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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 22 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 39 53 51
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.13% 8.63% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.89% 9.09% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 29 37
10th Percentile £266 £239 £400
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -8.80% +5.54%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £538
90th Percentile £581 £690 £570
Scotland median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -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 566 583 747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.99% 94.95% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 331 443
10th Percentile £208 £197 £212
25th Percentile £400 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £656
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 30
10th Percentile £17.29 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £21.50 £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 £70.50 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +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 18 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 (2.56%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.56%) CMS
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
1 1 (2.56%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.56%) dbt
4 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) WAN
2 3 (7.69%) BGP
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (7.69%) EIGRP
2 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 3 (7.69%) OSPF
2 3 (7.69%) SD-WAN
3 2 (5.13%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.56%) GIS
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Finance
3 10 (25.64%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Banking
6 2 (5.13%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Analyst
3 4 (10.26%) Business Analyst
3 4 (10.26%) Network Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Architect
5 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 1 (2.56%) Customer Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.56%) XML
2 1 (2.56%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) Clustering
2 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.13%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
1 2 (5.13%) zOS
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
2 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Project Management
2 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (20.51%) Risk Management
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.82%) Agile
5 5 (12.82%) Mentoring
5 5 (12.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2
6 4 (10.26%) Project Governance
7 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (7.69%) Business Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Data Management
7 3 (7.69%) DevOps
7 3 (7.69%) Migration
7 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Project Planning
7 3 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Bicep
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) Magik
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) CCNP
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.69%) PMP
4 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
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 4 (10.26%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.13%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.13%) IBM
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) ESRI
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Workday