Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 135 133
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +59
Contract jobs citing PMO 691 1,079 1,765
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.92% 2.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.48% 14.25% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 781 1,278
10th Percentile £280 £275 £275
25th Percentile £373 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £618 £588
90th Percentile £654 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 55
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.19 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.67 £28.84 £32.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +131.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £63.93 £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.89 £32.77
% change year-on-year -12.18% -2.70% +68.05%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,019 7,573 11,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.03% 13.49% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,815 5,158 7,971
10th Percentile £281 £290 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £450
% change year-on-year -2.06% +7.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 241 313
10th Percentile £10.96 £13.29 £12.04
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.69 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.04% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £47.81 £63.23 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.87 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -47.80% +55.56% +7.14%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 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 -13 605 £475 -5.00% 190
UK excluding London 0 391 £450 - 147
London -25 260 £500 -9.09% 57
Work from Home +17 229 £471 -0.81% 73
South West +43 99 £500 +11.11% 24
South East -21 95 £449 -0.25% 33
North of England -16 63 £500 +1.01% 35
Midlands +8 61 £463 -2.63% 30
Scotland +23 55 £375 -7.41% 13
West Midlands 0 43 £425 -5.56% 13
North West -3 33 £450 - 19
East of England -24 22 £400 -25.51% 11
Yorkshire -14 18 £450 -18.18% 12
East Midlands +9 16 £595 +12.26% 17
North East +16 15 £500 +29.03% 4

PMO
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 42 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.91%) Confluence
3 6 (0.87%) CMS
4 5 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 130 (18.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (13.31%) Microsoft Office
3 81 (11.72%) Microsoft Project
4 72 (10.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 36 (5.21%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (2.60%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.01%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.43%) Primavera
4 2 (0.29%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.29%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.29%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.14%) Changepoint
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (4.63%) Power Platform
2 26 (3.76%) Azure
3 12 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (1.59%) Power Automate
5 10 (1.45%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 7 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.58%) OCI
8 4 (0.58%) Slack
8 4 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.43%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.43%) SaaS
10 2 (0.29%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.29%) Asana
10 2 (0.29%) AWS
10 2 (0.29%) Canva
10 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.29%) Yammer
11 1 (0.14%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.87%) Intranet
2 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.29%) SAN
3 2 (0.29%) VoIP
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) LAN
4 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.63%) Power BI
2 6 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.29%) Big Data
5 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.29%) Tableau
6 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 82 (11.87%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 313 (45.30%) Finance
2 222 (32.13%) Social Skills
3 89 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.99%) Banking
5 62 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.96%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (7.24%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (5.07%) Retail
9 31 (4.49%) Telecoms
10 30 (4.34%) Marketing
11 25 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.89%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.75%) Law
14 16 (2.32%) Mandarin Language
15 14 (2.03%) Legal
15 14 (2.03%) Local Government
16 13 (1.88%) Billing
16 13 (1.88%) Electronics
17 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (22.87%) Analyst
2 115 (16.64%) PMO Analyst
3 100 (14.47%) Lead
4 94 (13.60%) Project Manager
5 70 (10.13%) Senior
6 66 (9.55%) PMO Manager
7 61 (8.83%) PMO Lead
8 40 (5.79%) Senior PMO
9 30 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.76%) Project Leader
11 24 (3.47%) Support Officer
12 23 (3.33%) Senior PMO Analyst
13 22 (3.18%) Coordinator
14 21 (3.04%) Consultant
15 20 (2.89%) Project Officer
15 20 (2.89%) Senior Manager
16 18 (2.60%) IT Manager
16 18 (2.60%) Junior
16 18 (2.60%) Programme Manager
16 18 (2.60%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.43%) ADO
3 2 (0.29%) HTML
3 2 (0.29%) JSON
3 2 (0.29%) XML
4 1 (0.14%) EDI
4 1 (0.14%) Middleware
4 1 (0.14%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.75%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.46%) Onboarding
3 12 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.59%) PMI
4 11 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.01%) Virtual Team
6 5 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (0.72%) NHS
7 3 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.43%) FMCG
8 2 (0.29%) Derivative
8 2 (0.29%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.29%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.29%) PACS
8 2 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.29%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.29%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.29%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.72%) Windows
2 3 (0.43%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (48.91%) Project Management
2 201 (29.09%) Agile
3 185 (26.77%) Project Delivery
4 162 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 103 (14.91%) Change Management
6 101 (14.62%) PRINCE2
7 90 (13.02%) Risk Management
8 81 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (10.56%) Programme Management
10 70 (10.13%) Project Planning
11 51 (7.38%) Change Control
11 51 (7.38%) Decision-Making
11 51 (7.38%) Waterfall
12 47 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (6.66%) Workshop Facilitation
14 45 (6.51%) Budget Management
15 44 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
16 41 (5.93%) Data Analysis
16 41 (5.93%) Project Governance
17 40 (5.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.30%) SQL
2 4 (0.58%) R
3 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.43%) Python
3 3 (0.43%) VBA
4 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 122 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.84%) Degree
3 63 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 62 (8.97%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.92%) PMP
6 28 (4.05%) APMP
6 28 (4.05%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.87%) APMG
10 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.43%) CIMA
11 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.29%) ISEB
12 2 (0.29%) ISEB Practitioner
12 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.14%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) CISSP
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.60%) QA
2 15 (2.17%) P3O
3 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.43%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.29%) Basel III
6 2 (0.29%) COREP
6 2 (0.29%) EMIR
6 2 (0.29%) FINREP
6 2 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.14%) GxP
7 1 (0.14%) ITGC
7 1 (0.14%) MiFID
7 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.30%) VMware NSX
3 6 (0.87%) vSphere
4 3 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.43%) MOM
2 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.14%) AppManager
3 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 136 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.67%) SAP
3 16 (2.32%) Oracle
4 12 (1.74%) VMware
5 11 (1.59%) Cisco
5 11 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.45%) Planview
7 8 (1.16%) Dell
8 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.72%) Adobe
10 4 (0.58%) Cadence
10 4 (0.58%) Google
10 4 (0.58%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.43%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.43%) Citrix
11 3 (0.43%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.29%) Ariba
12 2 (0.29%) Cerner
12 2 (0.29%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.29%) Progress