PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Project Management Office Leader
UK > Scotland

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in Scotland is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 116 140
Rank change year-on-year +3 +24 +35
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.16% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £416 -
25th Percentile £488 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% +10.43%
75th Percentile £563 £447 £475
90th Percentile - £449 -
UK median daily rate £556 £525 £544
% change year-on-year +5.95% -3.45% +8.75%

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 1,427 1,690 2,217
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 92.10% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 995 1,405
10th Percentile £200 £192 £231
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £569
90th Percentile £600 £650 £654
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 65 60
10th Percentile £16.43 £12.39 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.53 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.67 £46.42 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PMO Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies 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 20 October 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 - 2 £525 - 2
PMO Lead
UK

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Hitachi
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Trello

PMO Lead Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hitachi
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce