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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 32 32
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 37 41 52
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.34% 6.53% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.92% 7.12% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 37
10th Percentile - £239 £400
25th Percentile £413 £403 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £499 £538
90th Percentile £600 £564 £550
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%

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 535 576 837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.61% 91.72% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 307 499
10th Percentile £222 £229 £204
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 10
10th Percentile £17.36 £17.32 £13.12
25th Percentile - £21.01 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -14.33%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £64.00 £26.28 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

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 21 December 2025.

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 3 (8.11%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
2 1 (2.70%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.41%) GitHub
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
5 1 (2.70%) OCI
5 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (10.81%) SD-WAN
1 4 (10.81%) WAN
2 3 (8.11%) BGP
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (8.11%) EIGRP
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) OSPF
3 1 (2.70%) DHCP
3 1 (2.70%) DNS
3 1 (2.70%) IPsec
3 1 (2.70%) LAN
3 1 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.70%) GIS
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
1 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Subversion
2 2 (5.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle APEX
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Local Government
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (21.62%) Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) Network Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.81%) Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Business Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Lead
5 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Senior
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Leader
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Network Field Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Telephony Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.70%) XML
1 1 (2.70%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Derivative
3 1 (2.70%) Equities
3 1 (2.70%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Agile
2 12 (32.43%) Project Management
3 10 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) DevOps
5 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.22%) Mentoring
5 6 (16.22%) Migration
5 6 (16.22%) Scrum
6 5 (13.51%) Change Management
6 5 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
7 4 (10.81%) Configuration Management
7 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.81%) Process Improvement
7 4 (10.81%) Software Delivery
7 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
7 4 (10.81%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
8 3 (8.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) Java
3 2 (5.41%) C++
4 1 (2.70%) Magik
4 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.11%) CCNP
2 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) CCNA
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Cisco
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.70%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.70%) Delphix
4 1 (2.70%) ESRI
4 1 (2.70%) F5
4 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.70%) Reuters
4 1 (2.70%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Workday