Project Delivery Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 45
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -19
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 51 51 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.88% 5.85% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 6.51% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 36 59
10th Percentile £239 £400 £390
25th Percentile £408 £412 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £603 £541 £538
90th Percentile £689 £573 £635
Scotland median daily rate £477 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -4.60% +3.09% +2.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 609 783 1,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.13% 89.79% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 467 925
10th Percentile £199 £219 £293
25th Percentile £391 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.05% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £650 £636
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 16
10th Percentile £20.65 £14.37 £13.11
25th Percentile £21.34 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.59 £35.00 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% +63.06% -34.95%
75th Percentile £24.18 £60.75 £53.94
90th Percentile £28.38 - £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £23.00 £20.57 £16.94
% change year-on-year +11.81% +21.46% -57.66%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.92%) WAN
2 1 (1.96%) 4G
2 1 (1.96%) ATM
2 1 (1.96%) Firewall
2 1 (1.96%) IPsec
2 1 (1.96%) LAN
2 1 (1.96%) MPLS
2 1 (1.96%) Network Security
2 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.96%) SNA
2 1 (1.96%) VPN
2 1 (1.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.96%) ObjectStore
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
2 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) GCC
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
1 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.80%) Banking
3 5 (9.80%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Legal
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.92%) Retail
5 2 (3.92%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Project Manager
2 8 (15.69%) Lead
3 7 (13.73%) Senior
4 6 (11.76%) Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Service Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Project Assistant
6 4 (7.84%) Contracts Manager
7 3 (5.88%) Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 2 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Server Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (1.96%) Report Manager
9 1 (1.96%) Technical Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Middleware
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.92%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.96%) Clustering
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.96%) Derivative
4 1 (1.96%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.96%) Equities
4 1 (1.96%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.96%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Linux
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Amazon Linux
2 2 (3.92%) Unix
2 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.92%) zOS
3 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (29.41%) Agile
2 15 (29.41%) Project Management
3 10 (19.61%) ITIL
4 8 (15.69%) Programme Management
5 7 (13.73%) DevOps
6 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.76%) Service Management
7 5 (9.80%) Risk Management
7 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
7 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (7.84%) Algorithmic Trading
8 4 (7.84%) Analytics
8 4 (7.84%) Business Analysis
8 4 (7.84%) Scrum
8 4 (7.84%) Systematic Trading
9 3 (5.88%) Mentoring
9 3 (5.88%) SDLC
9 3 (5.88%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) C#
1 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.96%) JCL
1 1 (1.96%) Python
1 1 (1.96%) REXX
1 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
1 1 (1.96%) ISEB
1 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
3 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Ansible
1 1 (1.96%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Adobe
3 3 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) IBM
4 2 (3.92%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.92%) VMware
5 1 (1.96%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.96%) BT
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) Meraki
5 1 (1.96%) Planview
5 1 (1.96%) Reuters
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.96%) Snow
5 1 (1.96%) Tanium