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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 87 73
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 -1
Contract jobs citing PMO 43 29 51
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.84% 1.71% 2.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.07% 9.54% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 32
10th Percentile £375 £341 £320
25th Percentile £444 £430 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £665 £800 £611
90th Percentile £759 £863 £704
Central London median daily rate £538 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -10.42% +20.00% -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 - - £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 427 304 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.28% 17.90% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 206 265
10th Percentile £331 £385 £363
25th Percentile £425 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +2.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £651 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £824 £750
Central London median daily rate £525 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -7.49% +3.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £19.23 - £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 - £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.77% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 - £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -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 31 May 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 (6.98%) Confluence
2 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (11.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.33%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.30%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.65%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.33%) GCP
5 1 (2.33%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.33%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Broadband
1 1 (2.33%) Internet
1 1 (2.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) Power BI
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.33%) QlikView
2 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) JIRA
General
1 23 (53.49%) Finance
2 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
3 11 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (20.93%) Banking
5 5 (11.63%) Legal
6 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.98%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Front Office
8 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.65%) Retail
9 1 (2.33%) Automotive
9 1 (2.33%) International Banking
9 1 (2.33%) Law
9 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.33%) Marketing
9 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Project Manager
2 8 (18.60%) Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) PMO Manager
4 6 (13.95%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.98%) PMO Lead
7 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Business Change Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Business Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Integration Manager
7 2 (4.65%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Portfolio Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) ADO
1 1 (2.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.65%) PMI
2 1 (2.33%) FMCG
2 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Linux
1 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.33%) SUSE
1 1 (2.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (44.19%) Agile
3 16 (37.21%) Project Management
4 13 (30.23%) Waterfall
5 12 (27.91%) Project Delivery
6 10 (23.26%) Decision-Making
7 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (20.93%) PRINCE2
8 8 (18.60%) Programme Management
9 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (13.95%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
11 5 (11.63%) Budgeting
11 5 (11.63%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 5 (11.63%) Change Management
11 5 (11.63%) Migration
11 5 (11.63%) Portfolio Management
12 4 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (9.30%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Korn
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) PMI Certification
2 4 (9.30%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) PMP
3 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.33%) RIBA
3 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) MiFID
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.33%) P3O
2 1 (2.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) logstash
1 1 (2.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Planview
2 4 (9.30%) SAP
3 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) Aderant
5 1 (2.33%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.33%) BT
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco
5 1 (2.33%) Databricks
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.33%) Salesforce