PMO Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 48 46
Rank change year-on-year -11 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing PMO 9 16 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.17% 2.12% 2.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.92% 17.20% 21.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 14
10th Percentile £292 £225 £291
25th Percentile £317 £495 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +15.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £355 £620 £565
90th Percentile £501 £623 £613
England median daily rate £450 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.45% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £37.02 - £31.76
England median hourly rate £31.01 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -11.40% +2.94% +4.62%

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 130 93 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.91% 12.32% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 59 80
10th Percentile £171 £263 £279
25th Percentile £354 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £495 £444
Median % change year-on-year -18.79% +11.55% +9.23%
75th Percentile £450 £598 £541
90th Percentile £509 £722 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 7
10th Percentile £15.12 - £10.76
25th Percentile £18.97 £12.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £21.92 £21.73 £31.76
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -31.58% +61.51%
75th Percentile £25.11 £26.15 £67.50
90th Percentile £28.68 - £70.00
England median hourly rate £31.64 £27.50 £39.51
% change year-on-year +15.05% -30.40% +61.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the East Midlands

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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 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the East Midlands

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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 13 August 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 -17 5 £350 -42.39% 2
Nottinghamshire -2 3 £300 -14.29% 3
Lincolnshire - 1 - - 1
PMO
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) PMO Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
3 4 (44.44%) Project Governance
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Coaching
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Earned Value Management
6 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft