Project Management Contracts in Scotland

Project Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 16 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 187 254 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 8.81% 9.47% 10.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 10.28% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 185 250
10th Percentile £276 £218 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £435
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +6.32% +4.82%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £523
90th Percentile £589 £595 £588
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 8
10th Percentile £39.47 - £23.22
25th Percentile - - £34.45
Median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +73.66% -
75th Percentile - - £38.07
90th Percentile £41.65 - £47.80
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £48.75 £32.45
% change year-on-year -21.81% +50.23% +19.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,845 2,470 3,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.91% 92.13% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,723 2,271
10th Percentile £220 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.05 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -8.71%
75th Percentile £44.47 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Scotland

Project Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +1 72 £450 -5.26% 49
Edinburgh -7 48 £488 +8.33% 35
South Lanarkshire +19 16 £550 +22.22%
West Lothian +9 16 £188 -62.50% 1
Aberdeen -2 5 £325 -31.58% 8
Fife +3 4 - - 9
Perthshire +4 1 £525 -
Lanarkshire 0 1 £500 -4.76% 17
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 4
Highlands - 1 - - 1
Project Management
UK

Project Management
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 22 (11.76%) Confluence
1 22 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.28%) Photoshop
4 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.07%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (1.07%) Camtasia
7 2 (1.07%) Lectora
7 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.88%) Azure
3 10 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.28%) Canva
4 8 (4.28%) Slack
4 8 (4.28%) Yammer
5 2 (1.07%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.07%) SaaS
5 2 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.53%) AWS
6 1 (0.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.28%) Intranet
2 5 (2.67%) Firewall
3 3 (1.60%) LAN
4 2 (1.07%) BGP
4 2 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.07%) Internet
4 2 (1.07%) IPv4
4 2 (1.07%) IPv6
4 2 (1.07%) MPLS
4 2 (1.07%) WLAN
5 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.07%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.07%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.07%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (22.46%) JIRA
General
1 76 (40.64%) Social Skills
2 62 (33.16%) Public Sector
3 54 (28.88%) Finance
4 27 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.44%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (12.30%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.81%) Banking
7 7 (3.74%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.74%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.67%) Publishing
8 5 (2.67%) Retail Banking
9 4 (2.14%) Electronics
9 4 (2.14%) Marketing
10 2 (1.07%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.53%) Back Office
11 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (32.09%) Project Manager
2 27 (14.44%) Analyst
3 19 (10.16%) Senior
4 17 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 15 (8.02%) IT Manager
6 13 (6.95%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Change Analyst
7 12 (6.42%) Change Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Lead
8 11 (5.88%) Product Manager
9 10 (5.35%) Senior Delivery Manager
10 9 (4.81%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.28%) Project Controller
12 7 (3.74%) Content Manager
12 7 (3.74%) Technical Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Agile Project Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Business Manager
13 6 (3.21%) Senior Project Manager
14 5 (2.67%) Business Change Manager
14 5 (2.67%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) Flash
1 2 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.35%) Video Editing
2 7 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.21%) e-Learning
3 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.21%) Wiki
4 5 (2.67%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.14%) FMCG
6 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.07%) Equities
7 2 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.07%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.07%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.07%) PKI
7 2 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.53%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.53%) PMI
8 1 (0.53%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Windows
2 2 (1.07%) Unix
2 2 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.71%) Agile
2 54 (28.88%) Project Delivery
3 32 (17.11%) Change Management
4 29 (15.51%) PRINCE2
4 29 (15.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (13.37%) Waterfall
6 20 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (10.16%) DevOps
8 18 (9.63%) User Research
9 17 (9.09%) Business Case
9 17 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 17 (9.09%) Scrum
10 16 (8.56%) Roadmaps
11 15 (8.02%) Risk Management
11 15 (8.02%) Software Delivery
12 13 (6.95%) Programme Management
13 12 (6.42%) Business Analysis
13 12 (6.42%) Epics
13 12 (6.42%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (6.42%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.67%) PL/SQL
1 5 (2.67%) SQL
2 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.07%) Perl
2 2 (1.07%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (15.51%) Degree
2 23 (12.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (10.70%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.42%) PMP
5 4 (2.14%) HND
6 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.60%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.07%) CCNP
7 2 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.07%) HNC
7 2 (1.07%) ISEB
7 2 (1.07%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.53%) ACCA
8 1 (0.53%) CIMA
8 1 (0.53%) CIPD
8 1 (0.53%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.16%) PMO
2 14 (7.49%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.07%) Basel III
4 2 (1.07%) COBIT
4 2 (1.07%) FINREP
4 2 (1.07%) GDPR
4 2 (1.07%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.07%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.53%) COREP
5 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS
5 1 (0.53%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.53%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.07%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.42%) SAP
3 8 (4.28%) Oracle
4 5 (2.67%) Avaloq
5 4 (2.14%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco
7 2 (1.07%) Adobe
7 2 (1.07%) Avaya
7 2 (1.07%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.07%) Workday
8 1 (0.53%) Ariba
8 1 (0.53%) Facebook
8 1 (0.53%) IFS
8 1 (0.53%) Informatica
8 1 (0.53%) Instagram