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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 32 38
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 39 35 37
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.40% 5.52% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 5.86% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 19
10th Percentile £271 £318 £400
25th Percentile £325 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £513
90th Percentile £600 £600 £555
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £78.75 - -

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 610 597 698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.49% 94.16% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 297 365
10th Percentile £253 £304 £223
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £546 £538
90th Percentile £600 £600 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £465 £450
% change year-on-year - +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 23
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.27
25th Percentile £15.96 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -18.77% -53.68%
75th Percentile £33.69 £42.90 £24.18
90th Percentile £77.00 £61.00 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £20.94
% change year-on-year -15.70% -4.48% +9.88%

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 14 September 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%) Confluence
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Primavera
1 1 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
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 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.13%) Anthropic Claude
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
4 2 (5.13%) Nutanix
4 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.56%) Apple Pay
5 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Google Pay
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Firewall
2 3 (7.69%) LAN
3 2 (5.13%) BGP
3 2 (5.13%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (5.13%) HSRP
3 2 (5.13%) MPLS
3 2 (5.13%) OSPF
3 2 (5.13%) SDH
3 2 (5.13%) VLAN
3 2 (5.13%) VPN
3 2 (5.13%) VRRP
3 2 (5.13%) VXLAN
3 2 (5.13%) WAN
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
4 1 (2.56%) Internet
4 1 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) SAN
4 1 (2.56%) Wireless
4 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
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 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Finance
2 12 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Retail Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.56%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Analyst
1 6 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.82%) Network Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Senior
4 3 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Developer
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Digital User Researcher
5 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.13%) JavaScript Developer
5 2 (5.13%) Project Officer
5 2 (5.13%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Support Officer
5 2 (5.13%) User Researcher
6 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Express.js
1 2 (5.13%) MERN Stack
1 2 (5.13%) Node.js
1 2 (5.13%) React
2 1 (2.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) REST
2 1 (2.56%) SOAP
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.56%) Clustering
5 1 (2.56%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile Wallet
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
1 2 (5.13%) Unix
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Solaris
2 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (33.33%) Agile
3 9 (23.08%) Migration
3 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
3 9 (23.08%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (20.51%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (17.95%) Change Management
5 7 (17.95%) DevOps
6 5 (12.82%) Business Transformation
6 5 (12.82%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.82%) Data Protection
6 5 (12.82%) Project Governance
6 5 (12.82%) Validation
6 5 (12.82%) Workflow
7 4 (10.26%) AI
7 4 (10.26%) Budget Management
7 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (10.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.56%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) REXX
3 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) PMI Certification
1 4 (10.26%) PMP
2 3 (7.69%) CCNA
2 3 (7.69%) CCNP
2 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.56%) CISSP
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) PMO
2 2 (5.13%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Ansible
1 1 (2.56%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.56%) Nagios
1 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (2.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Cisco
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.13%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Apple
4 1 (2.56%) Avaya
4 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.56%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.56%) Google
4 1 (2.56%) IBM
4 1 (2.56%) Nokia
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) SAP