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 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 27 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 54 47 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.56% 5.80% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 6.58% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 56
10th Percentile £403 £400 £236
25th Percentile £438 £426 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £634 £538 £550
90th Percentile £694 £588 £615
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +2.63%

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 600 714 1,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.09% 88.04% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 422 880
10th Percentile £210 £233 £260
25th Percentile £401 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £486 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +2.21% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £674 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 13
10th Percentile £17.30 £14.94 £14.07
25th Percentile £19.86 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.02 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -1.13% -35.58%
75th Percentile £24.30 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £37.74 - £64.90
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +13.78% +9.11% -43.75%

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 25 April 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 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) AWS
2 5 (9.26%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.41%) WAN
2 3 (5.56%) LAN
3 2 (3.70%) MPLS
3 2 (3.70%) SDH
3 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.85%) 4G
4 1 (1.85%) ADSL
4 1 (1.85%) ATM
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall
4 1 (1.85%) IPsec
4 1 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (1.85%) PSTN
4 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.85%) SNA
4 1 (1.85%) VPN
4 1 (1.85%) Wireless
4 1 (1.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.85%) ObjectStore
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) GCC
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.74%) Finance
3 10 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.11%) Banking
5 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Law
7 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Electronics
7 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.85%) Front Office
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
8 1 (1.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Project Manager
2 9 (16.67%) Lead
2 9 (16.67%) Senior
3 6 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 5 (9.26%) Project Assistant
5 4 (7.41%) Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Architect
5 4 (7.41%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.41%) Server Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Linux Server Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) Middleware
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) Java RMI
2 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.26%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (3.70%) FMCG
3 2 (3.70%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.85%) Clustering
4 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.85%) Derivative
4 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.85%) Equities
4 1 (1.85%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.85%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Linux
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Amazon Linux
2 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Unix
3 2 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.70%) zOS
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) Agile
2 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (25.93%) Project Management
4 13 (24.07%) ITIL
5 10 (18.52%) DevOps
6 6 (11.11%) Analytics
6 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 6 (11.11%) Migration
6 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 6 (11.11%) Service Management
6 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 5 (9.26%) Algorithmic Trading
7 5 (9.26%) Problem Management
7 5 (9.26%) Service-Level Objective
7 5 (9.26%) Systematic Trading
7 5 (9.26%) Technical Debt
8 4 (7.41%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) C#
1 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.85%) JCL
1 1 (1.85%) Python
1 1 (1.85%) REXX
1 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.70%) HNC
2 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) ISEB
3 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (3.70%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Ansible
1 1 (1.85%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Adobe
2 5 (9.26%) Cisco
2 5 (9.26%) Red Hat
2 5 (9.26%) VMware
3 2 (3.70%) Databricks
3 2 (3.70%) IBM
3 2 (3.70%) Nokia
4 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.85%) BT
4 1 (1.85%) Meraki
4 1 (1.85%) Planview
4 1 (1.85%) Reuters
4 1 (1.85%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Snow
4 1 (1.85%) Tanium