P3O Contracts in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 209 246
Rank change year-on-year +27 +37 -60
Contract jobs citing P3O 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.043% 0.070% 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% 0.51% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £408 -
25th Percentile £494 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £469 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -14.77% -2.22%
75th Percentile £581 £555 -
90th Percentile - £664 -
England median daily rate £525 £503 £400
% change year-on-year +4.48% +25.63% -23.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 726 781 939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.47% 13.68% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 485 671
10th Percentile £319 £288 £200
25th Percentile £413 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £592 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 39 54
10th Percentile - £17.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £29.30 £12.02
Median hourly rate £12.84 £39.60 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.58% +111.76% +8.88%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.19 £28.31
90th Percentile £48.75 £69.60 £51.46
England median hourly rate £22.04 £37.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year -41.24% +37.61% +29.76%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for P3O in the North of England

P3O
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for P3O in the North of England

P3O
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North West +24 2 £538 -8.51% 1
P3O
England

P3O
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO