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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 19 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 37 49 49
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.62% 8.18% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.38% 8.63% 6.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 32
10th Percentile £255 £403 £400
25th Percentile £406 £431 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% -0.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £541
90th Percentile £594 £695 £585
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

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 580 568 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.15% 94.82% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 320 433
10th Percentile £228 £200 £219
25th Percentile £404 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.65% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £665 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £453 £480
% change year-on-year -0.55% -5.73% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 30
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £22.00 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +14.93%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%

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 28 March 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 1 (2.70%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.70%) CMS
1 1 (2.70%) Confluence
1 1 (2.70%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.70%) dbt
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) WAN
2 4 (10.81%) Firewall
3 3 (8.11%) BGP
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (8.11%) EIGRP
3 3 (8.11%) OSPF
3 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
4 2 (5.41%) Network Security
5 1 (2.70%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) DNS
5 1 (2.70%) Internet
5 1 (2.70%) LAN
5 1 (2.70%) SAN
5 1 (2.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (5.41%) Tableau
2 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) GIS
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Finance
3 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Local Government
7 1 (2.70%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Consultant
3 3 (8.11%) Analyst
3 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
3 3 (8.11%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (8.11%) Lead
3 3 (8.11%) Network Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) Administrator
4 2 (5.41%) Architect
4 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.41%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) Senior
5 1 (2.70%) Customer Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Junior
5 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
2 1 (2.70%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Clustering
2 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.41%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Unix
2 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
2 2 (5.41%) zOS
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (2.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Project Management
2 8 (21.62%) Risk Management
2 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (16.22%) Agile
3 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2
5 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
5 4 (10.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (8.11%) Business Analysis
6 3 (8.11%) Data Management
6 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.11%) DevOps
6 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.11%) Process Improvement
6 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.11%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.11%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Bicep
2 1 (2.70%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) Magik
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) CCNP
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.11%) PMP
4 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CISSP
5 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.70%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Cisco
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) IBM
4 1 (2.70%) Avaya
4 1 (2.70%) ESRI
4 1 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow