Project Planning Jobs in Scotland

Project Planning
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 199 178
Rank change year-on-year +50 -21 +39
Permanent jobs citing Project Planning 15 77 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.51% 1.15% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.25% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 8
10th Percentile - £35,750 £45,487
25th Percentile £49,118 £46,250 £49,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,066 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% +30.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £167,400 £54,261
90th Percentile £95,000 - £62,500
UK median annual salary £61,967 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.93% -16.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Planning 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 2,735 6,175 4,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.71% 92.38% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 2,389 2,175
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,133
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,650 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Planning in Scotland

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 +20 9 £55,000 -15.47% 8
Glasgow +128 4 £62,500 +13.64% 12
Dundee +13 1 - - 6
Fife - 1 £47,500 -
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (26.67%) Power Automate
4 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Law
6 1 (6.67%) Electronics
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
5 1 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Payments Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Platform Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Transformation Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Agile
1 10 (66.67%) Project Management
2 8 (53.33%) Project Delivery
2 8 (53.33%) Scrum
3 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (26.67%) Change Control
5 4 (26.67%) Change Management
5 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (26.67%) Generative AI
5 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
5 4 (26.67%) LLM
5 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (26.67%) Robotic Process Automation
5 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
5 4 (26.67%) Workflow
6 3 (20.00%) Data Management
6 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (26.67%) VBA
4 3 (20.00%) C++
5 1 (6.67%) C
5 1 (6.67%) C#
5 1 (6.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) PMP
3 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
4 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Blue Prism
2 4 (26.67%) Google
2 4 (26.67%) UiPath
3 1 (6.67%) Sage