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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 55 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +27
Contract jobs citing PMO 7 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.97% 1.76% 1.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.09% 7.75% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 7
10th Percentile £315 £234 £250
25th Percentile £413 £284 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £340 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +2.41%
75th Percentile £438 £438 £438
90th Percentile £498 £525 £486
Scotland median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -7.41%

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 171 142 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 23.75% 22.76% 25.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 88 128
10th Percentile £188 £184 £219
25th Percentile £359 £354 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -3.23% -3.88%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £571
90th Percentile £683 £625 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 11
10th Percentile £22.54 £20.88 £17.72
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.38 £18.14
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.35 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +91.96% +42.67% -63.49%
75th Percentile £66.50 £38.79 £60.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.51 -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £18.27
% change year-on-year +82.82% +49.70% -61.72%

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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 1 May 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 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Junior
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Business Case
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (14.29%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CBAP
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow