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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 83 87
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 -12
Contract jobs citing PMO 38 35 37
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.67% 1.96% 1.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.60% 10.09% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 22
10th Percentile £375 £377 £310
25th Percentile £465 £461 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £775 £738 £538
90th Percentile £875 £785 £696
Central London median daily rate £580 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +26.32% -13.64%

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 442 347 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.39% 19.39% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 242 208
10th Percentile £390 £332 £363
25th Percentile £463 £418 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £825 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £23.83 £16.60
25th Percentile - £26.57 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +70.00% -
75th Percentile - £56.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £75.95 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £46.66 £34.00 £23.40
% change year-on-year +37.24% +45.30% -

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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 6 September 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 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
4 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 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.89%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) Google Sheets
3 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
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%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.63%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) Tableau
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.63%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 21 (55.26%) Finance
1 21 (55.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (23.68%) Banking
4 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.63%) International Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Local Government
7 1 (2.63%) Marketing
7 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
7 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Analyst
1 7 (18.42%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.79%) Lead
2 6 (15.79%) PMO Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) PMO Lead
3 4 (10.53%) PMO Manager
4 3 (7.89%) IT Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Finance Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Integration Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.26%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Transformation Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.63%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) PMO Consultant
6 1 (2.63%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Senior IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.26%) PMI
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.63%) PACS
2 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
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 23 (60.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (42.11%) Agile
3 15 (39.47%) Project Management
4 12 (31.58%) Waterfall
5 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (23.68%) Project Delivery
6 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (21.05%) Project Governance
8 7 (18.42%) Decision-Making
8 7 (18.42%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (18.42%) Migration
8 7 (18.42%) PRINCE2
9 6 (15.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 6 (15.79%) Business Case
9 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (15.79%) Programme Management
10 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
10 5 (13.16%) Technology Transformation
11 4 (10.53%) Portfolio Management
11 4 (10.53%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) PMP
3 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.63%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (2.63%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) P3O
2 1 (2.63%) GRC
2 1 (2.63%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.63%) SEPA
2 1 (2.63%) TARGET2
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.89%) SAP
4 2 (5.26%) Google
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
4 2 (5.26%) Planview
5 1 (2.63%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat