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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 56 64
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +20
Contract jobs citing PMO 12 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.88% 1.63% 1.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.74% 6.76% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £303 £290 £273
25th Percentile £391 £324 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% +4.29%
75th Percentile £509 £478 £438
90th Percentile £536 £620 £486
Scotland median daily rate £413 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.25% -3.61%

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 178 148 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 27.90% 24.10% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 105 131
10th Percentile £174 £177 £213
25th Percentile £272 £315 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% -2.70% -3.55%
75th Percentile £571 £534 £550
90th Percentile £678 £625 £660
Scotland median daily rate £447 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -0.67% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 11
10th Percentile £17.23 - £17.72
25th Percentile £40.25 £26.32 £18.14
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +82.82% +19.59% +0.82%
75th Percentile £64.00 £49.19 £60.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £61.68 -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £18.27
% change year-on-year +82.82% +49.70% -19.46%

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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 23 March 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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Lead
1 4 (33.33%) PMO Lead
2 3 (25.00%) PMO Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Junior
3 2 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior PMO
4 1 (8.33%) Senior PMO Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
4 1 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) ADO
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Business Case
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) CBAP
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow