PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Project Management Office Leader
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.68% 0.28% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £511 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -
75th Percentile £536 £538 -
90th Percentile £542 - -
South East median daily rate £530 £588 £543
% change year-on-year -9.79% +8.29% +20.42%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 407 346 512
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 96.92% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 246 383
10th Percentile £213 £236 £275
25th Percentile £364 £376 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £562 £560 £610
90th Percentile £638 £644 £742
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 10 20
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.18 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.85 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.11 £19.35 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year +29.78% -18.95% +51.59%
75th Percentile £29.61 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £54.13 £53.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PMO Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

PMO Lead
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes - 3 £520 - 2
PMO Lead
South East

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Governance
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft