Project Manager Contracts in Scotland

Project Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Project Manager daily rate in Scotland is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 114 184 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 5.55% 6.88% 7.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.86% 7.24% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 131 173
10th Percentile £296 £406 £388
25th Percentile £410 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £580 £600 £593
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
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% -35.14%
75th Percentile £26.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £36.23 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.03% +15.74% +39.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,946 2,541 3,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 95.03% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,747 2,330
10th Percentile £200 £250 £225
25th Percentile £340 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £530
% change year-on-year -2.33% +1.42% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 53 53
10th Percentile £12.35 £12.55 £15.53
25th Percentile £15.10 £14.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £18.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -50.57% +113.52%
75th Percentile £52.50 £47.73 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £63.00 £55.97
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £43.81 £25.50
% change year-on-year -14.39% +71.78% +18.60%

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 27 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 27 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 60 £500 +5.26% 10
Glasgow -16 28 £500 -2.44% 18
Dundee - 6 £288 -
West Lothian +3 5 £240 -53.27% 1
Lanarkshire -1 3 - - 10
Aberdeen 0 2 £220 -58.10% 1
Fife - 2 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 £450 -
Renfrewshire 0 1 £475 -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 59 (51.75%) Project Management
2 47 (41.23%) Finance
3 36 (31.58%) Public Sector
4 33 (28.95%) Agile
5 24 (21.05%) Project Delivery
6 23 (20.18%) Social Skills
7 19 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (12.28%) Waterfall
10 13 (11.40%) Business Case
11 12 (10.53%) Degree
11 12 (10.53%) Change Management
12 10 (8.77%) Risk Management
12 10 (8.77%) Azure
13 9 (7.89%) Migration
14 8 (7.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (6.14%) CRM
15 7 (6.14%) Scrum
15 7 (6.14%) Business Strategy
15 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
16 6 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
16 6 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (5.26%) ERP
16 6 (5.26%) Data Protection
17 5 (4.39%) Programme Management
17 5 (4.39%) Supplier Management
17 5 (4.39%) Data Migration
17 5 (4.39%) FMCG
17 5 (4.39%) Oracle Fusion

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 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) CA PPM
1 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.88%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.88%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.77%) Azure
2 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.75%) SaaS
3 2 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.88%) AWS
4 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) LAN
1 3 (2.63%) WAN
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
2 1 (0.88%) Internet
2 1 (0.88%) MPLS
2 1 (0.88%) Network Security
2 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 47 (41.23%) Finance
2 36 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 23 (20.18%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.63%) Banking
6 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.63%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.88%) Back Office
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.39%) FMCG
2 4 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.75%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.88%) BYOD
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.88%) IoT
5 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.88%) PMI
5 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.88%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (51.75%) Project Management
2 33 (28.95%) Agile
3 24 (21.05%) Project Delivery
4 19 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (12.28%) Waterfall
7 13 (11.40%) Business Case
8 12 (10.53%) Change Management
9 10 (8.77%) Risk Management
10 9 (7.89%) Migration
11 7 (6.14%) Business Strategy
11 7 (6.14%) CRM
11 7 (6.14%) Scrum
12 6 (5.26%) Data Protection
12 6 (5.26%) ERP
12 6 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (4.39%) Change Control
13 5 (4.39%) Data Migration
13 5 (4.39%) ETL
13 5 (4.39%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.75%) PL/SQL
1 2 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (10.53%) Degree
2 8 (7.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.63%) PMP
3 3 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (2.63%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.75%) HNC
4 2 (1.75%) HND
5 1 (0.88%) APMP
5 1 (0.88%) CBAP
5 1 (0.88%) RIBA
5 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.75%) COBIT
3 1 (0.88%) Basel III
3 1 (0.88%) FINREP
3 1 (0.88%) PMO
3 1 (0.88%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft
1 5 (4.39%) Oracle
1 5 (4.39%) SAP
2 4 (3.51%) Alteryx
3 3 (2.63%) Cognizant
4 2 (1.75%) Avaloq
4 2 (1.75%) CA
5 1 (0.88%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco
5 1 (0.88%) ExtraHop
5 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.88%) NetScout