PMO Lead Contracts

Project Management Office Leader
UK

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 614 731
Rank change year-on-year +74 +117 -111
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 60 102 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 71 99
10th Percentile £410 £304 £412
25th Percentile £422 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +27.91%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £643 £650 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +18.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.63 - -
90th Percentile £81.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead.

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead.

Hourly rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +84 52 £500 -8.05% 6
London +108 31 £550 - 2
Work from Home +105 26 £550 +15.79% 1
UK excluding London +22 21 £450 -2.70% 3
South East +29 10 £449 -10.23% 1
North of England +19 5 £450 -5.26% 1
South West +16 5 £500 -2.20%
Yorkshire +11 4 £438 -7.89%
Midlands +18 1 £525 -4.55%
West Midlands +13 1 £525 +2.44%
North East - 1 £500 -

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) PMO
2 33 (55.00%) Project Management
3 31 (51.67%) Finance
4 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 15 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
7 14 (23.33%) Agile
8 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
9 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
9 11 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 10 (16.67%) Programme Management
10 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
11 9 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (15.00%) SAP
12 8 (13.33%) SharePoint
12 8 (13.33%) Banking
12 8 (13.33%) Marketing
13 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
13 7 (11.67%) Degree
13 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
13 7 (11.67%) Digital Marketing
13 7 (11.67%) Manufacturing
13 7 (11.67%) Electronics
13 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
13 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2
13 7 (11.67%) Waterfall

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.67%) Azure
2 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.67%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 31 (51.67%) Finance
2 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 9 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (13.33%) Banking
6 8 (13.33%) Marketing
7 7 (11.67%) Electronics
7 7 (11.67%) Manufacturing
7 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.67%) Back Office
10 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.67%) International Banking
10 1 (1.67%) Local Government
10 1 (1.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (5.00%) PMI
2 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.00%) Project Management
2 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (23.33%) Agile
4 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
5 10 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 9 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.67%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2
7 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
7 7 (11.67%) Waterfall
8 6 (10.00%) Workflow
9 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
9 5 (8.33%) Risk Management
10 4 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (6.67%) Change Control
10 4 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
11 3 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.67%) Degree
4 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.00%) PMP
5 5 (8.33%) PMI Certification
5 5 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (5.00%) APMG
7 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (5.00%) QA
3 2 (3.33%) P3O
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.00%) SAP
3 2 (3.33%) Virgin Media