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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 46 52
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 +17
Contract jobs citing PMO 11 13 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.28% 1.97% 1.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.09% 12.62% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 6
10th Percentile £300 £200 £176
25th Percentile £334 £250 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -23.57%
75th Percentile £401 £414 £333
90th Percentile £551 £455 £356
England median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £31.76
England median hourly rate £23.50 £36.08 £33.00
% change year-on-year -34.87% +9.34% -18.87%

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 136 103 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.83% 15.58% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 56 56
10th Percentile £311 £213 £213
25th Percentile £360 £305 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £391 £431
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -9.33% +5.44%
75th Percentile £492 £500 £518
90th Percentile £638 £600 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £19.75 £13.10 £10.76
25th Percentile £20.40 £13.37 £13.72
Median hourly rate £22.95 £22.64 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +10.39% +4.30%
75th Percentile £25.11 £37.57 £32.51
90th Percentile £28.06 £48.03 £47.95
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £35.79
% change year-on-year -13.28% -18.97% +59.07%

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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 11 December 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 11 December 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 -8 7 £350 -15.46% 1
Nottinghamshire +1 4 £488 +39.29% 4
PMO
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 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) PMO Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) PMO Lead
2 2 (18.18%) PMO Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Senior PMO
2 2 (18.18%) Senior PMO Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
4 3 (27.27%) Project Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Backlog Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Dependency Management
5 2 (18.18%) Epics
5 2 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Business Forecasting
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (9.09%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft