PMO Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Project Management Office (PMO)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 95 84
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 -13
Contract jobs citing PMO 38 34 44
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.58% 1.81% 2.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.74% 9.42% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 25
10th Percentile £383 £362 £313
25th Percentile £473 £418 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £756 £740 £575
90th Percentile £855 £793 £710
Central London median daily rate £575 £540 £488
% change year-on-year +6.48% +10.77% -11.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 435 361 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.09% 19.19% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 262 227
10th Percentile £379 £357 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £527 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.31% -8.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £698 £675
90th Percentile £775 £812 £756
Central London median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.29% -3.23% -8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £28.05 £16.60
25th Percentile £72.25 £37.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £74.50 £54.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +172.50% -
75th Percentile £76.75 £72.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £82.35 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £23.80
% change year-on-year +66.76% +44.87% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) CA PPM
1 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.63%) Loan IQ
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.89%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) Google Sheets
3 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.63%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.63%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) Tableau
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.63%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 19 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
3 14 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (21.05%) Banking
5 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Retail
8 1 (2.63%) Automotive
8 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.63%) International Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Local Government
8 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.63%) Marketing
8 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Lead
1 7 (18.42%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.79%) PMO Manager
3 5 (13.16%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) PMO Lead
4 4 (10.53%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Programme Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Senior
6 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Finance Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Portfolio Manager
6 2 (5.26%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Transformation Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Senior IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.26%) PMI
2 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.63%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
1 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.63%) SUSE
1 1 (2.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (47.37%) Agile
3 12 (31.58%) Project Management
4 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (28.95%) Project Delivery
4 11 (28.95%) Waterfall
5 10 (26.32%) Decision-Making
5 10 (26.32%) PRINCE2
5 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (21.05%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 8 (21.05%) Matrix Organization
6 8 (21.05%) Programme Management
7 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
8 6 (15.79%) Business Case
8 6 (15.79%) Migration
8 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (13.16%) Budgeting
9 5 (13.16%) Portfolio Management
9 5 (13.16%) Project Governance
10 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) PMI Certification
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) PMP
3 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.63%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) P3O
2 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.63%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.89%) Planview
3 3 (7.89%) SAP
4 2 (5.26%) Google
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat