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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 24 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 39 50 49
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.16% 8.24% 5.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.89% 8.68% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 28 35
10th Percentile £281 £239 £400
25th Percentile £413 £405 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £466 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £628 £544
90th Percentile £588 £691 £576
Scotland median daily rate £513 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +6.99% -4.20% +1.52%

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 566 576 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.42% 94.89% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 330 458
10th Percentile £201 £200 £200
25th Percentile £406 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -4.07% +0.95%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £652
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 30
10th Percentile £17.36 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +13.84%
75th Percentile £69.00 £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% +10.05%

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 10 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 6 (15.38%) WAN
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (10.26%) SD-WAN
3 3 (7.69%) BGP
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (7.69%) EIGRP
3 3 (7.69%) Firewall
3 3 (7.69%) OSPF
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
4 1 (2.56%) IPsec
4 1 (2.56%) LAN
4 1 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) VPN
4 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
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 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Finance
3 9 (23.08%) 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 8 (20.51%) Consultant
1 8 (20.51%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Network Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Analyst
3 4 (10.26%) Business Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 1 (2.56%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Developer
6 1 (2.56%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Junior
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
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 5 (12.82%) 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%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) zOS
3 1 (2.56%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Unix
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Project Management
2 8 (20.51%) Risk Management
2 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
4 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.82%) Agile
5 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (12.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.26%) Migration
6 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2
6 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
7 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 3 (7.69%) DevOps
7 3 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 3 (7.69%) Project Governance
7 3 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
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%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) CCNP
3 3 (7.69%) PMP
4 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.56%) CCNA
5 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.13%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) 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%) F5
4 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Workday