PMO Contract Job Trends in Central London

Project Management Office (PMO)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 92 84
Rank change year-on-year -6 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing PMO 34 35 59
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.68% 1.58% 2.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.25% 10.36% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 41
10th Percentile £374 £263 £400
25th Percentile £500 £313 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -6.78%
75th Percentile £707 £675 £675
90th Percentile £749 £784 £825
London median daily rate £500 £431 £513
% change year-on-year +15.94% -15.85% -2.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 412 338 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.39% 15.29% 16.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 181 310
10th Percentile £331 £313 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £763 £788
London median daily rate £525 £525 £571
% change year-on-year - -8.10% +3.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile - £19.04 -
25th Percentile £26.11 £20.46 £71.25
Median hourly rate £26.34 £28.75 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% -60.34% +271.79%
75th Percentile £28.77 £35.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £32.50 - -
London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% - +10.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

PMO job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Central London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMO

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
City of London 0 34 £550 +10.00% 27
PMO
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (20.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (17.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.94%) SaaS
2 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) LAN
1 3 (8.82%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (8.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
General
1 22 (64.71%) Finance
2 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Banking
4 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (11.76%) Legal
7 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (5.88%) Front Office
8 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
8 2 (5.88%) Marketing
9 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.94%) Military
9 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
3 6 (17.65%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) PMO Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) PMO Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.88%) MiFID Business Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) PMO Coordinator
6 2 (5.88%) PMO Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ADO
1 1 (2.94%) OAuth
1 1 (2.94%) OpenID
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.94%) FMCG
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (2.94%) PMI
4 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Project Management
2 14 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (38.24%) Project Delivery
4 10 (29.41%) Change Management
5 9 (26.47%) Agile
6 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
9 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
9 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
9 5 (14.71%) Logistics
9 5 (14.71%) PRINCE2
9 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (14.71%) Programme Governance
9 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
9 5 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
10 4 (11.76%) Time Management
11 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (8.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Korn
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 4 (11.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.88%) MiFID
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Arista
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Planview
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) Progress
4 1 (2.94%) Workday