PMO Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Project Management Office Project Manager
UK > England

The median Project Management Office Project Manager daily rate in England is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 463 539
Rank change year-on-year -111 +76 +104
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Project Manager 10 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.027% 0.037% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.040% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £430 £313 £388
25th Percentile £500 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £377 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% -24.70% +0.50%
75th Percentile £538 £385 £519
90th Percentile - £520 £543
UK median daily rate £505 £377 £475
% change year-on-year +34.13% -20.74% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £29.38 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -16.06% -
UK median hourly rate - £29.38 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -16.06% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 34,544 22,585 34,987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 93.03% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,800 15,092 23,382
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,266 803 2,291
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.51 £21.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.71 £77.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.95% - -24.42%

PMO Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PMO Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

PMO Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Project Manager job vacancies in England

PMO Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Project Manager in England

PMO Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Project Manager job vacancies in England

PMO Project 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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 25 March 2026. 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 -62 7 £513 +57.69% 4
East of England -33 1 £510 - 1
North of England -71 1 £525 +38.89%
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
East Midlands - 1 £393 -
Midlands - 1 £393 -
PMO Project Manager
UK

PMO Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 March 2026, PMO Project Manager 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 England region featuring PMO Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) PMO
2 7 (70.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (30.00%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (30.00%) SAP
5 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Contract Management
6 2 (20.00%) Cost Management
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) JIRA
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
6 2 (20.00%) PMP
6 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (20.00%) Power BI
6 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) AI
7 1 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
7 1 (10.00%) Budget Management

PMO Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (10.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (20.00%) Cost Management
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (10.00%) Change Management
6 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
6 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) ITGC
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Workday