PMP Contracts in Scotland

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 112 150
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 +12
Contract jobs citing PMP 11 16 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.72% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.45% 2.63% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 12
10th Percentile £416 £408 £389
25th Percentile £445 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £473 £581 £550
90th Percentile £545 £593 £842
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £40.94 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 319 609 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.76% 27.43% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 326 408
10th Percentile £201 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP 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 PMP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +2 9 £450 - 2
PMP
UK

PMP
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 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Release Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Network Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
3 1 (9.09%) WAN Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 1 (9.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) PRINCE2
4 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Release Management
5 3 (27.27%) Runbook
5 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) SDLC
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) Coaching
6 2 (18.18%) Logistics
6 2 (18.18%) Order Management
6 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) PMI Certification
2 5 (45.45%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) APMP
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Openreach