Project Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 23 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 50 121 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.06% 9.84% 9.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.98% 10.42% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 79 129
10th Percentile £381 £206 £223
25th Percentile £425 £302 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £547 £499 £513
90th Percentile £675 £609 £575
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £37.43
% change year-on-year -37.02% +73.66% +31.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 1,161 1,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.79% 94.39% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 820 1,230
10th Percentile £219 £253 £263
25th Percentile £398 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £544 £570
90th Percentile £662 £623 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 13
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.36 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.58 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.47 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -34.95% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile - £58.40 £53.20
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
% change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Edinburgh

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.00%) CMS
1 1 (2.00%) Confluence
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Azure
1 7 (14.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.00%) OCI
3 2 (4.00%) SaaS
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 31 (62.00%) Public Sector
2 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
3 20 (40.00%) Finance
4 7 (14.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Banking
5 4 (8.00%) Retail Banking
6 3 (6.00%) Mandarin Language
6 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (62.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.00%) Lead
3 4 (8.00%) Agile Project Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Administrator
4 3 (6.00%) Finance Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Finance Project Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Senior
4 3 (6.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (4.00%) Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Development Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Development Project Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Test Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Onboarding Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Senior Communications Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.00%) Equities
3 2 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Blog
4 1 (2.00%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Project Delivery
2 22 (44.00%) Agile
3 16 (32.00%) Business Case
4 10 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (20.00%) Supplier Management
5 9 (18.00%) DevOps
6 7 (14.00%) Asset Management
6 7 (14.00%) Change Control
6 7 (14.00%) Dependency Management
6 7 (14.00%) PRINCE2
6 7 (14.00%) Software Delivery
6 7 (14.00%) User Research
7 6 (12.00%) Scrum
8 5 (10.00%) Business Analysis
8 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Identification
9 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
9 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.00%) ERP
9 4 (8.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) APMP
3 2 (4.00%) ISEB
3 2 (4.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.00%) ACCA
4 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.00%) CIMA
4 1 (2.00%) CIPD
4 1 (2.00%) CIPFA
4 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Facebook
3 1 (2.00%) Instagram