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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 186 156
Rank change year-on-year +35 -30 -19
Contract jobs citing PMO 787 408 536
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.48% 1.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.05% 8.68% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 281 344
10th Percentile £300 £268 £300
25th Percentile £380 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 17
10th Percentile £20.94 £18.43 £24.94
25th Percentile £24.72 £19.75 £28.00
Median hourly rate £52.83 £31.01 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.37% -11.40% -
75th Percentile £67.89 £46.30 £62.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £46.80 £65.61
UK median hourly rate £52.83 £23.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +124.82% -32.86% +6.06%

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 7,833 4,701 4,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.33% 17.09% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,016 3,077 2,884
10th Percentile £345 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £506
% change year-on-year - -1.19% -3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 215 299
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.55 £18.21 £14.43
Median hourly rate £38.86 £31.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.37% +14.55% -34.16%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.55 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.60
% change year-on-year +46.25% +6.84% -32.63%

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 30 July 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 30 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in England

PMO
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 30 July 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 +31 345 £525 +5.53% 93
South East +14 141 £528 +27.88% 48
North of England -27 101 £408 +10.17% 21
Midlands -27 98 £400 -4.76% 26
West Midlands -42 74 £395 -7.06% 20
North West -5 61 £400 +11.73% 12
South West -25 51 £410 -24.60% 29
Yorkshire -44 36 £425 +2.66% 8
East of England +1 29 £510 -12.07% 12
East Midlands +3 24 £413 +23.50% 6
North East -48 4 £450 +80.00% 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 73 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 50 (6.35%) Confluence
3 8 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 185 (23.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 134 (17.03%) Microsoft Project
3 87 (11.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 57 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (4.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.65%) Primavera
3 12 (1.52%) SAP CO
3 12 (1.52%) SAP FI
3 12 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (1.02%) Adobe Campaign
5 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.89%) SAP EWM
6 6 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.51%) CA PPM
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.38%) Changepoint
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 86 (10.93%) Power Platform
2 50 (6.35%) Azure
3 26 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (2.92%) AWS
4 23 (2.92%) Smartsheet
5 18 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (1.14%) OCI
9 8 (1.02%) SaaS
10 7 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (0.89%) Amazon S3
10 7 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (0.89%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.89%) Serverless
10 7 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (0.76%) Google Workspace
12 5 (0.64%) GCP
12 5 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.51%) Firewall
1 4 (0.51%) WAN
2 3 (0.38%) Network Security
2 3 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.25%) LAN
3 2 (0.25%) TCAP
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) MPLS
4 1 (0.13%) PABX
4 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.13%) Wireless
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (10.80%) Power BI
2 15 (1.91%) Tableau
3 9 (1.14%) Power Query
4 7 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.25%) QlikView
7 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) Metadata
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 124 (15.76%) JIRA
2 2 (0.25%) Hudson
3 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Git
3 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.13%) Postman
3 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 332 (42.19%) Finance
2 298 (37.87%) Social Skills
3 171 (21.73%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (13.21%) Organisational Skills
5 80 (10.17%) Public Sector
6 59 (7.50%) Banking
7 33 (4.19%) Legal
8 27 (3.43%) Retail
9 24 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.67%) Local Government
12 20 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.65%) Marketing
15 12 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.27%) Military
17 7 (0.89%) Aviation
17 7 (0.89%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.76%) Billing
18 6 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 173 (21.98%) Analyst
2 128 (16.26%) Project Manager
3 117 (14.87%) PMO Analyst
4 112 (14.23%) Lead
5 64 (8.13%) Senior
6 63 (8.01%) PMO Manager
7 47 (5.97%) PMO Lead
8 38 (4.83%) Project Officer
9 29 (3.68%) Senior PMO
10 28 (3.56%) SAP Manager
11 27 (3.43%) Coordinator
11 27 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
11 27 (3.43%) Support Officer
12 23 (2.92%) Project Coordinator
12 23 (2.92%) SAP Project Manager
13 22 (2.80%) Programme Manager
14 21 (2.67%) Transformation Manager
15 20 (2.54%) Project Support Officer
16 19 (2.41%) IT Manager
16 19 (2.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (0.76%) Middleware
2 6 (0.76%) REST
3 5 (0.64%) ADO
3 5 (0.64%) SOAP
4 1 (0.13%) HTML
4 1 (0.13%) JSON
4 1 (0.13%) JWT
4 1 (0.13%) OAuth
4 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Web Services
4 1 (0.13%) XML
4 1 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 19 (2.41%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.29%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.29%) Product Ownership
3 18 (2.29%) Virtual Team
4 15 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.52%) PMI
7 8 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.89%) NHS
9 6 (0.76%) FMCG
9 6 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.38%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.38%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.38%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.38%) SCADA
12 2 (0.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.27%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Linux
2 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.13%) SUSE
2 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (35.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 217 (27.57%) Project Management
3 213 (27.06%) Agile
4 195 (24.78%) Project Delivery
5 177 (22.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 175 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 162 (20.58%) Decision-Making
8 124 (15.76%) PRINCE2
9 90 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
10 88 (11.18%) Programme Governance
11 85 (10.80%) Change Management
12 80 (10.17%) Waterfall
13 79 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
14 72 (9.15%) Migration
14 72 (9.15%) Programme Management
15 69 (8.77%) Programme Delivery
16 64 (8.13%) Change Control
16 64 (8.13%) Risk Management
17 62 (7.88%) Portfolio Management
18 59 (7.50%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 22 (2.80%) SQL
2 5 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (0.64%) Python
3 4 (0.51%) Korn
3 4 (0.51%) VBA
4 3 (0.38%) VB
5 2 (0.25%) Java
6 1 (0.13%) COBOL
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.13%) RPG
6 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 207 (26.30%) Security Cleared
2 131 (16.65%) SC Cleared
3 95 (12.07%) Degree
4 74 (9.40%) DV Cleared
5 60 (7.62%) PMP
6 56 (7.12%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.14%) APMG
9 8 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 6 (0.76%) CISSP
11 5 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.64%) CISA
11 5 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.51%) APMP
13 3 (0.38%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.38%) MAPM
13 3 (0.38%) MBA
13 3 (0.38%) RIBA
13 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.56%) QA
3 21 (2.67%) P3O
4 20 (2.54%) GDPR
5 12 (1.52%) SLA
6 11 (1.40%) NIST
7 9 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.51%) MiFID
10 3 (0.38%) GRC
10 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.25%) COBIT
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.13%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.13%) Nmap
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 142 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.94%) SAP
3 32 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 27 (3.43%) Oracle
5 20 (2.54%) Planview
6 16 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.27%) Workday
8 9 (1.14%) Adobe
9 6 (0.76%) Dell
9 6 (0.76%) Google
10 4 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.51%) Databricks
11 3 (0.38%) Cisco
11 3 (0.38%) Computacenter
11 3 (0.38%) IFS
12 2 (0.25%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.13%) BT
13 1 (0.13%) IBM
13 1 (0.13%) NEC
13 1 (0.13%) Remedy