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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 50 56
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing PMO 25 17 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.33% 2.48% 1.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 29.76% 16.83% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 8
10th Percentile £288 £430 £364
25th Percentile £313 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +7.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £540 £591 £505
90th Percentile £600 £638 £556
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +15.15%

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 84 101 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.20% 14.74% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 59 60
10th Percentile £305 £199 £284
25th Percentile £365 £313 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £625 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £16.43 £14.70 £12.38
25th Percentile £17.06 £15.22 £12.94
Median hourly rate £18.25 £22.00 £14.02
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +56.92% -
75th Percentile £19.56 £50.00 £24.66
90th Percentile £20.28 £52.50 £42.86
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.13 £16.19 £17.50
% change year-on-year -0.37% -7.49% -12.50%

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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 26 December 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 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) OCI
2 2 (8.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (56.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Back Office
5 3 (12.00%) Legal
5 3 (12.00%) Local Government
6 2 (8.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Analyst
1 8 (32.00%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Change Manager
2 3 (12.00%) PMO Planner
3 2 (8.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (8.00%) Finance Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) PMO Lead
3 2 (8.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (4.00%) Document Controller
4 1 (4.00%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Project Support Coordinator
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Scrum Master
4 1 (4.00%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (20.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Coaching
3 5 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Business Strategy
4 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
5 3 (12.00%) Business Case
5 3 (12.00%) Change Control
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) ERP
5 3 (12.00%) Fintech
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.00%) PMP
1 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) SAP
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.00%) Planview
4 1 (4.00%) VMware