile - £37,900 £38,450
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,512 £63,577
90th Percentile - £68,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,578 6,609 4,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.60% 97.02% 89.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 2,708 2,174
10th Percentile £28,300 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Glasgow +112 15 £57,500 +9.52% 31
Edinburgh -21 9 - - 28
Stirling - 9 £42,500 -
South Ayrshire - 5 £65,000 -
Fife -10 4 £47,500 +16.37% 4
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 33 (76.74%) Project Management
2 30 (69.77%) Social Skills
3 25 (58.14%) Degree
4 14 (32.56%) Finance
4 14 (32.56%) Retail
5 12 (27.91%) Mentoring
6 10 (23.26%) Coaching
7 9 (20.93%) Facilities Management
7 9 (20.93%) HNC
7 9 (20.93%) HND
7 9 (20.93%) Cost Control
7 9 (20.93%) Budgeting
8 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
10 6 (13.95%) Agile
10 6 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (11.63%) Asset Management
11 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
11 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
11 5 (11.63%) Requirements Gathering
11 5 (11.63%) Waterfall
12 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (9.30%) Change Control
12 4 (9.30%) Quality Management
12 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
13 3 (6.98%) SQL
13 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (6.98%) MS Access
13 3 (6.98%) Change Management

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 30 (69.77%) Social Skills
2 14 (32.56%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) Retail
3 6 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Legal
6 2 (4.65%) Electronics
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Genomics
1 2 (4.65%) Life Science
2 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (76.74%) Project Management
2 12 (27.91%) Mentoring
3 10 (23.26%) Coaching
4 9 (20.93%) Budgeting
4 9 (20.93%) Cost Control
4 9 (20.93%) Facilities Management
5 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.95%) Agile
8 5 (11.63%) Asset Management
8 5 (11.63%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (11.63%) Waterfall
9 4 (9.30%) Change Control
9 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
9 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.30%) Quality Management
10 3 (6.98%) Change Management
10 3 (6.98%) Customer-Centricity
10 3 (6.98%) DMAIC
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) Degree
2 9 (20.93%) HNC
2 9 (20.93%) HND
3 3 (6.98%) PMI Certification
3 3 (6.98%) PMP
4 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft