PMO Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Project Management Office (PMO)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 45 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +27
Contract jobs citing PMO 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.30% 1.02% 0.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.25% 5.56% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £363 £373 -
25th Percentile £458 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £425 £335
Median % change year-on-year +33.53% +26.87% -25.56%
75th Percentile £659 £488 £348
90th Percentile £699 £518 £372
South East median daily rate £492 £450 £455
% change year-on-year +9.33% -1.10% +5.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
South East median hourly rate - £63.15 £68.67
% change year-on-year - -8.03% +111.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 80 72 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 20.78% 18.37% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 50 48
10th Percentile £175 £210 £150
25th Percentile £302 £286 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £498 £580
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% -14.22% +28.89%
75th Percentile £510 £609 £750
90th Percentile £536 £716 £1,150
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £523
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.26% +12.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £14.55 £12.64 £25.20
25th Percentile £15.13 £13.61 £27.00
Median hourly rate £15.25 £16.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -46.03% +135.29%
75th Percentile £36.00 £26.95 -
90th Percentile - £32.83 -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £54.37
% change year-on-year -32.08% -2.52% +158.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

PMO job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Buckinghamshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMO

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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 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 November 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 +6 3 £625 +66.67% 1
PMO
South East

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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 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Integration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Project Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Openreach