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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 185 147
Rank change year-on-year -13 -38 -20
Contract jobs citing PMO 402 421 703
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.35% 1.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.73% 10.42% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 254 521
10th Percentile £285 £269 £313
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £743
UK median daily rate £464 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.06% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 19
10th Percentile - £24.51 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £30.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.61% -8.45% -25.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.56 £49.38
90th Percentile £44.37 £63.95 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £29.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -19.26% -11.80% -18.95%

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 5,203 4,040 5,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.66% 12.99% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 2,361 3,746
10th Percentile £308 £290 £320
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 170 235
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.08
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.04 £20.29
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.06 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -20.84% +55.77%
75th Percentile £63.40 £63.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.19
UK median hourly rate £27.77 £27.50 £39.60
% change year-on-year +0.98% -30.56% +52.31%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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 +9 174 £500 +5.26% 132
Midlands -40 65 £425 -12.37% 31
West Midlands -31 57 £450 -12.20% 26
South East -14 51 £475 +11.76% 131
North of England -40 48 £410 +4.86% 55
South West +6 37 £561 +44.65% 21
Yorkshire -18 29 £420 -4.55% 23
East of England -8 19 £520 +0.24% 34
North West -33 17 £358 -4.98% 31
East Midlands -20 8 £350 +13.64% 5
North East -9 2 £350 -41.67% 1
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 60 (14.93%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.48%) Confluence
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 106 (26.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (17.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 62 (15.42%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.99%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.74%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.49%) Primavera
4 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.50%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.50%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.25%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.25%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.18%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (2.99%) Smartsheet
4 10 (2.49%) Azure
5 8 (1.99%) OCI
6 6 (1.49%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.24%) SaaS
7 5 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.00%) AWS
8 4 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.75%) Lucidchart
9 3 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.75%) Slack
9 3 (0.75%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.50%) Asana
10 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.75%) LAN
1 3 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (0.75%) WAN
2 2 (0.50%) Wireless
3 1 (0.25%) 802.11
3 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (12.19%) Power BI
2 8 (1.99%) Power Query
3 7 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.00%) Tableau
5 2 (0.50%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 62 (15.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) Git
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 213 (52.99%) Finance
2 169 (42.04%) Social Skills
3 51 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.45%) Banking
5 37 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (8.96%) Public Sector
7 30 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.98%) Legal
10 12 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.24%) Marketing
13 8 (1.99%) Local Government
14 7 (1.74%) Front Office
14 7 (1.74%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.24%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.24%) Law
Job Titles
1 96 (23.88%) Analyst
2 75 (18.66%) PMO Analyst
3 62 (15.42%) Lead
4 54 (13.43%) Project Manager
5 52 (12.94%) PMO Lead
6 30 (7.46%) PMO Manager
7 25 (6.22%) Senior
8 15 (3.73%) Programme Manager
9 14 (3.48%) Coordinator
10 13 (3.23%) IT Manager
10 13 (3.23%) Project Analyst
10 13 (3.23%) Senior PMO
11 12 (2.99%) PMO Officer
12 11 (2.74%) IT Project Manager
12 11 (2.74%) Support Officer
13 10 (2.49%) Administrator
13 10 (2.49%) PMO Coordinator
14 8 (1.99%) PMO Support Analyst
14 8 (1.99%) Project Support Analyst
14 8 (1.99%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.75%) ADO
3 2 (0.50%) Middleware
3 2 (0.50%) React
4 1 (0.25%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.25%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.25%) FHIR
4 1 (0.25%) OAuth
4 1 (0.25%) OpenID
4 1 (0.25%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.72%) Onboarding
2 16 (3.98%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.98%) PMI
3 12 (2.99%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.99%) Virtual Team
4 9 (2.24%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.24%) FMCG
7 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.75%) Derivative
8 3 (0.75%) NHS
8 3 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.50%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.50%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.50%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.50%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (39.80%) Project Management
2 128 (31.84%) Agile
3 115 (28.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 87 (21.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 79 (19.65%) PRINCE2
5 79 (19.65%) Project Delivery
6 68 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (15.92%) Programme Management
8 61 (15.17%) Change Management
8 61 (15.17%) Project Governance
9 59 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (13.18%) Business Intelligence
10 53 (13.18%) Waterfall
11 48 (11.94%) Decision-Making
11 48 (11.94%) Risk Management
12 40 (9.95%) Portfolio Management
13 37 (9.20%) Business Case
14 33 (8.21%) Change Control
14 33 (8.21%) ERP
15 30 (7.46%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.24%) VB
2 6 (1.49%) SQL
3 4 (1.00%) Python
4 3 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.50%) C#
5 2 (0.50%) Java
5 2 (0.50%) Korn
6 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (12.19%) Degree
2 40 (9.95%) PMI Certification
3 39 (9.70%) Security Cleared
4 34 (8.46%) PMP
5 28 (6.97%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.49%) CISM
9 4 (1.00%) CISSP
9 4 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.50%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.50%) CRISC
11 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.50%) RIBA
11 2 (0.50%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.22%) QA
2 21 (5.22%) P3O
3 8 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.49%) NIST
5 5 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.24%) SLA
6 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.00%) GDPR
7 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) Basel III
9 1 (0.25%) COSO
9 1 (0.25%) HL7
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.25%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 90 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.20%) SAP
3 27 (6.72%) Oracle
4 21 (5.22%) Planview
5 16 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.49%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.99%) Cisco
8 4 (1.00%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.75%) Arista
9 3 (0.75%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.75%) IFS
9 3 (0.75%) Workday
10 2 (0.50%) Apple
10 2 (0.50%) Temenos
10 2 (0.50%) VMware
11 1 (0.25%) Adobe
11 1 (0.25%) BT
11 1 (0.25%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.25%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.25%) Niku