PMO Lead Contracts in England

Project Management Office Leader
UK > England

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 493 560
Rank change year-on-year +37 +67 +114
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 29 49 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 62
10th Percentile £368 £405 £393
25th Percentile £486 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £544
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -8.05% -1.14%
75th Percentile £577 £575 £600
90th Percentile £673 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead in England.

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +19 11 £580 +5.45% 7
South East +43 6 £525 +16.96% 3
West Midlands - 6 £500 - 1
Midlands - 6 £500 - 1
North of England +17 3 £428 -4.89% 2
South West +43 2 £650 +30.00% 2
Yorkshire +6 2 £500 +14.29%
North West - 1 £356 - 2
East of England - 1 - -
PMO Lead
UK

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) PMO
2 12 (41.38%) Finance
3 10 (34.48%) Project Management
4 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
5 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
5 7 (24.14%) Change Control
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) Agile
6 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
6 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
6 6 (20.69%) Programme Management
7 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
8 4 (13.79%) Programme Governance
8 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
8 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
8 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
9 3 (10.34%) Matrix Management
9 3 (10.34%) Logistics
9 3 (10.34%) JIRA
9 3 (10.34%) Resource Management
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
9 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
9 3 (10.34%) Human Resource Management
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) OLE
2 1 (3.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) NHS
2 2 (6.90%) PMI
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
3 7 (24.14%) Agile
3 7 (24.14%) Change Control
3 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
4 6 (20.69%) Programme Management
4 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
5 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) Programme Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (10.34%) Budgeting
7 3 (10.34%) Business Case
7 3 (10.34%) Coaching
7 3 (10.34%) Cost Management
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) Human Resource Management
7 3 (10.34%) Matrix Management
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
1 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Pega
3 1 (3.45%) Sitecore