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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 189 149
Rank change year-on-year +9 -40 -22
Contract jobs citing PMO 506 363 626
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.38% 1.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.80% 9.44% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 214 457
10th Percentile £288 £306 £310
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -8.95% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £555 £581
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £471 £475
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% +13.64% -16.31%
75th Percentile £69.36 £58.30 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.20 £65.75 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.49% +18.18% -5.71%

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 5,752 3,844 5,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.22% 14.63% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,721 2,242 3,578
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £640
90th Percentile £702 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 151 302
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.40 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £26.45
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +20.08% -7.84%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £51.37
90th Percentile £69.48 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £29.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -11.49% +18.00% -7.85%

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 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in England

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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 February 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 6 February 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 +24 210 £500 +17.65% 61
South East +40 139 £475 -3.06% 47
Midlands -52 59 £403 -16.23% 42
West Midlands -43 49 £408 -18.50% 39
North of England -56 45 £432 -11.94% 30
Yorkshire -47 25 £438 +16.80% 13
South West -36 20 £450 -7.69% 10
North West -38 19 £350 -30.00% 14
East of England -19 18 £493 -1.50% 12
East Midlands -26 11 £313 -24.40% 3
North East -13 1 £450 -25.00% 5
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 82 (16.21%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.72%) Confluence
3 3 (0.59%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 160 (31.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (22.53%) Microsoft Project
3 97 (19.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 91 (17.98%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (3.16%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.17%) Primavera
3 7 (1.38%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.81%) Power Platform
2 32 (6.32%) Azure
3 15 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.77%) AWS
5 13 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.78%) Smartsheet
7 8 (1.58%) OCI
8 7 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.19%) SaaS
10 5 (0.99%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.40%) Asana
12 2 (0.40%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.40%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.40%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.17%) Firewall
2 10 (1.98%) Wireless
3 4 (0.79%) LAN
3 4 (0.79%) WAN
4 3 (0.59%) Network Security
4 3 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
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 77 (15.22%) Power BI
2 12 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.98%) Power Query
4 4 (0.79%) PowerPivot
5 3 (0.59%) Tableau
6 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 101 (19.96%) JIRA
2 9 (1.78%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.78%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 244 (48.22%) Finance
2 222 (43.87%) Social Skills
3 91 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (12.65%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (9.49%) Public Sector
6 37 (7.31%) Banking
7 24 (4.74%) Legal
8 22 (4.35%) Retail
9 21 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (3.56%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.56%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.77%) Marketing
13 13 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.98%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.58%) Local Government
16 7 (1.38%) Electronics
17 5 (0.99%) Back Office
17 5 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 110 (21.74%) Analyst
2 94 (18.58%) PMO Analyst
3 87 (17.19%) Project Manager
4 69 (13.64%) Lead
5 58 (11.46%) PMO Lead
6 43 (8.50%) PMO Manager
7 28 (5.53%) Senior
8 27 (5.34%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.95%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.36%) Programme Manager
11 15 (2.96%) Support Officer
12 14 (2.77%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.77%) Project Coordinator
13 13 (2.57%) Consultant
13 13 (2.57%) PMO Coordinator
14 12 (2.37%) Administrator
14 12 (2.37%) PMO Specialist
15 11 (2.17%) IT Project Manager
15 11 (2.17%) SAP Manager
15 11 (2.17%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.38%) ADO
3 3 (0.59%) Middleware
4 2 (0.40%) React
5 1 (0.20%) FHIR
5 1 (0.20%) JDO
5 1 (0.20%) Kafka
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 21 (4.15%) PMI
4 15 (2.96%) Virtual Team
5 14 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.78%) Security Posture
8 5 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.99%) FMCG
8 5 (0.99%) NHS
9 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.40%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.40%) Life Science
11 2 (0.40%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (37.55%) Project Management
2 151 (29.84%) Agile
3 132 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 127 (25.10%) Project Delivery
5 102 (20.16%) PRINCE2
6 88 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 84 (16.60%) Decision-Making
8 83 (16.40%) Business Intelligence
9 73 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
10 68 (13.44%) Waterfall
11 67 (13.24%) Project Governance
12 66 (13.04%) Risk Management
13 64 (12.65%) Change Management
14 56 (11.07%) Change Control
15 55 (10.87%) Programme Management
16 53 (10.47%) Portfolio Management
17 47 (9.29%) ERP
18 39 (7.71%) Budgeting
19 38 (7.51%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.77%) SQL
2 7 (1.38%) Python
2 7 (1.38%) VBA
3 5 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (0.79%) VB
5 3 (0.59%) Korn
6 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 85 (16.80%) Degree
2 76 (15.02%) Security Cleared
3 65 (12.85%) PMI Certification
4 56 (11.07%) PMP
5 51 (10.08%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.74%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.17%) APMP
8 9 (1.78%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (1.78%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.78%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (1.78%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.99%) CISSP
10 5 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.79%) CISM
11 4 (0.79%) MAPM
12 3 (0.59%) CCA
12 3 (0.59%) CCNA
12 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.71%) QA
2 17 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.77%) GDPR
3 14 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.57%) P3O
5 10 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.19%) NIST
7 5 (0.99%) SLA
8 4 (0.79%) GRC
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.40%) MiFID
10 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) HL7
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.78%) Nmap
2 1 (0.20%) logstash
2 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 99 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.67%) SAP
3 39 (7.71%) Oracle
4 25 (4.94%) Planview
5 16 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.96%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.57%) Cisco
8 5 (0.99%) IFS
9 4 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (0.79%) Workday
10 3 (0.59%) Ariba
10 3 (0.59%) Arista
10 3 (0.59%) BT
10 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.59%) Databricks
10 3 (0.59%) GoldenSource
11 2 (0.40%) Concur
11 2 (0.40%) Dell
11 2 (0.40%) Juniper
12 1 (0.20%) Palo Alto