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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 63 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing PMO 11 10 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.72% 1.21% 2.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.15% 5.88% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 18
10th Percentile £298 £271 £220
25th Percentile £444 £284 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £378
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -17.22% +2.58%
75th Percentile £563 £403 £469
90th Percentile - £454 £550
Scotland median daily rate £449 £345 £375
% change year-on-year +30.00% -8.00% +10.29%
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 135 170 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.13% 20.63% 25.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 93 191
10th Percentile £263 £160 £250
25th Percentile £413 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -1.60%
75th Percentile £503 £565 £529
90th Percentile £563 £619 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile £25.42 £16.50 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £18.07 £57.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.27 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +214.72% -69.55% +217.46%
75th Percentile £66.88 £18.95 £62.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £47.09 -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £14.98 £21.75
% change year-on-year +133.64% -31.13% +15.08%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for PMO 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 18 September 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 and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (18.18%) Trello
3 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
2 1 (9.09%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Automotive
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
1 4 (36.36%) PMO Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) PMO Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Deputy Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Office Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Planner
3 1 (9.09%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Life Science
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Project Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
5 1 (9.09%) Business Case
5 1 (9.09%) Cost Management
5 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Records Management
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Management
5 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (9.09%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Hitachi
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) Planview
2 1 (9.09%) SAP