Project Manager Jobs in Scotland

Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Project Manager salary in Scotland is £50,625 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 135 111 102
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 157 110 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.30% 2.53% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 2.82% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 91 73 111
10th Percentile £38,000 £39,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £42,500 £44,181
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,625 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £57,512 £64,654 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Scotland

Project Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -80 73 £52,500 -13.65% 25
Edinburgh +48 51 £52,500 +5.00% 15
Fife -2 7 £40,818 -18.36% 5
West Lothian -7 6 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Dundee -10 5 £36,500 -21.08%
Lanarkshire -6 4 £40,000 +14.29% 7
Clackmannanshire - 3 £51,500 -
Renfrewshire -2 2 - - 1
Highlands - 2 £41,000 - 2
Argyll and Bute - 1 £50,625 -
Midlothian - 1 £50,000 - 3
East Lothian - 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 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 permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 107 (68.15%) Project Management
2 55 (35.03%) Agile
2 55 (35.03%) Project Delivery
3 43 (27.39%) Social Skills
4 37 (23.57%) Actionable Insight
5 36 (22.93%) Finance
6 34 (21.66%) Agile Project Management
7 33 (21.02%) SDLC
8 29 (18.47%) Software Delivery
8 29 (18.47%) Presales
9 26 (16.56%) PRINCE2
10 24 (15.29%) Degree
11 22 (14.01%) Microsoft
12 19 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (11.46%) Decision-Making
14 16 (10.19%) Customer Service
14 16 (10.19%) Change Management
15 15 (9.55%) Risk Management
15 15 (9.55%) Business Case
15 15 (9.55%) Public Sector
15 15 (9.55%) Collaborative Working
16 14 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
17 13 (8.28%) Waterfall
18 12 (7.64%) Project Governance
19 11 (7.01%) SC Cleared
19 11 (7.01%) Security Cleared
19 11 (7.01%) Mentoring
19 11 (7.01%) Microsoft Project
20 10 (6.37%) Service 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 1 (0.64%) Confluence
1 1 (0.64%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 11 (7.01%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.91%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.55%) Azure
1 4 (2.55%) SaaS
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
General
1 43 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.93%) Finance
3 15 (9.55%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.73%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.82%) Retail
7 5 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.55%) Electronics
8 4 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.55%) Marketing
8 4 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.27%) Banking
10 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Local Government
11 1 (0.64%) Billing
11 1 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.46%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.91%) PMI
3 3 (1.91%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.64%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.64%) Life Science
5 1 (0.64%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.64%) Photovoltaics
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (68.15%) Project Management
2 55 (35.03%) Agile
2 55 (35.03%) Project Delivery
3 37 (23.57%) Actionable Insight
4 34 (21.66%) Agile Project Management
5 33 (21.02%) SDLC
6 29 (18.47%) Presales
6 29 (18.47%) Software Delivery
7 26 (16.56%) PRINCE2
8 19 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (11.46%) Decision-Making
9 18 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (10.19%) Change Management
10 16 (10.19%) Customer Service
11 15 (9.55%) Business Case
11 15 (9.55%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (9.55%) Risk Management
12 14 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (8.28%) Waterfall
14 12 (7.64%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 24 (15.29%) Degree
2 11 (7.01%) SC Cleared
2 11 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.73%) PMI Certification
3 9 (5.73%) PMP
4 8 (5.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 8 (5.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (2.55%) HNC
6 3 (1.91%) HND
7 2 (1.27%) APMP
8 1 (0.64%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) QA
2 3 (1.91%) GMP
2 3 (1.91%) PMO
3 2 (1.27%) COSHH
3 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (1.91%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (1.91%) Firmware
Vendors
1 22 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.64%) ConnectWise
2 1 (0.64%) NEC
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle