PMO Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Project Management Office (PMO)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing PMO 21 14 14
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.99% 1.96% 1.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.25% 14.43% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 12
10th Percentile £305 £322 -
25th Percentile £353 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +10.53% +16.92%
75th Percentile £585 £540 £505
90th Percentile £625 £638 £554
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -14.29% +9.09% +13.24%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 80 97 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.40% 13.59% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 56 73
10th Percentile £315 £198 £300
25th Percentile £386 £298 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -13.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £555 £588
90th Percentile £678 £747 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £514 £482 £520
% change year-on-year +6.75% -7.40% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £15.01 £12.51
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.86 £13.27
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +51.31% +14.85%
75th Percentile £20.75 £39.50 £34.77
90th Percentile - £51.00 £46.91
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.32 £21.50 £29.75
% change year-on-year -14.81% -27.73% +82.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

PMO job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) OCI
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Legal
4 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Back Office
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Local Government
6 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Finance Manager
3 3 (14.29%) PMO Planner
4 2 (9.52%) Change Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.52%) Finance Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) PMO Lead
4 2 (9.52%) PMO Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Chief Technology Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Document Controller
5 1 (4.76%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.76%) Project Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (19.05%) Change Management
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 3 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Fintech
4 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (9.52%) Data Migration
5 2 (9.52%) Migration
5 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
5 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Project Governance
5 2 (9.52%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (9.52%) Supplier Management
5 2 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.76%) PMP
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) SAP
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) VMware