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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing PMO 9 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.41% 1.56% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.14% 6.41% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £280 £290 £280
25th Percentile £325 £324 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £432
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -13.09% +13.55%
75th Percentile £500 £478 £450
90th Percentile £521 £620 £482
Scotland median daily rate £400 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -

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 175 156 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 27.47% 24.30% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 105 138
10th Percentile £154 £177 £217
25th Percentile £291 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -3.74% -2.40%
75th Percentile £572 £525 £550
90th Percentile £679 £623 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 8
10th Percentile £17.23 - £16.93
25th Percentile £35.38 £26.32 £21.58
Median hourly rate £51.25 £27.35 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.39% -54.79% +166.70%
75th Percentile £64.00 £49.19 £60.75
90th Percentile £73.20 £61.68 £60.98
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £21.64
% change year-on-year +82.82% +26.39% +14.57%

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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 5 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) PMO Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Junior
2 2 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) PMO Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior PMO
3 1 (11.11%) Senior PMO Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (22.22%) Coaching
3 2 (22.22%) Dependency Management
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
4 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle