PMP Contract Job Trends 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 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 105 123
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 +48
Contract jobs citing PMP 6 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.38% 0.59% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.48% 2.30% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £451 £366 £395
25th Percentile £453 £422 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £505 £504
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +0.25% +6.05%
75th Percentile £478 £541 £538
90th Percentile £484 £591 £541
UK median daily rate £575 £540 £541
% change year-on-year +6.48% -0.23% +3.10%

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 406 478 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.53% 25.69% 25.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 295 342
10th Percentile £174 £176 £199
25th Percentile £313 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.15%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £585
90th Percentile £610 £645 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 21
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.24 £32.14
25th Percentile £19.38 £14.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -68.09% +89.77%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.63 £73.75
90th Percentile £28.77 £53.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.49% +19.26%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMP

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMP

PMP
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 16 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 +11 3 £475 -5.00% 1
Glasgow -20 3 £450 - 5
PMP
UK

PMP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Migration Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Migration Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) HR Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle HRMS Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO
3 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (50.00%) Coaching
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) Cost Accounting
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
5 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
6 1 (16.67%) Change Management
6 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 1 (16.67%) Information Management
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security
6 1 (16.67%) Kanban
6 1 (16.67%) Logistics
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle