PMP Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 61 66
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing PMP 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.41% 1.01% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 3.59% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £320 £415
25th Percentile - £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £523 £538
90th Percentile - £524 £695
Scotland median daily rate £463 £505 £508
% change year-on-year -8.42% -0.49% +6.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 178 195 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 24.05% 28.02% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 123 126
10th Percentile £181 £301 £250
25th Percentile £354 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £597
90th Percentile £635 £700 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £16.14 £22.40 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £28.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.21% - -
75th Percentile £18.05 £45.00 -
90th Percentile £20.89 £49.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year +11.11% -68.09% +89.77%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

PMP job vacancy trend in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PMP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Accounting
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Information Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft