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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 91 76
Rank change year-on-year -5 -15 -6
Contract jobs citing PMO 39 28 51
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.61% 1.59% 2.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.18% 8.62% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 32
10th Percentile £409 £333 £318
25th Percentile £477 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £753 £720 £583
90th Percentile £785 £817 £704
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.92
Median hourly rate - - £20.61
75th Percentile - - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £57.50 - £20.61

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 425 325 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.50% 18.50% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 228 259
10th Percentile £363 £373 £363
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £706 £650
90th Percentile £763 £800 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £19.23 £28.05 £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 £37.13 £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £54.50 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -49.54% +164.50% -
75th Percentile £52.25 £72.75 £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 £82.35 £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £34.48 £23.40
% change year-on-year -20.24% +47.35% -6.40%

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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 28 June 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 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.56%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.26%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (5.13%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.56%) AWS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.56%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Broadband
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) QlikView
2 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) JIRA
General
1 23 (58.97%) Finance
2 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Legal
6 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Automotive
8 1 (2.56%) International Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Law
8 1 (2.56%) Local Government
8 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Lead
2 6 (15.38%) PMO Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) PMO Lead
5 3 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Senior
6 2 (5.13%) Business Change Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Business Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Change Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Finance Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Integration Manager
6 2 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Project Change Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Transformation Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) ADO
1 1 (2.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) PMI
2 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.56%) SUSE
1 1 (2.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Agile
1 23 (58.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (38.46%) Project Management
2 15 (38.46%) Waterfall
3 11 (28.21%) Decision-Making
4 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (25.64%) PRINCE2
5 9 (23.08%) Project Delivery
6 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (17.95%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 7 (17.95%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (17.95%) Programme Management
7 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
8 6 (15.38%) Project Governance
9 5 (12.82%) Budgeting
9 5 (12.82%) Migration
9 5 (12.82%) Portfolio Management
9 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (10.26%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) PMI Certification
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) PMP
3 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.56%) RIBA
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) P3O
1 1 (2.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) logstash
1 1 (2.56%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Planview
3 3 (7.69%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) Aderant
5 1 (2.56%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.56%) BT
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) Databricks
5 1 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Red Hat