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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 43 55
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing PMO 19 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.08% 1.59% 1.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.32% 15.38% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 6
10th Percentile £335 £401 £229
25th Percentile £393 £490 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +20.00% -7.89%
75th Percentile £430 £564 £538
90th Percentile £565 £663 -
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £493 £450
% change year-on-year -28.93% +9.44% -

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 124 52 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.55% 10.36% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 35 70
10th Percentile £313 £319 £258
25th Percentile £356 £416 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +14.12% -
75th Percentile £575 £581 £523
90th Percentile £702 £658 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £14.83 £11.06
25th Percentile - £15.03 £12.65
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.35 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% +13.70% -50.24%
75th Percentile - £15.68 £14.00
90th Percentile - £15.87 £26.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £29.97 £14.60
% change year-on-year -31.21% +105.27% -46.55%

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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 8 June 2026.

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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Analyst
1 4 (21.05%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Portfolio Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Architect
3 1 (5.26%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Head of PMO
3 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Lead
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) PMO Lead
3 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.26%) Senior
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Senior PMO
3 1 (5.26%) Senior PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
1 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Coaching
2 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
3 5 (26.32%) Change Management
3 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Change Control
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (21.05%) Project Governance
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Business Case
5 3 (15.79%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (10.53%) Budgeting
6 2 (10.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (10.53%) Document Management
6 2 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
1 2 (10.53%) Planview