PMI Contract Job Trends 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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 109 135
Rank change year-on-year 0 +26 +29
Contract jobs citing PMI 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.26% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.67% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £441 £428 £426
25th Percentile £455 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year +11.16% +1.60% -1.58%
75th Percentile £583 £491 £500
90th Percentile £586 £496 £507
UK median daily rate £551 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.04% +0.88%

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 591 599 877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.45% 35.76% 36.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 327 515
10th Percentile £175 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £598 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.77% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 25
10th Percentile £14.72 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.19 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -2.89%
75th Percentile £53.13 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.91 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% -22.35% +21.43%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PMI job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in Scotland

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI

PMI
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 15 December 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 -5 3 £581 +22.32% 3
Edinburgh +8 1 £438 -7.89%
PMI
UK

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Manager
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Services Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow