PMO Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 113 109
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +42
Contract jobs citing PMO 398 532 715
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.94% 2.28% 2.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.14% 15.41% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 381 532
10th Percentile £269 £252 £229
25th Percentile £363 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £525
90th Percentile £601 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £499 £475
% change year-on-year -4.81% +5.05% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 15
10th Percentile - £21.84 £18.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.60 £20.70
Median hourly rate £26.68 £30.91 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% -4.91% +66.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £39.69 £35.10
90th Percentile £48.55 £80.00 £37.47
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% -26.97% +131.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PMO 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,030 3,453 4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.79% 14.78% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,787 2,311 3,023
10th Percentile £250 £220 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +6.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £572
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 188 205
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.11 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.07 £15.63
Median hourly rate £18.19 £32.94 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% +46.41% +6.89%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.50 £48.58
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -39.84% +16.67% +42.86%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South West +45 97 £500 +11.11% 25
South East -3 97 £415 -7.78% 33
North of England -18 69 £500 +5.26% 45
Scotland +39 59 £375 -8.54% 4
Midlands +4 55 £500 +11.11% 34
West Midlands -10 39 £450 +5.88% 19
North West -20 31 £500 +11.11% 26
Yorkshire -4 26 £438 -18.60% 11
East of England -23 22 £450 -21.74% 16
North East +23 15 £500 +33.33% 8
East Midlands +18 15 £595 +19.00% 15
Wales +13 2 £775 +153.06% 2
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UK

PMO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.77%) Confluence
3 4 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 84 (21.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (17.59%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (14.07%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (10.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (6.78%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (2.76%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) SAP Hybris
1 4 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.75%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.28%) Power Platform
2 13 (3.27%) Azure
3 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.01%) Power Automate
5 6 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.51%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.50%) Canva
7 2 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.50%) Slack
7 2 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.50%) Yammer
8 1 (0.25%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.25%) AWS
8 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.25%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.51%) Intranet
2 3 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.25%) 4G
3 1 (0.25%) 5G
3 1 (0.25%) LAN
3 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.28%) Power BI
2 3 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (15.58%) JIRA
General
1 176 (44.22%) Finance
2 138 (34.67%) Social Skills
3 52 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.31%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (8.79%) Presentation Skills
5 35 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.78%) Banking
7 17 (4.27%) Mandarin Language
8 16 (4.02%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.52%) Retail
10 12 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.51%) Legal
12 9 (2.26%) Billing
13 8 (2.01%) Law
13 8 (2.01%) Marketing
14 7 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.51%) Publishing
16 5 (1.26%) Local Government
17 4 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 96 (24.12%) Analyst
2 64 (16.08%) PMO Analyst
3 54 (13.57%) Lead
4 42 (10.55%) Project Manager
5 41 (10.30%) Senior
6 26 (6.53%) Project Leader
7 23 (5.78%) PMO Manager
8 21 (5.28%) PMO Lead
9 20 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
9 20 (5.03%) Senior PMO
9 20 (5.03%) Support Officer
10 15 (3.77%) Project Officer
11 14 (3.52%) Coordinator
12 13 (3.27%) Senior PMO Analyst
13 12 (3.02%) Administrator
13 12 (3.02%) Programme Manager
13 12 (3.02%) Project Support Officer
14 11 (2.76%) IT Manager
14 11 (2.76%) Project Coordinator
15 10 (2.51%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.50%) ADO
2 1 (0.25%) HTML
2 1 (0.25%) JSON
2 1 (0.25%) Middleware
2 1 (0.25%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.02%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.02%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.26%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.01%) PMI
6 3 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.75%) NHS
7 2 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.50%) Equities
7 2 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.50%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.50%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.25%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.25%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.25%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.25%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
1 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.25%) Linux
1 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (51.51%) Project Management
2 108 (27.14%) Project Delivery
3 107 (26.88%) Agile
4 102 (25.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (15.58%) PRINCE2
6 60 (15.08%) Change Management
7 59 (14.82%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (13.82%) Risk Management
9 50 (12.56%) Project Planning
10 37 (9.30%) Programme Management
11 34 (8.54%) Data Management
12 33 (8.29%) Workshop Facilitation
13 31 (7.79%) Decision-Making
14 30 (7.54%) Resource Management
15 29 (7.29%) Data Analysis
16 28 (7.04%) Time Management
17 27 (6.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 26 (6.53%) Commercial Awareness
18 26 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
19 25 (6.28%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.50%) SQL
2 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 97 (24.37%) Security Cleared
2 50 (12.56%) DV Cleared
3 45 (11.31%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.54%) Degree
5 24 (6.03%) APMP
6 15 (3.77%) PMP
7 11 (2.76%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.75%) APMG
11 2 (0.50%) ISEB
11 2 (0.50%) ISEB Practitioner
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PhD
12 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.76%) P3O
2 7 (1.76%) QA
3 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.75%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.75%) GDPR
6 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.50%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.25%) GxP
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.25%) ITGC
7 1 (0.25%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (1.26%) VMware NSX
1 5 (1.26%) vSphere
2 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.75%) MOM
2 2 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.25%) AppManager
Vendors
1 93 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.53%) SAP
3 8 (2.01%) Atlassian
4 6 (1.51%) Cisco
5 5 (1.26%) Dell
5 5 (1.26%) Planview
5 5 (1.26%) VMware
6 4 (1.01%) Adobe
7 3 (0.75%) Citrix
8 2 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.50%) Cadence
8 2 (0.50%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle
8 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.50%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.50%) Snow
9 1 (0.25%) Ceridian
9 1 (0.25%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.25%) Concur
9 1 (0.25%) Workday