PMO Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands 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 67 53 50
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing PMO 8 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.94% 1.48% 1.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.16% 12.09% 17.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile £292 £200 £181
25th Percentile £317 £238 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £308 £313
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -1.44% -14.38%
75th Percentile £355 £458 £356
90th Percentile £501 £523 £480
England median daily rate £464 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.06% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £37.02 - £31.76
England median hourly rate £20.36 £29.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -30.05% -11.80% -25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 155 91 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.17% 12.23% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 54 65
10th Percentile £314 £254 £227
25th Percentile £360 £320 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £396 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -12.06% +10.23%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £525
90th Percentile £638 £626 £675
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
10th Percentile £15.12 £18.97 £10.76
25th Percentile £17.69 £27.14 £13.72
Median hourly rate £20.83 £41.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -49.81% +102.34% +4.30%
75th Percentile £25.11 £48.63 £50.88
90th Percentile £29.88 £52.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £33.50 £35.82
% change year-on-year -8.22% -6.46% +44.47%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

PMO job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing PMO

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the East Midlands 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
Northamptonshire -11 4 £350 -1.55%
Nottinghamshire -5 3 £300 -14.29% 1
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Earned Value Management
5 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft