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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 47 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 0
Contract jobs citing PMO 22 20 13
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.08% 2.75% 1.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.16% 19.23% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 11
10th Percentile £270 £377 -
25th Percentile £350 £482 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% +7.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £570 £543 £491
90th Percentile £605 £638 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -17.07% +7.89% +11.76%

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 81 104 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.34% 14.31% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 61 72
10th Percentile £313 £200 £300
25th Percentile £365 £313 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £544 £588
90th Percentile £625 £738 £686
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.90% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £14.70 £12.51
25th Percentile £20.25 £15.22 £13.27
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +51.31% -
75th Percentile £20.75 £50.00 £34.77
90th Percentile - £52.50 £46.91
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.13 £15.45 £29.75
% change year-on-year +4.44% -48.08% +48.75%

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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 30 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 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) OCI
2 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Back Office
5 3 (13.64%) Legal
5 3 (13.64%) Local Government
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) PMO Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Change Manager
3 3 (13.64%) PMO Planner
4 2 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.09%) Finance Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) PMO Lead
4 2 (9.09%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Chief Technology Officer
5 1 (4.55%) Document Controller
5 1 (4.55%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Project Support Coordinator
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Financial Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
4 3 (13.64%) Change Management
4 3 (13.64%) Coaching
4 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
4 3 (13.64%) ERP
4 3 (13.64%) Fintech
4 3 (13.64%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
5 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Resource Management
5 2 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) VMware