PMI Job Trends in Scotland

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 133 184
Rank change year-on-year -6 +51 +10
Permanent jobs citing PMI 2 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 0.30% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 1.00% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 -
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £64,290 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.85% -1.92% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 760 803 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.91% 29.99% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 343 336 641
10th Percentile £25,087 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,004 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.83% -4.99% +3.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,300 £93,778 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PMI job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMI
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMI

PMI
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +15 1 - - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CBAP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow