PMO Contract Job Trends in England

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 187 150
Rank change year-on-year 0 -37 -27
Contract jobs citing PMO 490 371 614
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.38% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.78% 9.65% 11.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 224 447
10th Percentile £288 £306 £314
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +3.36%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £588
90th Percentile £676 £641 £726
UK median daily rate £475 £466 £485
% change year-on-year +1.88% -3.87% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 20
10th Percentile - £25.85 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.21 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.56 £39.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.29% +18.18% -24.76%
75th Percentile £38.15 £64.73 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.68 £66.78 £71.43
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £39.02 £33.00
% change year-on-year -38.17% +18.24% -16.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,580 3,844 5,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.19% 14.34% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,614 2,231 3,495
10th Percentile £322 £263 £316
25th Percentile £412 £377 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 151 271
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.70 £12.63
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.40 £15.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £69.24 £75.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £29.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -10.55% +0.87% +15.00%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PMO job vacancy trend in England

PMO
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMO

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in England

PMO
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMO

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 23 January 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 +18 200 £500 +15.94% 43
South East +38 128 £486 -0.82% 67
Midlands -44 67 £415 -15.74% 38
West Midlands -44 54 £425 -15.00% 24
North of England -60 45 £438 -8.27% 41
Yorkshire -41 26 £440 +17.33% 17
South West -21 24 £412 +0.61% 21
North West -41 19 £354 -27.76% 19
East of England -15 18 £493 -1.50% 22
East Midlands -23 14 £355 -14.25% 14
PMO
UK

PMO
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 84 (17.14%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.94%) Confluence
3 3 (0.61%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 156 (31.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 110 (22.45%) Microsoft Project
3 95 (19.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 92 (18.78%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (3.47%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.24%) Primavera
3 7 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.61%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 73 (14.90%) Power Platform
2 27 (5.51%) Azure
3 15 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.65%) AWS
5 11 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.04%) Smartsheet
7 8 (1.63%) OCI
8 6 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.22%) SaaS
8 6 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (1.02%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.61%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.41%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.41%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.24%) Firewall
2 10 (2.04%) Wireless
3 4 (0.82%) LAN
3 4 (0.82%) WAN
4 3 (0.61%) Network Security
4 3 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.20%) Intranet
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.29%) Power BI
2 12 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (2.04%) Power Query
4 4 (0.82%) PowerPivot
4 4 (0.82%) Tableau
5 2 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 99 (20.20%) JIRA
2 9 (1.84%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.84%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 241 (49.18%) Finance
2 228 (46.53%) Social Skills
3 90 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (13.06%) Organisational Skills
5 46 (9.39%) Banking
6 45 (9.18%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.29%) Legal
8 20 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.67%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (3.47%) Retail
11 14 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.86%) Marketing
12 12 (2.45%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.24%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.84%) Local Government
16 7 (1.43%) Electronics
17 5 (1.02%) Back Office
17 5 (1.02%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 110 (22.45%) Analyst
2 93 (18.98%) PMO Analyst
3 77 (15.71%) Project Manager
4 69 (14.08%) Lead
5 58 (11.84%) PMO Lead
6 36 (7.35%) PMO Manager
7 31 (6.33%) Senior
8 24 (4.90%) Coordinator
9 20 (4.08%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.47%) Programme Manager
11 15 (3.06%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.06%) Senior PMO
12 14 (2.86%) Administrator
12 14 (2.86%) Support Officer
13 13 (2.65%) PMO Coordinator
14 12 (2.45%) IT Project Manager
14 12 (2.45%) PMO Specialist
14 12 (2.45%) Project Coordinator
15 10 (2.04%) Penetration Tester
15 10 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.22%) ADO
3 3 (0.61%) Middleware
4 2 (0.41%) React
5 1 (0.20%) FHIR
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 23 (4.69%) PMI
3 19 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.27%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.63%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.82%) FMCG
10 4 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.82%) NHS
11 3 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.41%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.41%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.41%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.41%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.20%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.20%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (39.80%) Project Management
2 147 (30.00%) Agile
3 128 (26.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 124 (25.31%) Project Delivery
5 102 (20.82%) PRINCE2
6 89 (18.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (16.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (15.51%) Business Intelligence
8 76 (15.51%) Decision-Making
9 71 (14.49%) Change Management
9 71 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 68 (13.88%) Programme Management
10 68 (13.88%) Project Governance
11 65 (13.27%) Risk Management
12 64 (13.06%) Waterfall
13 60 (12.24%) Change Control
14 50 (10.20%) Portfolio Management
15 40 (8.16%) ERP
16 37 (7.55%) Budget Management
17 36 (7.35%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.24%) SQL
2 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (1.02%) Python
2 5 (1.02%) VBA
3 3 (0.61%) Korn
3 3 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (16.94%) Degree
2 77 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 64 (13.06%) PMI Certification
4 52 (10.61%) PMP
5 51 (10.41%) SC Cleared
6 22 (4.49%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.24%) APMP
8 9 (1.84%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (1.84%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.84%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (1.84%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.82%) CISM
10 4 (0.82%) CISSP
10 4 (0.82%) MAPM
10 4 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.61%) CCA
11 3 (0.61%) CCNA
11 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (8.16%) QA
2 19 (3.88%) P3O
3 14 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.65%) GDPR
5 9 (1.84%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.02%) NIST
7 5 (1.02%) SLA
8 3 (0.61%) GRC
9 2 (0.41%) MiFID
9 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.84%) Nmap
2 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 89 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.59%) SAP
3 38 (7.76%) Oracle
4 25 (5.10%) Planview
5 16 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.65%) Cisco
8 5 (1.02%) IFS
9 3 (0.61%) Ariba
9 3 (0.61%) Arista
9 3 (0.61%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.61%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.61%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.61%) Workday
10 2 (0.41%) BT
10 2 (0.41%) Concur
10 2 (0.41%) Juniper
10 2 (0.41%) VMware
11 1 (0.20%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.20%) Openreach