PMO Manager Contracts in England

Project Management Office Manager
UK > England

The median Project Management Office Manager daily rate in England is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 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
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 469 533
Rank change year-on-year +6 +64 +133
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Manager 44 72 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 47 72
10th Percentile £268 £390 £402
25th Percentile £403 £437 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +6.54%
75th Percentile £622 £591 £630
90th Percentile £650 £690 £674
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.10% -4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £48.35 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -34.32% +58.33% -30.59%
75th Percentile - £62.78 £31.77
90th Percentile - £63.17 £32.51
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £48.35 £30.54
% change year-on-year -34.32% +58.33% -30.59%

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 24,960 34,080 45,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.94% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,242 22,314 32,086
10th Percentile £293 £300 £312
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,224 2,453 1,403
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.00 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.91 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% -5.88% +65.50%

PMO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Manager in England

PMO Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Manager in England

PMO Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Manager in England

PMO Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Manager in England

PMO Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 July 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 +11 22 £466 -18.96% 2
North of England 0 9 £475 -7.32% 1
Yorkshire +3 6 £469 -10.71%
West Midlands +4 5 £588 +11.90% 1
Midlands +2 5 £588 +11.90% 2
South East +34 3 £525 +16.96% 2
North West - 3 £650 - 1
South West +36 2 £650 +32.65%
East of England +17 2 - -
PMO Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, PMO Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) PMO
2 24 (54.55%) Finance
3 18 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
5 15 (34.09%) Project Management
6 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (22.73%) Agile
8 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
9 8 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (15.91%) Business Case
10 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
10 7 (15.91%) Resource Management
11 6 (13.64%) Data Analysis
11 6 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (13.64%) Programme Management
12 5 (11.36%) Dashboard Development
12 5 (11.36%) Performance Metrics
12 5 (11.36%) Programme Governance
12 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
12 5 (11.36%) PMI Certification
12 5 (11.36%) VB
12 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (9.09%) Waterfall
13 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
13 4 (9.09%) QA
13 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
13 4 (9.09%) PMP

PMO Manager 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 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 24 (54.55%) Finance
2 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Marketing
5 2 (4.55%) Retail
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Law
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.27%) Market Risk
1 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
1 1 (2.27%) PMI
1 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (34.09%) Project Management
3 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (22.73%) Agile
5 8 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 7 (15.91%) Business Case
6 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (15.91%) Resource Management
7 6 (13.64%) Data Analysis
7 6 (13.64%) Programme Management
8 5 (11.36%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (11.36%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (11.36%) Programme Governance
8 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
8 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 4 (9.09%) Waterfall
10 3 (6.82%) Business Transformation
10 3 (6.82%) Performance Monitoring
10 3 (6.82%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) PMI Certification
2 4 (9.09%) PMP
2 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.27%) Degree
4 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (100.00%) PMO
2 4 (9.09%) QA
3 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.82%) SLA
4 2 (4.55%) P3O
5 1 (2.27%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Planview
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.27%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.27%) Workday