PMI Contracts in Scotland

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 - 162
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing PMI 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% - 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% - 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £446 - -
25th Percentile £460 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -7.82% -6.38% +11.90%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing PMI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for PMI in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMI in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for PMI in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMI in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for PMI in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 7 £525 - 3
PMI
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Asana
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Security Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
4 4 (57.14%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (57.14%) PRINCE
4 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
5 3 (42.86%) Agile
5 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
5 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
5 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
5 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (28.57%) Change Management
6 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft