PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Project Management Office Leader
England > East of England

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the East of England is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 85 111
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.27% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £329 - £434
25th Percentile £395 - £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £538
75th Percentile £558 - £550
90th Percentile £583 - -
England median daily rate £535 £525 £543
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.23% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £26.36 -
England median hourly rate - £26.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year - -20.14% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,306 1,144 1,683
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.36% 89.94% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 488 987
10th Percentile £185 £220 £194
25th Percentile £340 £312 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -4.23%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £589
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 198 290
10th Percentile £13.68 £15.67 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.06 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.20 £47.50 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year -34.32% +17.89% +103.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £77.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PMO Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in the East of England

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the East of England

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the East of England

PMO Lead
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Hertfordshire - 3 £555 - 3
Cambridgeshire - 1 £300 -
PMO Lead
England

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 November 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required 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 of England region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PMO
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Control
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (25.00%) OCI
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Planview
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow