Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 22 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 36 54 43
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.86% 8.68% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.69% 9.09% 6.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 27
10th Percentile £261 £403 £390
25th Percentile £347 £438 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% +4.25% +9.89%
75th Percentile £531 £634 £544
90th Percentile £623 £681 £603
Scotland median daily rate £475 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -

All Process & 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 633 594 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.54% 95.50% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 326 422
10th Percentile £313 £240 £219
25th Percentile £413 £405 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £573
90th Percentile £650 £625 £662
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 21 31
10th Percentile £17.23 - £13.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £22.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +138.64% +14.76% -10.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £45.80 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.90 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.50% +2.05% +20.00%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Edinburgh

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.56%) Anthropic Claude
3 2 (5.56%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.78%) dbt
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) WAN
2 2 (5.56%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) LAN
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.78%) DHCP
3 1 (2.78%) DNS
3 1 (2.78%) Internet
3 1 (2.78%) SAN
3 1 (2.78%) Wireless
3 1 (2.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.56%) Bitbucket
2 2 (5.56%) JIRA
3 1 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (2.78%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 13 (36.11%) Finance
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Retail
5 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.11%) Analyst
2 4 (11.11%) Developer
3 3 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Lead
3 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (5.56%) Administrator
4 2 (5.56%) Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (5.56%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
4 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Data Administrator
5 1 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Middleware
2 2 (5.56%) Express.js
2 2 (5.56%) MERN Stack
2 2 (5.56%) Node.js
2 2 (5.56%) React
3 1 (2.78%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) REST
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) Clustering
2 3 (8.33%) Mainframe
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Unix
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
1 3 (8.33%) zOS
2 2 (5.56%) Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Project Management
2 8 (22.22%) Agile
2 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (19.44%) Migration
4 6 (16.67%) DevOps
4 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
5 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.11%) Data Management
6 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (8.33%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.33%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.33%) Information Management
7 3 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.78%) Bash
3 1 (2.78%) Bicep
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) REXX
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
1 4 (11.11%) PMP
2 3 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Ansible
1 1 (2.78%) Nagios
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
1 1 (2.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) IBM
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Avaya
2 1 (2.78%) Cisco
2 1 (2.78%) Dynatrace
2 1 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle
2 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow