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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 91 73
Rank change year-on-year -3 -18 +8
Contract jobs citing PMO 36 28 55
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.73% 1.57% 2.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.39% 9.66% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 34
10th Percentile £370 £294 £413
25th Percentile £481 £323 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year - +3.29% -17.31%
75th Percentile £653 £691 £634
90th Percentile £763 £859 £734
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.41% -18.08%
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 - - £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 429 290 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.62% 16.27% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 180 284
10th Percentile £363 £362 £363
25th Percentile £425 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £675
90th Percentile £791 £775 £750
Central London median daily rate £531 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.41% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £20.01 - £25.05
25th Percentile £24.18 - £32.75
Median hourly rate £27.75 - £46.55
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.85%
75th Percentile £41.31 - £60.64
90th Percentile £62.58 - £68.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £20.35 £42.50
% change year-on-year +28.34% -52.13% +80.85%

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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 18 March 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.78%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) LAN
1 3 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (8.33%) WAN
2 1 (2.78%) Broadband
2 1 (2.78%) Internet
2 1 (2.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 24 (66.67%) Finance
2 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Legal
4 5 (13.89%) Banking
4 5 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.56%) Front Office
8 1 (2.78%) Automotive
8 1 (2.78%) Law
8 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.78%) Marketing
8 1 (2.78%) Military
8 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Project Manager
2 8 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) IT Manager
4 5 (13.89%) PMO Manager
5 4 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Business Change Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business Change Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Business Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Change Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) MiFID Business Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Network Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) PMO Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) ADO
1 1 (2.78%) Kafka
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.78%) FMCG
2 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) PMI
2 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Project Management
2 14 (38.89%) Agile
2 14 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 9 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 8 (22.22%) Change Management
5 8 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
7 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.89%) Portfolio Management
8 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
8 5 (13.89%) Scrum
8 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (13.89%) Time Management
8 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (11.11%) Logistics
9 4 (11.11%) Project Governance
9 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Korn
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) PMI Certification
2 5 (13.89%) PMP
3 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.78%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) MiFID
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) logstash
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) Planview
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco
3 4 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.33%) Arista
5 2 (5.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.78%) Aderant
6 1 (2.78%) Anaplan
6 1 (2.78%) BT
6 1 (2.78%) Databricks
6 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.78%) SAP