PMO Contracts in Scotland

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 103 65
Rank change year-on-year +39 -38 +31
Contract jobs citing PMO 63 64 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.90% 2.28% 3.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.59% 11.37% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 54 103
10th Percentile £269 £254 £208
25th Percentile £293 £306 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £405 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £438 £475 £438
90th Percentile £488 £546 £485
UK median daily rate £475 £496 £475
% change year-on-year -4.28% +4.47% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £37.43
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% -26.97% +131.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

PMO is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 404 563 696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.60% 20.04% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 474 515
10th Percentile £183 £208 £219
25th Percentile £313 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £538
90th Percentile £606 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.24% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 15
10th Percentile £15.29 £16.41 £13.59
25th Percentile £16.00 £19.28 £17.81
Median hourly rate £18.27 £34.74 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.41% +5.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60.75 £49.24 £42.99
90th Percentile - £51.94 £51.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +27.27% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in Scotland

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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 PMO within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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 31 £375 -7.41% 5
Edinburgh +31 15 £425 +2.41% 5
South Lanarkshire - 10 £475 -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £400 - 2
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UK

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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 16 (25.40%) Confluence
2 9 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (20.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (6.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (3.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) Power Platform
2 7 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 6 (9.52%) Azure
3 6 (9.52%) PowerApps
4 4 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.17%) Canva
5 2 (3.17%) Slack
5 2 (3.17%) Yammer
6 1 (1.59%) AWS
6 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (38.10%) JIRA
General
1 32 (50.79%) Finance
2 29 (46.03%) Social Skills
3 19 (30.16%) Public Sector
4 12 (19.05%) Banking
4 12 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Billing
6 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Publishing
7 2 (3.17%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (38.10%) Analyst
2 12 (19.05%) PMO Analyst
3 8 (12.70%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) Data Analyst
4 6 (9.52%) Project Officer
4 6 (9.52%) Project Support Officer
4 6 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (9.52%) Support Officer
5 5 (7.94%) Consultant
5 5 (7.94%) PMO Officer
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Data Analyst
6 4 (6.35%) VMware Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Change Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Migration Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Senior Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.17%) Equities
3 2 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.17%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Project Management
2 20 (31.75%) Agile
3 14 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 13 (20.63%) Resource Management
5 12 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 10 (15.87%) Decision-Making
7 9 (14.29%) Programme Management
8 8 (12.70%) Analytics
8 8 (12.70%) Data Analysis
8 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (11.11%) DevOps
9 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (11.11%) Visualisation
10 6 (9.52%) Change Management
10 6 (9.52%) Coaching
10 6 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (9.52%) Portfolio Management
10 6 (9.52%) Programme Governance
11 5 (7.94%) Migration
Qualifications
1 13 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (3.17%) ISEB
4 2 (3.17%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) QA
2 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.59%) NCSC
3 1 (1.59%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (7.94%) VMware NSX
1 5 (7.94%) vSphere
2 3 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) Atlassian
3 5 (7.94%) Cisco
3 5 (7.94%) Dell
3 5 (7.94%) VMware
4 2 (3.17%) Cadence
4 2 (3.17%) SAP