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

 6 months to
10 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 27 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 36 40 55
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.95% 6.59% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.65% 7.02% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 24 41
10th Percentile £250 £239 £400
25th Percentile £413 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £443 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -11.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £490 £538
90th Percentile £600 £669 £550
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%

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 541 570 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.42% 93.90% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 309 487
10th Percentile £193 £193 £225
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £639
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 25
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.26
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.56% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £72.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +12.54%

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 February 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 (2.78%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.78%) CMS
1 1 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.78%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.78%) OCI
5 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) WAN
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (11.11%) SD-WAN
3 3 (8.33%) BGP
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (8.33%) EIGRP
3 3 (8.33%) Firewall
3 3 (8.33%) OSPF
4 1 (2.78%) DHCP
4 1 (2.78%) DNS
4 1 (2.78%) IPsec
4 1 (2.78%) LAN
4 1 (2.78%) Network Security
4 1 (2.78%) VPN
4 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.78%) GIS
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle APEX
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
5 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
6 1 (2.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Consultant
1 8 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Network Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Administrator
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Senior
6 1 (2.78%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Junior
6 1 (2.78%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Oracle DBA
6 1 (2.78%) Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.78%) Middleware
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.78%) XML
1 1 (2.78%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Clustering
4 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.78%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Linux
3 1 (2.78%) Unix
3 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.78%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Project Management
2 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (16.67%) DevOps
3 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 6 (16.67%) Migration
4 5 (13.89%) Agile
4 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 3 (8.33%) Data Protection
6 3 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (5.56%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (5.56%) Software Delivery
7 2 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Bicep
2 1 (2.78%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) Magik
2 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
1 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) CCNP
2 3 (8.33%) PMP
3 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.78%) CCNA
4 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Data Guard
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle ZFS
1 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Cisco
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (2.78%) Delphix
4 1 (2.78%) ESRI
4 1 (2.78%) F5
4 1 (2.78%) IBM
4 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.78%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.78%) Workday
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