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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 22 40
Rank change year-on-year -14 +18 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 39 53 38
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.92% 8.48% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 8.85% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 22
10th Percentile £282 £402 £321
25th Percentile £391 £434 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £550
90th Percentile £651 £684 £621
Scotland median daily rate £500 £462 £500
% change year-on-year +8.23% -7.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £95.00 - £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 689 599 730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.99% 95.84% 83.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 315 430
10th Percentile £350 £240 £218
25th Percentile £413 £403 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £563
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £465
% change year-on-year -0.54% -0.54% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 32
10th Percentile £17.86 - £13.28
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £21.68
Median % change year-on-year +144.32% +1.50% -32.45%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.34 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £62.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -3.35% +2.56% +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 16 June 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 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Primavera
1 1 (2.56%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.56%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.56%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.13%) Anthropic Claude
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.56%) dbt
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) WAN
2 2 (5.13%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) LAN
2 2 (5.13%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) DHCP
3 1 (2.56%) DNS
3 1 (2.56%) Internet
3 1 (2.56%) SAN
3 1 (2.56%) Wireless
3 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.13%) Bitbucket
2 2 (5.13%) JIRA
3 1 (2.56%) Git
3 1 (2.56%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Finance
3 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Retail
6 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Banking
7 2 (5.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.56%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Analyst
2 4 (10.26%) Developer
2 4 (10.26%) Lead
2 4 (10.26%) Senior
3 2 (5.13%) Administrator
3 2 (5.13%) Business Analyst
3 2 (5.13%) Digital User Researcher
3 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
3 2 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (5.13%) Network Engineer
3 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
3 2 (5.13%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (5.13%) User Researcher
4 1 (2.56%) IT Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (2.56%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Middleware
2 2 (5.13%) Express.js
2 2 (5.13%) MERN Stack
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) React
3 1 (2.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.56%) HTML
3 1 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (2.56%) SOAP
3 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Clustering
3 3 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (7.69%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Unix
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
1 3 (7.69%) zOS
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Agile
2 11 (28.21%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.95%) DevOps
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) Migration
5 6 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 6 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (12.82%) AI
6 5 (12.82%) Workflow
7 4 (10.26%) Business Analysis
7 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
7 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.26%) User Stories
8 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (7.69%) Generative AI
8 3 (7.69%) Project Governance
8 3 (7.69%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.13%) Python
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.56%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) REXX
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) PMP
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
3 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.56%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Ansible
1 1 (2.56%) Nagios
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
1 1 (2.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) IBM
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Avaya
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.56%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow