Project Management Job Trends in West Lothian

Project Management
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Project Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 35 9
Rank change year-on-year +25 -26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 14 3 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 11.57% 1.97% 18.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.96% 2.22% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91,250 £67,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.43% +55.56% -1.06%
75th Percentile £113,750 £72,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,118
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.46% +8.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 135 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 89.26% 88.82% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 70 53 58
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,350 £20,750
25th Percentile £26,513 £43,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,851 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% +50.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £71,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in West Lothian

Project Management
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Project Management

Project Management
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Livingston - 4 - - 2
Bathgate - 2 - - 1
Linlithgow - 2 - -
Project Management
Scotland

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (85.71%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Senior
2 10 (71.43%) Designer
2 10 (71.43%) Senior Designer
2 10 (71.43%) Senior UX Designer
2 10 (71.43%) UX Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) UX Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior UX Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile
1 12 (85.71%) Design Thinking
1 12 (85.71%) Journey Map
1 12 (85.71%) Prototyping
1 12 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
1 12 (85.71%) Usability Testing
1 12 (85.71%) User Experience
1 12 (85.71%) User Research
1 12 (85.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 12 (85.71%) UX Design
1 12 (85.71%) UX Research
1 12 (85.71%) Wireframes
2 2 (14.29%) Business Development
2 2 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (14.29%) CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (85.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware