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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 16 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 196 255 351
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.22% 9.40% 10.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.48% 10.17% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 186 254
10th Percentile £279 £213 £230
25th Percentile £361 £369 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +3.66%
75th Percentile £541 £534 £500
90th Percentile £591 £594 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £39.47 - £30.27
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +73.66% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.65 - £38.97
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £46.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -17.13% +39.39% +23.11%

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 1,870 2,508 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.00% 92.44% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,773 2,261
10th Percentile £220 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +0.95% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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 +4 79 £475 +4.11% 50
Edinburgh -6 50 £488 +8.33% 46
South Lanarkshire +16 16 £500 +11.11% 1
West Lothian +10 16 £188 -62.50% 1
Aberdeen -2 5 £325 -31.58% 19
Fife +4 4 - - 10
Perthshire +5 1 £525 -4.55%
Lanarkshire 0 1 £500 -4.76% 16
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 8
Highlands - 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 23 (11.73%) SharePoint
2 22 (11.22%) Confluence
3 2 (1.02%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (9.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.08%) Photoshop
3 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.02%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (1.02%) Camtasia
4 2 (1.02%) Lectora
4 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.61%) Azure
3 10 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.08%) Canva
4 8 (4.08%) Slack
4 8 (4.08%) Yammer
5 5 (2.55%) OCI
6 4 (2.04%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.02%) SaaS
7 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.51%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.08%) Intranet
2 5 (2.55%) Firewall
3 3 (1.53%) LAN
4 2 (1.02%) Internet
4 2 (1.02%) WLAN
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.06%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.04%) Power BI
3 2 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.02%) Metadata
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (22.45%) JIRA
General
1 77 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 73 (37.24%) Public Sector
3 62 (31.63%) Finance
4 31 (15.82%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.59%) Banking
8 7 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.55%) Publishing
10 4 (2.04%) Electronics
10 4 (2.04%) Marketing
10 4 (2.04%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.53%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.51%) Back Office
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (34.69%) Project Manager
2 27 (13.78%) Analyst
3 20 (10.20%) Senior
4 18 (9.18%) Senior Manager
5 15 (7.65%) Delivery Manager
5 15 (7.65%) IT Manager
6 13 (6.63%) Lead
7 12 (6.12%) Change Analyst
7 12 (6.12%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 11 (5.61%) Change Manager
8 11 (5.61%) Product Manager
9 10 (5.10%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.08%) Project Controller
11 7 (3.57%) Agile Project Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Content Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.55%) IT Analyst
12 5 (2.55%) IT Change Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Senior Project Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.02%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.10%) Video Editing
3 8 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.06%) e-Learning
4 6 (3.06%) Wiki
5 5 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.04%) FMCG
6 4 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.53%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.53%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.02%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.02%) Equities
8 2 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.02%) PKI
8 2 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.51%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Unix
2 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (45.41%) Agile
2 55 (28.06%) Project Delivery
3 34 (17.35%) Change Management
4 32 (16.33%) PRINCE2
5 28 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (13.78%) Business Case
6 27 (13.78%) Waterfall
7 21 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 20 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (9.69%) DevOps
9 19 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (9.69%) Scrum
10 18 (9.18%) Business Analysis
10 18 (9.18%) User Research
11 17 (8.67%) Programme Management
11 17 (8.67%) Software Delivery
12 15 (7.65%) User Stories
13 14 (7.14%) Risk Management
14 12 (6.12%) Supplier Management
14 12 (6.12%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.55%) PL/SQL
1 5 (2.55%) SQL
2 4 (2.04%) Perl
2 4 (2.04%) Python
3 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (15.82%) Degree
2 25 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 22 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.61%) PMP
5 3 (1.53%) APMP
5 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.53%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.53%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.02%) HNC
6 2 (1.02%) HND
6 2 (1.02%) ISEB
6 2 (1.02%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.51%) ACCA
7 1 (0.51%) CIMA
7 1 (0.51%) CIPD
7 1 (0.51%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.18%) PMO
2 16 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.02%) Basel III
4 2 (1.02%) COBIT
4 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.02%) FINREP
4 2 (1.02%) GDPR
4 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.02%) NEBOSH
4 2 (1.02%) QA
5 1 (0.51%) COREP
5 1 (0.51%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.51%) IFRS
5 1 (0.51%) IFRS 9
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (8.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.12%) Oracle
2 12 (6.12%) SAP
3 5 (2.55%) Avaloq
4 2 (1.02%) Adobe
4 2 (1.02%) Avaya
4 2 (1.02%) CheckPoint
4 2 (1.02%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (1.02%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.02%) Workday
5 1 (0.51%) Ariba
5 1 (0.51%) Cadence
5 1 (0.51%) Cisco
5 1 (0.51%) Facebook
5 1 (0.51%) IFS
5 1 (0.51%) Informatica
5 1 (0.51%) Instagram