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 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 32 33 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 116 174 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.46% 6.49% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 7.04% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 137 190
10th Percentile £280 £327 £318
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year - +4.60% +12.47%
75th Percentile £576 £575 £573
90th Percentile £625 £643 £626
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
Median hourly rate £40.94 - £40.00
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.58% +34.83% +3.49%

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 1,845 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 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 9 June 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 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 -2 57 £500 -4.76% 38
Edinburgh +16 39 £500 +9.89% 17
Aberdeen 0 5 £550 +168.29% 7
Renfrewshire -1 3 - - 1
West Lothian +5 2 £425 -19.05% 1
Fife - 2 - - 2
Perthshire -2 1 £700 +22.81%
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 - - 2
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 10 (8.62%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.86%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Autodesk Inventor
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.86%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.07%) Azure
2 7 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.45%) IaaS
4 4 (3.45%) PaaS
4 4 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 4 (3.45%) PowerApps
4 4 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.59%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.59%) iPaaS
6 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) Firewall
2 4 (3.45%) ATM
3 3 (2.59%) DHCP
3 3 (2.59%) DNS
3 3 (2.59%) LAN
3 3 (2.59%) SMTP
3 3 (2.59%) VPN
3 3 (2.59%) WAN
4 1 (0.86%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.31%) Power BI
2 3 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.72%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 30 (25.86%) JIRA
2 2 (1.72%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.72%) ERwin
General
1 43 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (35.34%) Public Sector
3 30 (25.86%) Finance
4 14 (12.07%) Banking
5 9 (7.76%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.86%) Back Office
10 1 (0.86%) Legal
10 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (20.69%) Project Manager
2 16 (13.79%) Lead
3 14 (12.07%) Analyst
4 10 (8.62%) Architect
5 9 (7.76%) CAD Technician
5 9 (7.76%) Delivery Manager
6 8 (6.90%) Project Controller
6 8 (6.90%) Senior
7 7 (6.03%) Project Leader
8 6 (5.17%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.31%) PMO Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.31%) User Experience Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Agile Project Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Programme Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Technical Architect
11 3 (2.59%) Change Manager
11 3 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.59%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) Middleware
2 3 (2.59%) .NET
2 3 (2.59%) J2EE
2 3 (2.59%) LDAP
2 3 (2.59%) Web Services
3 1 (0.86%) HTML
3 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (2.59%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.59%) Clustering
3 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.59%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.59%) PKI
3 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.72%) Equities
4 2 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.86%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) FMCG
5 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.86%) Linux
3 1 (0.86%) Unix
3 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (46.55%) Project Management
2 35 (30.17%) Agile
3 20 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (12.07%) Risk Management
5 13 (11.21%) Waterfall
6 11 (9.48%) Change Management
7 10 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (8.62%) DevOps
8 9 (7.76%) 3D Modelling
8 9 (7.76%) CAD
8 9 (7.76%) PRINCE2
8 9 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (7.76%) Programme Governance
8 9 (7.76%) Stress Testing
8 9 (7.76%) Supplier Management
9 8 (6.90%) Configuration Management
9 8 (6.90%) CRM
9 8 (6.90%) Data Analysis
9 8 (6.90%) Document Management
9 8 (6.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.03%) SQL
2 4 (3.45%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.72%) Perl
5 1 (0.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (9.48%) Degree
1 11 (9.48%) PMP
2 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.72%) ISEB
5 2 (1.72%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.86%) APMP
6 1 (0.86%) CCSA
6 1 (0.86%) CCSE
6 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.86%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) PMO
2 14 (12.07%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (2.59%) QA
4 2 (1.72%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) BitLocker
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (2.59%) Terminal Services
2 3 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.59%) vCenter Server
1 3 (2.59%) vMotion
2 2 (1.72%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) Autodesk
3 6 (5.17%) Atlassian
3 6 (5.17%) VMware
4 4 (3.45%) Avaloq
4 4 (3.45%) Citrix
4 4 (3.45%) SAP
5 3 (2.59%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.72%) IDERA
6 2 (1.72%) Informatica
7 1 (0.86%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco
7 1 (0.86%) MuleSoft