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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 40 57
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing PMO 21 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.31% 2.44% 1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.09% 19.12% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 5
10th Percentile £293 £468 £388
25th Percentile £318 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £542 £538
90th Percentile £615 £588 -
West Midlands median daily rate £319 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -36.30% +11.11% +9.09%

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 110 68 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.09% 12.76% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 41 74
10th Percentile £313 £300 £259
25th Percentile £365 £406 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% +14.29% +4.48%
75th Percentile £578 £544 £547
90th Percentile £688 £620 £710
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - £11.06
25th Percentile - - £12.30
Median hourly rate £16.00 £14.70 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% +8.89% +1.12%
75th Percentile - £29.00 £14.00
90th Percentile - £43.10 £55.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.00 £28.18 £14.00
% change year-on-year -43.22% +101.29% -13.04%

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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 25 April 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 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (9.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.76%) OCI
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 15 (71.43%) Finance
2 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Local Government
6 1 (4.76%) Back Office
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
1 7 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Finance Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Head of PMO
4 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) PMO Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior PMO
4 1 (4.76%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
1 1 (4.76%) SCADA
1 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) Coaching
3 5 (23.81%) Project Management
3 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Project Governance
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) Business Case
5 3 (14.29%) Change Control
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Document Management
5 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (9.52%) Budget Management
6 2 (9.52%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Planview
3 1 (4.76%) SAP