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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 62 70
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +17
Contract jobs citing PMO 14 11 21
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.25% 1.48% 2.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.33% 7.24% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 14
10th Percentile £378 £359 £268
25th Percentile £428 £439 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +26.67% +1.90%
75th Percentile £518 £500 £447
90th Percentile £546 £680 £506
Scotland median daily rate £456 £360 £383
% change year-on-year +26.65% -5.82% +4.44%
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 150 152 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 24.12% 20.51% 25.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 90 166
10th Percentile £216 £175 £221
25th Percentile £413 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £450 £456
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -1.37% -4.75%
75th Percentile £505 £500 £543
90th Percentile £574 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £467
% change year-on-year - -3.64% -2.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile £24.96 £21.00 £19.27
25th Percentile £30.38 £30.00 £21.58
Median hourly rate £48.75 £45.00 £41.44
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +8.60% +119.23%
75th Percentile £64.06 £60.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £73.25 £69.00 £62.20
Scotland median hourly rate £31.00 £14.98 £22.87
% change year-on-year +106.94% -34.50% +25.66%

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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 7 November 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 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (14.29%) Trello
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Lead
1 5 (35.71%) PMO Lead
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) PMO Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Migration Manager
3 1 (7.14%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Project Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Project Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior PMO
3 1 (7.14%) Senior PMO Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Life Science
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Portfolio Management
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Programme Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.14%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Hitachi
2 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Planview
3 1 (7.14%) SAP