P3O Contracts in England

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for P3O skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited P3O over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 649 752
Rank change year-on-year +133 +103 -130
Contract jobs citing P3O 19 14 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.028% 0.038%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 16
10th Percentile £475 £403 £347
25th Percentile £484 £451 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +25.63% -30.43%
75th Percentile £581 £616 £498
90th Percentile £598 £738 -
UK median daily rate £525 £503 £425
% change year-on-year +4.48% +18.24% -29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.50
Median hourly rate - - £41.00
75th Percentile - - £41.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £41.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

P3O is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,262 6,748 9,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.35% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,344 4,590 6,375
10th Percentile £300 £275 £288
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.07 £16.88
Median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for P3O in England

P3O
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing P3O in England.

Daily rate trend for P3O in England

P3O
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +99 7 £550 +6.28% 1
South West - 7 £525 -
North of England +31 2 £538 +14.67% 1
North West +16 2 £538 -8.51% 1
Midlands - 1 £525 - 3
South East - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 2
P3O
UK

P3O
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Intranet
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 2 (10.53%) Analyst
1 2 (10.53%) Lead
1 2 (10.53%) PMO Lead
1 2 (10.53%) PMO Manager
1 2 (10.53%) Senior
2 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
2 1 (5.26%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (5.26%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
2 1 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
2 1 (5.26%) Programme Planner
2 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.26%) Report Analyst
2 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
2 1 (5.26%) Senior PMO
2 1 (5.26%) Senior PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) FMCG
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Project Management
2 9 (47.37%) PRINCE2
2 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) Risk Register
5 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (10.53%) Business Case
6 2 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) Coaching
6 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.53%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 1 (5.26%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
1 7 (36.84%) DV Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) APMP
2 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) Planview
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) iManage