PMI Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 69 86
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 +33
Contract jobs citing PMI 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.40% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - -
75th Percentile £444 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £528 £475 £468
% change year-on-year +11.16% +1.60% -10.95%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 230 248 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.83% 35.99% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 114 176
10th Percentile £154 £191 £245
25th Percentile £266 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £508 £538 £550
90th Percentile £555 £623 £600
Scotland median daily rate £447 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 7
10th Percentile £14.35 £17.30 £15.29
25th Percentile £15.69 £20.78 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.75 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% +3.15% +0.82%
75th Percentile £63.75 £24.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £25.44 £60.60
Scotland median hourly rate £26.62 £23.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +12.84% +22.99% -8.67%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

PMI job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PMI

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification