Project Manager Contracts in Scotland

Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Project Manager daily rate in Scotland is £481 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 30 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 116 190 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.41% 7.10% 7.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.73% 7.45% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 140 178
10th Percentile £308 £400 £388
25th Percentile £411 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +4.74% +14.46%
75th Percentile £534 £565 £538
90th Percentile £579 £588 £579
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.23% +62.50% -34.79%
75th Percentile £26.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £36.23 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.03% +15.74% +54.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,025 2,550 3,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 95.26% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,242 1,774 2,303
10th Percentile £200 £223 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £557 £550 £550
90th Percentile £637 £634 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 45 51
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.48 £17.25
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.25 £18.95
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +66.36%
75th Percentile £58.13 £58.75 £48.38
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.88 £55.84
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh +21 63 £500 +8.11% 15
Glasgow -19 27 £545 +9.00% 25
West Lothian +5 7 £425 -17.07% 1
Dundee - 6 £288 -
Lanarkshire +2 3 - - 7
Aberdeen -2 2 £220 -58.10% 6
South Lanarkshire - 2 £450 -
Renfrewshire -1 1 £475 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Project Manager
UK

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 63 (54.31%) Project Management
2 46 (39.66%) Finance
3 41 (35.34%) Public Sector
4 39 (33.62%) Agile
5 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
6 25 (21.55%) Project Delivery
7 19 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (16.38%) PRINCE2
8 16 (13.79%) Waterfall
9 14 (12.07%) Degree
10 13 (11.21%) Risk Management
10 13 (11.21%) Change Management
10 13 (11.21%) Business Case
11 12 (10.34%) Migration
12 11 (9.48%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (8.62%) Azure
14 9 (7.76%) Microsoft
15 8 (6.90%) Programme Management
15 8 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 8 (6.90%) JIRA
15 8 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
16 7 (6.03%) Supplier Management
16 7 (6.03%) Change Control
16 7 (6.03%) CRM
16 7 (6.03%) ERP
17 6 (5.17%) Scrum
17 6 (5.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 6 (5.17%) Dependency Management
17 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
17 6 (5.17%) Software Delivery

Project Manager Skill Set
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 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.86%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.62%) Azure
2 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (2.59%) OCI
4 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.86%) AWS
5 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.86%) SaaS
5 1 (0.86%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.59%) Firewall
1 3 (2.59%) LAN
1 3 (2.59%) WAN
2 1 (0.86%) Internet
2 1 (0.86%) MPLS
2 1 (0.86%) Network Security
2 1 (0.86%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.86%) DB2
2 1 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 46 (39.66%) Finance
2 41 (35.34%) Public Sector
3 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.48%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.31%) Retail Banking
7 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Banking
8 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.86%) Back Office
9 1 (0.86%) Legal
9 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.45%) Mainframe
2 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.86%) BYOD
4 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.86%) FMCG
4 1 (0.86%) IoT
4 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.86%) PMI
4 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.86%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (54.31%) Project Management
2 39 (33.62%) Agile
3 25 (21.55%) Project Delivery
4 19 (16.38%) PRINCE2
4 19 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (13.79%) Waterfall
6 13 (11.21%) Business Case
6 13 (11.21%) Change Management
6 13 (11.21%) Risk Management
7 12 (10.34%) Migration
8 8 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (6.90%) Programme Management
9 7 (6.03%) Change Control
9 7 (6.03%) CRM
9 7 (6.03%) ERP
9 7 (6.03%) Supplier Management
10 6 (5.17%) Dependency Management
10 6 (5.17%) Scrum
10 6 (5.17%) Software Delivery
10 6 (5.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.59%) Perl
1 3 (2.59%) Python
2 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (0.86%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.07%) Degree
2 8 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.59%) PMP
3 3 (2.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) HNC
4 2 (1.72%) HND
4 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.86%) APMP
5 1 (0.86%) RIBA
5 1 (0.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.72%) COBIT
2 2 (1.72%) PMO
3 1 (0.86%) Basel III
3 1 (0.86%) FINREP
3 1 (0.86%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.31%) Oracle
2 5 (4.31%) SAP
3 4 (3.45%) Alteryx
4 3 (2.59%) Cognizant
5 2 (1.72%) Avaloq
5 2 (1.72%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.86%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.86%) Cisco
6 1 (0.86%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.86%) IBM