PMO Lead Contracts in Scotland

Project Management Office Leader
UK > Scotland

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in Scotland is £486, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 152
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 5 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% - 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile £274 - £275
25th Percentile £385 - £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 - £309
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.41%
75th Percentile £568 - £421
90th Percentile £578 - £436
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% -5.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in Scotland

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in Scotland

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in Scotland

PMO Lead
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 PMO Lead 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
Edinburgh - 3 £363 -
Glasgow - 2 £516 -
PMO Lead
UK

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) PMI
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Internet

PMO Lead Skill Set
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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft