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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 192 151
Rank change year-on-year +32 -41 -24
Contract jobs citing PMO 663 355 607
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.46% 1.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.84% 9.35% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 239 417
10th Percentile £289 £312 £313
25th Percentile £370 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £587 £556 £593
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 16
10th Percentile £23.90 £18.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £26.75 £29.38 £21.73
Median hourly rate £47.81 £39.04 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -10.77% +10.96%
75th Percentile £72.96 £46.30 £61.13
90th Percentile £90.43 £51.25 £74.33
UK median hourly rate £47.81 £39.02 £43.75
% change year-on-year +22.53% -10.81% +25.00%

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 6,740 3,797 5,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.23% 15.60% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,386 2,453 3,400
10th Percentile £340 £271 £304
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £610 £630 £638
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 155 337
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.00
Median hourly rate £29.04 £32.81 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +59.23% -51.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.58 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £31.00 £32.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -3.13% +56.10% -46.05%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +26 279 £500 +5.26% 71
South East +33 162 £500 +10.99% 37
Midlands -28 86 £325 -35.00% 26
North of England -45 73 £423 -9.07% 37
West Midlands -33 70 £324 -35.30% 21
Yorkshire -38 37 £438 +0.11% 13
North West -21 33 £380 -24.75% 20
South West -35 26 £410 -16.96% 16
East Midlands -30 17 £353 -14.79% 5
East of England -23 16 £510 -12.07% 12
North East -15 3 £450 -3.23% 4
PMO
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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 83 (12.52%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.18%) Confluence
3 3 (0.45%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 195 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 145 (21.87%) Microsoft Project
3 97 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
4 96 (14.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.26%) Primavera
3 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.60%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.60%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.60%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.60%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.30%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.15%) Actimize
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 97 (14.63%) Power Platform
2 47 (7.09%) Azure
3 27 (4.07%) AWS
4 16 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.26%) Smartsheet
6 9 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.06%) Amazon S3
7 7 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.06%) Serverless
7 7 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (0.90%) OCI
8 6 (0.90%) SaaS
9 5 (0.75%) GCP
9 5 (0.75%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.96%) Firewall
2 11 (1.66%) Wireless
3 5 (0.75%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.30%) LAN
5 2 (0.30%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
6 1 (0.15%) Intranet
6 1 (0.15%) PABX
6 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (14.48%) Power BI
2 13 (1.96%) Tableau
3 12 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (1.66%) Power Query
5 7 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.90%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.30%) Metadata
7 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.15%) QlikView
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 122 (18.40%) JIRA
2 10 (1.51%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.51%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.15%) Git
3 1 (0.15%) Hudson
3 1 (0.15%) LSMW
3 1 (0.15%) Postman
3 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 309 (46.61%) Finance
2 286 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 143 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (11.31%) Organisational Skills
5 66 (9.95%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.49%) Banking
7 30 (4.52%) Retail
8 28 (4.22%) Legal
9 26 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (3.62%) Manufacturing
11 20 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.56%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.66%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.66%) Marketing
14 7 (1.06%) Military
15 6 (0.90%) Billing
15 6 (0.90%) Electronics
15 6 (0.90%) Local Government
16 5 (0.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 146 (22.02%) Analyst
2 124 (18.70%) Project Manager
3 108 (16.29%) PMO Analyst
4 83 (12.52%) Lead
5 54 (8.14%) PMO Manager
6 45 (6.79%) PMO Lead
7 44 (6.64%) Senior
8 28 (4.22%) Coordinator
9 26 (3.92%) SAP Manager
10 25 (3.77%) IT Manager
11 20 (3.02%) Change Manager
11 20 (3.02%) Programme Manager
11 20 (3.02%) SAP Project Manager
12 19 (2.87%) IT Project Manager
12 19 (2.87%) Project Planner
12 19 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (2.71%) Consultant
13 18 (2.71%) Senior PMO
14 17 (2.56%) Project Coordinator
14 17 (2.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (1.36%) ADO
3 3 (0.45%) REST
4 2 (0.30%) Middleware
4 2 (0.30%) SOAP
4 2 (0.30%) Web Services
5 1 (0.15%) FHIR
5 1 (0.15%) JDO
5 1 (0.15%) JSON
5 1 (0.15%) JWT
5 1 (0.15%) Kafka
5 1 (0.15%) OAuth
5 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.15%) XML
5 1 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 22 (3.32%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.02%) PMI
3 20 (3.02%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.66%) Security Posture
5 11 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.51%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.06%) NHS
9 6 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.75%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.60%) FMCG
12 3 (0.45%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.45%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.30%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.66%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (33.33%) Project Management
2 189 (28.51%) Agile
3 185 (27.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 167 (25.19%) Project Delivery
5 126 (19.00%) Decision-Making
6 122 (18.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 117 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (17.50%) PRINCE2
9 102 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
11 81 (12.22%) Risk Management
11 81 (12.22%) Waterfall
12 75 (11.31%) Change Management
13 65 (9.80%) Change Control
14 62 (9.35%) Project Governance
15 57 (8.60%) Programme Management
16 56 (8.45%) Portfolio Management
17 54 (8.14%) Migration
18 48 (7.24%) ERP
18 48 (7.24%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.52%) SQL
2 9 (1.36%) VBA
3 8 (1.21%) Python
4 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.60%) VB
6 3 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) Korn
7 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 130 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.69%) Degree
3 87 (13.12%) SC Cleared
4 69 (10.41%) PMI Certification
5 64 (9.65%) PMP
6 41 (6.18%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.96%) APMP
8 11 (1.66%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.51%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.51%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.51%) Cyber Scheme
10 7 (1.06%) APMG
11 6 (0.90%) CISSP
12 5 (0.75%) CISA
12 5 (0.75%) MAPM
12 5 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.18%) QA
2 25 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.62%) GDPR
4 17 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.26%) SLA
6 14 (2.11%) P3O
6 14 (2.11%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.51%) NIST
8 6 (0.90%) GRC
9 5 (0.75%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.60%) MiFID
10 4 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.30%) COBIT
12 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.30%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.51%) Nmap
2 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.15%) logstash
Vendors
1 104 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 74 (11.16%) SAP
3 32 (4.83%) Oracle
4 22 (3.32%) Planview
5 20 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.81%) Cisco
7 9 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.21%) Dell
9 6 (0.90%) Workday
10 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.75%) Databricks
11 4 (0.60%) Ariba
11 4 (0.60%) BT
11 4 (0.60%) IFS
12 3 (0.45%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.45%) Concur
13 2 (0.30%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.30%) Juniper
14 1 (0.15%) Google
14 1 (0.15%) Mitel
189 PMO jobs in England