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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 57 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing PMO 14 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.85% 1.76% 1.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.81% 8.59% 6.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile £162 £298 £276
25th Percentile £231 £444 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% +33.24% -0.60%
75th Percentile £432 £563 £450
90th Percentile £438 - £473
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £345
% change year-on-year - +23.19% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 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 159 128 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.03% 20.51% 20.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 65 91
10th Percentile £194 £237 £162
25th Percentile £306 £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.74% -6.66%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £570
90th Percentile £634 £560 £619
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £435
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £55.00 £24.27 £16.50
25th Percentile £62.50 £32.50 £18.07
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.75 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +166.83% -69.55%
75th Percentile - £60.94 £18.95
90th Percentile - £66.88 £47.09
Scotland median hourly rate £14.65 £30.00 £14.98
% change year-on-year -51.18% +100.27% -31.13%

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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 29 August 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 3 (21.43%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Billing
6 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Project Officer
2 5 (35.71%) Project Support Officer
2 5 (35.71%) Support Officer
3 3 (21.43%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) PMO Lead
5 1 (7.14%) PMO Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Senior PMO
5 1 (7.14%) Senior PMO Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 4 (28.57%) Programme Governance
3 4 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Business Case
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) Dependency Management
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Change Control
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CBAP
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) ISEB
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow