PMO Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Project Management Office (PMO)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 56 65
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +14
Contract jobs citing PMO 10 10 16
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.62% 1.58% 1.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.71% 6.45% 6.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 12
10th Percentile £280 £290 £237
25th Percentile £325 £324 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £378
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -0.66% -3.51%
75th Percentile £500 £478 £441
90th Percentile £521 £620 £450
Scotland median daily rate £400 £448 £399
% change year-on-year -10.61% +12.16% -2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Edinburgh

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 175 155 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 28.41% 24.49% 27.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 100 161
10th Percentile £156 £175 £219
25th Percentile £306 £313 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £459
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -1.96% -4.38%
75th Percentile £569 £535 £542
90th Percentile £677 £626 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 8
10th Percentile £17.23 £18.40 £16.93
25th Percentile £30.25 £23.49 £21.58
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.35 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.96% -54.79% +166.70%
75th Percentile £64.00 £38.79 £60.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £57.51 £60.98
Scotland median hourly rate £51.25 £27.35 £22.26
% change year-on-year +87.39% +22.89% +17.83%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

PMO job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing PMO

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
1 3 (30.00%) PMO Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Junior
2 2 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) PMO Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Project Officer
2 2 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planner
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior PMO
3 1 (10.00%) Senior PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Governance
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Dependency Management
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
3 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (10.00%) Issue Tracking
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Planview
1 1 (10.00%) SAP