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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 51 50
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +14
Contract jobs citing PMO 18 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.97% 1.86% 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.14% 22.00% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 13
10th Percentile £310 £300 £260
25th Percentile £389 £377 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% -1.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £418 £540 £538
90th Percentile £497 £564 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £395 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -7.06% -15.00% -

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 137 50 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.99% 8.46% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 30 62
10th Percentile £313 £313 £208
25th Percentile £350 £368 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.72% -3.17%
75th Percentile £545 £540 £588
90th Percentile £650 £714 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £11.46 £14.83 £17.33
25th Percentile £11.96 £15.03 £20.50
Median hourly rate £13.45 £15.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -69.30% +81.82%
75th Percentile £17.04 £15.68 £52.50
90th Percentile £18.23 £15.87 £54.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £29.09 £16.19
% change year-on-year -29.13% +79.68% -41.13%

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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 6 September 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:

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
1 4 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
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%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (5.56%) PMO Lead
3 1 (5.56%) PMO Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Change Management
1 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) Coaching
2 4 (22.22%) Project Governance
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) Document Management
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Governance
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (5.56%) AI
5 1 (5.56%) Budgeting
5 1 (5.56%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) P3O
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) IBM
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle