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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	57	66	48
Rank change year-on-year	+9	-18	+4
Contract jobs citing PMO	33	9	14
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands	2.37%	1.06%	1.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	19.64%	5.88%	14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	7	10
10^th Percentile	£263	£292	£200
25^th Percentile	£363	£317	£254
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£350	£398
Median % change year-on-year	+35.71%	-11.95%	+27.20%
75^th Percentile	£600	£355	£564
90^th Percentile	£775	£501	£613
England median daily rate	£510	£461	£450
% change year-on-year	+10.57%	+2.50%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£37.02	-
England median hourly rate	£54.40	£20.36	£29.11
% change year-on-year	+167.19%	-30.05%	-11.80%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	168	153	98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands	12.04%	17.98%	12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted	86	120	58
10^th Percentile	£233	£313	£259
25^th Percentile	£381	£359	£320
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£418	£435
Median % change year-on-year	+7.78%	-4.02%	-3.33%
75^th Percentile	£575	£478	£584
90^th Percentile	£657	£581	£643
England median daily rate	£518	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+3.50%	-3.85%	-3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	30	7	3
10^th Percentile	£12.76	£15.12	£18.97
25^th Percentile	£13.50	£17.69	£27.14
Median hourly rate	£16.30	£20.83	£41.50
Median % change year-on-year	-21.77%	-49.81%	+102.34%
75^th Percentile	£16.46	£25.11	£48.63
90^th Percentile	£21.22	£29.88	£52.45
England median hourly rate	£31.73	£31.49	£33.93
% change year-on-year	+0.76%	-7.19%	-11.78%

PMO 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 Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

PMO Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the East Midlands

PMO Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

PMO 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 22 October 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	+3	19	£413	+37.50%	4
Derbyshire	-	11	£600	-
Northamptonshire	+14	2	£475	+35.71%
Leicestershire	-	1	£375	-	3
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PMO Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PMO also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for PMO.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	42.4%	14
2	Data Quality	33.3%	11
3	Process Improvement	27.3%	9
3	Project Management	27.3%	9
5	ITIL	18.2%	6
5	Portfolio Management	18.2%	6
5	Problem-Solving	18.2%	6
5	Project Delivery	18.2%	6
5	Quality Management	18.2%	6
5	Target Operating Model	18.2%	6
11	Data Management	15.2%	5
11	Decision-Making	15.2%	5
11	SAP	15.2%	5
11	SAP S/4HANA	15.2%	5
11	ServiceNow	15.2%	5
16	Agile	12.1%	4
16	Business Transformation	12.1%	4
16	Programme Governance	12.1%	4
16	Salesforce	12.1%	4
20	Change Management	9.1%	3
20	Continuous Improvement	9.1%	3
20	Demand Management	9.1%	3
20	Impact Assessments	9.1%	3
20	Innovative Thinking	9.1%	3
20	ITSM	9.1%	3
20	Microsoft	9.1%	3
20	Microsoft Excel	9.1%	3
20	Programme Management	9.1%	3
20	Stakeholder Engagement	9.1%	3
30	Accessibility	6.1%	2

PMO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	33.3%	11
2	Accessibility	6.1%	2
3	P3O	3.0%	1
3	QA	3.0%	1