PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Project Management Office Leader
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in Aberdeen is £539, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 5.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £516 - -
25th Percentile £522 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 - -
75th Percentile £551 - -
90th Percentile £554 - -
Scotland median daily rate £539 £486 £438
% change year-on-year +10.98% +11.09% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 48 29 31
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.21% 96.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 22 18
10th Percentile £226 £175 £352
25th Percentile £406 £288 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -19.09% +178.48%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £597
90th Percentile £563 - £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +1.65% +1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £21.50 - £28.23
25th Percentile £30.98 - £31.19
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -31.56% +110.42%
75th Percentile £43.44 - £42.69
90th Percentile £51.88 - £45.88
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year +75.00% +10.31% +2.31%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PMO Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Aberdeen

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 4 September 2026, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PMO
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
3 1 (33.33%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Gigabit Ethernet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
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