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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 91 77
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 -5
Contract jobs citing PMO 31 33 71
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.83% 1.59% 2.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.73% 9.65% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 58
10th Percentile £369 £296 £400
25th Percentile £469 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -10.00%
75th Percentile £713 £575 £625
90th Percentile £747 £665 £833
Central London median daily rate £555 £475 £540
% change year-on-year +16.84% -12.04% -10.00%

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 355 342 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.99% 16.43% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 191 321
10th Percentile £328 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £695
90th Percentile £835 £751 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £26.53 - -
25th Percentile £26.57 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £56.75 - -
90th Percentile £75.95 - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.49% - -

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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 October 2025.

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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Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the City of London region over the 6 months to 28 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Moorgate - 1 £625 -
PMO
Central London

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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 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (12.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.23%) Asana
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) LAN
1 3 (9.68%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (9.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (25.81%) JIRA
General
1 18 (58.06%) Finance
2 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Banking
4 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.23%) Front Office
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Project Manager
2 7 (22.58%) IT Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (12.90%) Lead
4 4 (12.90%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) PMO Lead
5 3 (9.68%) Programme Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) PMO Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Programme Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Finance Business Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Head of PMO
7 1 (3.23%) PMO Coordinator
7 1 (3.23%) Re-Platforming Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) ADO
2 1 (3.23%) ActiveX
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
2 1 (3.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.23%) Derivative
3 1 (3.23%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Project Management
2 13 (41.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (38.71%) Agile
4 10 (32.26%) Project Delivery
5 8 (25.81%) Change Management
6 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (19.35%) Data Analysis
7 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
7 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
8 5 (16.13%) Programme Governance
8 5 (16.13%) Programme Management
9 4 (12.90%) Business Case
9 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
9 4 (12.90%) Logistics
9 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
9 4 (12.90%) Scrum
9 4 (12.90%) Time Management
10 3 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Korn
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) PMI Certification
3 3 (9.68%) PMP
3 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) APMG
4 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.23%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Arista
2 3 (9.68%) Cisco
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) Planview
3 2 (6.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) Progress
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) Workday