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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 39 54
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing PMO 20 13 7
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.15% 2.56% 0.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.18% 21.31% 6.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 4
10th Percentile £291 £468 £390
25th Percentile £315 £488 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £542 £538
90th Percentile £593 £588 -
West Midlands median daily rate £313 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -37.40% +11.11% +5.88%

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 61 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.82% 12.03% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 39 77
10th Percentile £306 £325 £259
25th Percentile £356 £443 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £538
90th Percentile £694 £624 £735
West Midlands median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - - £11.06
25th Percentile - - £12.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £14.70 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% +8.89% -16.15%
75th Percentile - £33.60 £14.00
90th Percentile - £44.94 £22.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £28.18 £14.00
% change year-on-year -29.03% +101.29% -37.53%

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 9 May 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 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.00%) OCI
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (10.00%) Local Government
6 1 (5.00%) Back Office
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
1 6 (30.00%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) PMO Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Portfolio Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Head of PMO
3 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Project Support Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Senior PMO
3 1 (5.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (5.00%) SCADA
1 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Coaching
3 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Business Case
5 3 (15.00%) Change Control
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) Document Management
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Cutover Planning
6 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Planview