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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 84 95
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 -33
Contract jobs citing PMO 44 35 34
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.96% 2.00% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.71% 10.20% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 20
10th Percentile £313 £377 £305
25th Percentile £413 £461 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% -12.04%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £547
90th Percentile £817 £785 £616
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -12.50% +26.32% -12.04%

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 453 343 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.21% 19.61% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 238 203
10th Percentile £351 £323 £350
25th Percentile £459 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £662 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £762
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
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 £30.41 £34.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year -10.56% +35.03% -

PMO
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

PMO
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

PMO
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 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the City of London

PMO
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

PMO
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 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.82%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) CA PPM
1 2 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.27%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.55%) Google Sheets
3 2 (4.55%) Google Workspace
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (4.55%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.27%) GCP
4 1 (2.27%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Tableau
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.27%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) JIRA
General
1 26 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (47.73%) Finance
3 12 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (15.91%) Banking
6 3 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.55%) Marketing
7 2 (4.55%) Retail
8 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Local Government
8 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Analyst
1 8 (18.18%) Lead
1 8 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 7 (15.91%) PMO Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) PMO Manager
4 4 (9.09%) PMO Lead
5 2 (4.55%) Consultant
5 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Integration Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.55%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Technical Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Transformation Analyst
6 1 (2.27%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Payments Project Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.55%) Life Science
2 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.27%) PACS
3 1 (2.27%) PMI
3 1 (2.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
1 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.27%) SUSE
1 1 (2.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (45.45%) Agile
2 20 (45.45%) Project Management
3 13 (29.55%) Waterfall
4 12 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 12 (27.27%) Project Governance
4 12 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.45%) Decision-Making
6 9 (20.45%) Migration
7 8 (18.18%) Technology Transformation
8 6 (13.64%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 6 (13.64%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (13.64%) PRINCE2
8 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.64%) Process Improvement
8 6 (13.64%) Programme Management
8 6 (13.64%) Resource Management
9 5 (11.36%) Change Management
9 5 (11.36%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
1 5 (11.36%) PMI Certification
2 4 (9.09%) PMP
3 2 (4.55%) CAPM
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.55%) P3O
2 1 (2.27%) GRC
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) SEPA
2 1 (2.27%) TARGET2
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
3 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.55%) Google
4 2 (4.55%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.27%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.27%) Planview
5 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce