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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 42 44 39
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.62% 6.75% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 7.18% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 20
10th Percentile £305 £410 £356
25th Percentile £377 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £481
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +9.09% +5.77%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £532
90th Percentile £600 £645 £628
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £78.75 - £40.94

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 632 613 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.61% 94.02% 85.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 307 387
10th Percentile £313 £307 £209
25th Percentile £406 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £599 £641
Scotland median daily rate £451 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.12% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 20
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.15 £13.09
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.30 £15.78
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.87 £18.19
Median % change year-on-year +179.80% -1.75% -65.36%
75th Percentile £65.38 £37.09 £24.18
90th Percentile £85.80 £62.00 £39.70
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.09% +2.81%

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 15 August 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 (4.76%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Primavera
1 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.38%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
2 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) Anthropic Claude
4 2 (4.76%) AWS
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.76%) Nutanix
4 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.38%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.38%) dbt
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) BGP
2 2 (4.76%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (4.76%) HSRP
2 2 (4.76%) LAN
2 2 (4.76%) OSPF
2 2 (4.76%) VLAN
2 2 (4.76%) VPN
2 2 (4.76%) VRRP
2 2 (4.76%) VXLAN
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) Internet
3 1 (2.38%) MPLS
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) SAN
3 1 (2.38%) SDH
3 1 (2.38%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) Wireless
3 1 (2.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.38%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 14 (33.33%) Finance
3 12 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Retail
7 2 (4.76%) Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Legal
8 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Developer
4 4 (9.52%) IT Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Lead
4 4 (9.52%) Senior
5 3 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Digital User Researcher
6 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 2 (4.76%) JavaScript Developer
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) User Researcher
7 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Express.js
1 2 (4.76%) MERN Stack
1 2 (4.76%) Middleware
1 2 (4.76%) Node.js
1 2 (4.76%) React
2 1 (2.38%) .NET
2 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) REST
2 1 (2.38%) SOAP
2 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
1 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.76%) Clustering
3 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Unix
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
1 2 (4.76%) zOS
2 1 (2.38%) Solaris
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (30.95%) Agile
3 12 (28.57%) Project Management
3 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (19.05%) Migration
5 8 (19.05%) PRINCE2
6 7 (16.67%) DevOps
6 7 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 6 (14.29%) Change Management
7 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
8 5 (11.90%) AI
8 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
8 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
8 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
8 5 (11.90%) Validation
8 5 (11.90%) Workflow
9 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
9 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.76%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) SQL
2 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.38%) Bash
3 1 (2.38%) C#
3 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) REXX
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) PMI Certification
1 4 (9.52%) PMP
2 3 (7.14%) CCNA
2 3 (7.14%) CCNP
2 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) CISSP
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (4.76%) GDPR
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Ansible
1 1 (2.38%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Nagios
1 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (2.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Cisco
3 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) IBM
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.76%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Avaya
5 1 (2.38%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.38%) Nokia
5 1 (2.38%) SAP