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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 44 53
Rank change year-on-year -19 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing PMO 18 12 13
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.92% 2.22% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.43% 19.35% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 10
10th Percentile £317 £311 £246
25th Percentile £393 £389 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £430 £540 £538
90th Percentile £565 £564 -
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -25.13% +3.89% -5.26%

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 134 62 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.30% 11.48% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 38 78
10th Percentile £313 £314 £256
25th Percentile £350 £402 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £483 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% +10.40% +1.16%
75th Percentile £575 £540 £534
90th Percentile £700 £678 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £14.83 £11.06
25th Percentile - £15.03 £12.65
Median hourly rate - £15.35 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year - +11.64% -49.66%
75th Percentile - £15.68 £14.79
90th Percentile - £15.87 £28.51
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £31.76 £14.60
% change year-on-year -35.09% +117.53% -46.91%

PMO
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 July 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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
1 4 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Portfolio Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Head of PMO
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (5.56%) PMO Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Senior PMO
3 1 (5.56%) Senior PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Change Management
1 5 (27.78%) Coaching
1 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (11.11%) Change Control
4 2 (11.11%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) Document Management
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Project Governance
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) P3O
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle