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 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 70 69
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing PMO 12 9 22
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.94% 1.16% 2.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.33% 5.59% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile £373 £338 £268
25th Percentile £444 £384 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £378
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +25.83% +5.15%
75th Percentile - £644 £450
90th Percentile £538 £738 £514
Scotland median daily rate £456 £350 £380
% change year-on-year +30.36% -7.89% +8.57%
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 144 161 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 23.30% 20.72% 24.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 95 167
10th Percentile £256 £175 £200
25th Percentile £413 £322 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -6.05%
75th Percentile £500 £523 £538
90th Percentile £568 £600 £584
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £35.00 £21.00 -
25th Percentile £43.44 £30.00 £57.50
Median hourly rate £58.75 £45.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% -25.00% +217.46%
75th Percentile £69.69 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £69.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £40.00 £14.98 £14.50
% change year-on-year +167.02% +3.31% -20.33%

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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 24 October 2025.

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 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (16.67%) Trello
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Automotive
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
1 3 (25.00%) PMO Lead
1 3 (25.00%) PMO Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Deputy Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Migration Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Project Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Planner
3 1 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior PMO
3 1 (8.33%) Senior PMO Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
5 1 (8.33%) Budgeting
5 1 (8.33%) Business Case
5 1 (8.33%) Cost Management
5 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (8.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Hitachi
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) Planview
2 1 (8.33%) SAP