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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 59 49
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 -5
Contract jobs citing PMO 23 9 16
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.85% 1.18% 2.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.65% 6.77% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 13
10th Percentile £257 £292 £225
25th Percentile £373 £317 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £575
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -39.13% +8.49%
75th Percentile £538 £355 £620
90th Percentile £775 £501 £623
England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.02 -
England median hourly rate £52.83 £37.02 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.71% +5.77% +6.06%

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 157 133 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.63% 17.48% 11.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 100 55
10th Percentile £270 £280 £263
25th Percentile £400 £357 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £410 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -18.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £465 £606
90th Percentile £666 £502 £740
England median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 11
10th Percentile - £15.12 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £18.97 £12.75
Median hourly rate £14.82 £21.92 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year -32.40% -14.94% -18.88%
75th Percentile £16.46 £25.11 £26.15
90th Percentile £18.84 £28.68 £42.25
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £26.68
% change year-on-year +14.00% +18.59% -24.85%

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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 23 August 2026.

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 23 August 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -8 15 £413 +37.50%
Derbyshire - 7 £488 - 3
Northamptonshire +11 1 - - 2
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Asana
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Power Query
2 2 (8.70%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
2 7 (30.43%) PMO Analyst
3 6 (26.09%) Senior
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Senior PMO
5 4 (17.39%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Portfolio Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Coordinator
7 2 (8.70%) ITSM Analyst
7 2 (8.70%) Lead
7 2 (8.70%) PMO Coordinator
7 2 (8.70%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Salesforce Programme Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Architect
8 1 (4.35%) Migration Manager
8 1 (4.35%) SaaS Project Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (30.43%) Process Improvement
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 6 (26.09%) Quality Management
3 6 (26.09%) Target Operating Model
4 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
5 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (17.39%) Programme Governance
6 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Business Transformation
6 3 (13.04%) Demand Management
6 3 (13.04%) Innovative Thinking
6 3 (13.04%) ITSM
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
2 4 (17.39%) Salesforce
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle