Project Delivery Contracts in Scotland

Project Delivery
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 34 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 118 178 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.49% 6.59% 6.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.21% 7.11% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 139 186
10th Percentile £285 £292 £338
25th Percentile £414 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £573
90th Percentile £625 £640 £594
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30.55
25th Percentile - - £32.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 - £36.50
75th Percentile - - £39.13
90th Percentile - - £39.65
UK median hourly rate £38.30 £64.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.63% +44.94% +4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Project Delivery 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,901 2,502 3,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.38% 92.56% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,771 2,249
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 54 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.51 £18.86
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.25 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -56.59% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £52.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.22 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Scotland

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -2 53 £500 -4.76% 29
Edinburgh +12 43 £500 +9.89% 18
Aberdeen +1 5 £550 +45.70% 11
Renfrewshire +1 4 - - 2
Perthshire +3 2 £600 +9.09%
West Lothian 0 2 £425 -19.05% 1
Fife - 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire +1 1 £525 +15.07% 12
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 - - 1
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (7.63%) Confluence
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.63%) Autodesk Inventor
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.71%) Azure
2 7 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.24%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.39%) IaaS
4 4 (3.39%) PaaS
4 4 (3.39%) Power Automate
4 4 (3.39%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.54%) iPaaS
5 3 (2.54%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.69%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) Firewall
2 4 (3.39%) ATM
2 4 (3.39%) DHCP
2 4 (3.39%) DNS
2 4 (3.39%) SMTP
2 4 (3.39%) VPN
3 3 (2.54%) LAN
3 3 (2.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.24%) Power BI
2 4 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.69%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (24.58%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.69%) ERwin
General
1 45 (38.14%) Public Sector
1 45 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Finance
3 11 (9.32%) Banking
4 10 (8.47%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.63%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Back Office
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (25.42%) Project Manager
2 13 (11.02%) Analyst
2 13 (11.02%) Lead
3 10 (8.47%) Architect
4 9 (7.63%) CAD Technician
4 9 (7.63%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (6.78%) Project Controller
6 7 (5.93%) Project Leader
6 7 (5.93%) Senior
7 6 (5.08%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.08%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.24%) User Experience Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Agile Project Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Programme Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.54%) Change Manager
10 3 (2.54%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.54%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.24%) Middleware
2 4 (3.39%) LDAP
3 3 (2.54%) .NET
3 3 (2.54%) J2EE
3 3 (2.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.39%) Clustering
2 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.39%) PKI
2 4 (3.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (2.54%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.54%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.54%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.54%) Operational Technology
3 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.69%) Equities
4 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) FMCG
5 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.08%) Windows
2 4 (3.39%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.85%) Android
4 1 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (46.61%) Project Management
2 38 (32.20%) Agile
3 21 (17.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (11.86%) Business Case
4 14 (11.86%) Waterfall
5 13 (11.02%) Risk Management
6 12 (10.17%) Change Management
7 11 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (9.32%) PRINCE2
7 11 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (8.47%) DevOps
9 9 (7.63%) 3D Modelling
9 9 (7.63%) CAD
9 9 (7.63%) Programme Governance
9 9 (7.63%) Supplier Management
10 8 (6.78%) Business Analysis
10 8 (6.78%) Configuration Management
10 8 (6.78%) CRM
10 8 (6.78%) Data Analysis
10 8 (6.78%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.08%) SQL
2 4 (3.39%) PL/SQL
2 4 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) Perl
3 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (11.86%) Degree
2 10 (8.47%) PMP
2 10 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.93%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.54%) APMP
6 2 (1.69%) ISEB
6 2 (1.69%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.69%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.85%) CCSA
7 1 (0.85%) CCSE
7 1 (0.85%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) Disclosure Scotland
2 14 (11.86%) PMO
3 4 (3.39%) QA
4 2 (1.69%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (5.93%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.39%) BitLocker
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (3.39%) Terminal Services
2 4 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.39%) vCenter Server
1 4 (3.39%) vMotion
2 2 (1.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.63%) Autodesk
3 7 (5.93%) VMware
4 5 (4.24%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.24%) Citrix
5 4 (3.39%) Avaloq
5 4 (3.39%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.54%) SAP
7 2 (1.69%) Cisco
7 2 (1.69%) IDERA
7 2 (1.69%) Informatica
8 1 (0.85%) Apple
8 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.85%) Mitel
8 1 (0.85%) Progress