PMO Job Trends in Scotland

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 136 215
Rank change year-on-year +7 +79 -78
Permanent jobs citing PMO 8 14 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.23% 0.55% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.56% 3.60% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 8
10th Percentile £38,300 £53,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £50,575 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £43,838
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +36.87% -14.46%
75th Percentile £69,063 £73,750 £57,088
90th Percentile £78,840 - £62,086
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -8.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 313 389 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.92% 15.28% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 157 80 221
10th Percentile £24,479 £37,375 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £50,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £61,725 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.15% +29.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,840 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.78%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PMO job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMO
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMO

PMO
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in Scotland

PMO
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Edinburgh +9 3 £72,500 +20.83% 3
Stirling -2 2 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Glasgow +11 1 £30,000 -58.62% 11
Inverclyde -2 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
PMO
UK

PMO
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Platform Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) People Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft