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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 192 155
Rank change year-on-year +36 -37 -21
Contract jobs citing PMO 796 396 565
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.45% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.29% 8.54% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 270 361
10th Percentile £300 £268 £275
25th Percentile £380 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -3.95% -7.59%
75th Percentile £588 £587 £575
90th Percentile £702 £689 £660
UK median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 18
10th Percentile £20.94 £18.50 £25.38
25th Percentile £24.72 £21.00 £28.00
Median hourly rate £55.25 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.96% -9.26% -
75th Percentile £71.86 £46.30 £61.92
90th Percentile £83.75 - £65.07
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £24.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +127.84% -30.71% +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 7,739 4,636 4,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.24% 16.95% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,962 3,031 3,008
10th Percentile £345 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 211 321
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.06
25th Percentile £19.49 £18.69 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.11 £31.64 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% +19.13% -37.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £28.59 £25.00
% change year-on-year +36.41% +14.36% -35.42%

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 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 23 July 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 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 +37 346 £525 +5.00% 85
South East +10 141 £525 +21.74% 45
North of England -16 106 £408 +10.32% 24
Midlands -21 99 £400 -5.88% 30
West Midlands -37 75 £395 -7.06% 23
North West +3 61 £400 +11.73% 14
South West -30 47 £410 -31.67% 24
Yorkshire -39 40 £416 +0.56% 8
East of England -9 29 £510 -12.07% 11
East Midlands +4 24 £413 +37.50% 7
North East -40 5 £450 +80.00% 2
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 72 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 49 (6.16%) Confluence
3 7 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 180 (22.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (16.46%) Microsoft Project
3 86 (10.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.01%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (4.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.51%) Primavera
2 12 (1.51%) SAP CO
2 12 (1.51%) SAP FI
2 12 (1.51%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (0.88%) Adobe Campaign
3 7 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.88%) SAP EWM
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.50%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.38%) Changepoint
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.93%) Power Platform
2 50 (6.28%) Azure
3 26 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (3.14%) Smartsheet
5 22 (2.76%) AWS
6 18 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (1.13%) OCI
10 8 (1.01%) SaaS
11 7 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (0.88%) Amazon S3
11 7 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (0.88%) Serverless
11 7 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (0.75%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.63%) Miro
13 5 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.50%) Firewall
1 4 (0.50%) WAN
2 3 (0.38%) Network Security
2 3 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.25%) Broadband
3 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 1 (0.13%) Internet
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%) TCAP
4 1 (0.13%) Wireless
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (10.80%) Power BI
2 15 (1.88%) Tableau
3 8 (1.01%) Power Query
4 7 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
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%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.13%) Metadata
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 123 (15.45%) 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
1 335 (42.09%) Finance
2 290 (36.43%) Social Skills
3 166 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (12.69%) Organisational Skills
5 82 (10.30%) Public Sector
6 57 (7.16%) Banking
7 35 (4.40%) Legal
8 30 (3.77%) Retail
9 26 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (2.89%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (2.51%) Local Government
13 12 (1.51%) Marketing
14 11 (1.38%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.26%) Military
16 8 (1.01%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.88%) Aviation
17 7 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 6 (0.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 177 (22.24%) Analyst
2 132 (16.58%) Project Manager
3 120 (15.08%) PMO Analyst
4 112 (14.07%) Lead
5 67 (8.42%) PMO Manager
6 64 (8.04%) Senior
7 49 (6.16%) PMO Lead
8 38 (4.77%) Project Officer
9 30 (3.77%) SAP Manager
10 28 (3.52%) Coordinator
10 28 (3.52%) Senior PMO
11 27 (3.39%) Support Officer
12 26 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (3.02%) SAP Project Manager
13 24 (3.02%) Transformation Manager
14 23 (2.89%) Project Coordinator
15 22 (2.76%) Senior Manager
16 21 (2.64%) Programme Manager
16 21 (2.64%) Project Support Officer
17 19 (2.39%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (0.75%) ADO
2 6 (0.75%) Middleware
2 6 (0.75%) REST
3 5 (0.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.13%) HTML
4 1 (0.13%) JDO
4 1 (0.13%) JSON
4 1 (0.13%) JWT
4 1 (0.13%) Kafka
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 50 (6.28%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.51%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.39%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.26%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.26%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.38%) PMI
9 8 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (0.88%) NHS
11 6 (0.75%) FMCG
12 5 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (0.50%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.50%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.38%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.38%) Private Cloud
14 3 (0.38%) SCADA
15 2 (0.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Linux
2 1 (0.13%) pSOS
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
1 275 (34.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 215 (27.01%) Project Management
3 214 (26.88%) Agile
4 199 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 176 (22.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 170 (21.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 161 (20.23%) Decision-Making
8 120 (15.08%) PRINCE2
9 91 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
10 88 (11.06%) Programme Governance
11 87 (10.93%) Change Management
12 83 (10.43%) Waterfall
13 75 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
14 72 (9.05%) Migration
14 72 (9.05%) Programme Delivery
14 72 (9.05%) Programme Management
15 66 (8.29%) Risk Management
16 64 (8.04%) Change Control
16 64 (8.04%) Portfolio Management
17 63 (7.91%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 22 (2.76%) SQL
2 6 (0.75%) VBA
3 5 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.63%) Python
4 4 (0.50%) Korn
4 4 (0.50%) VB
5 3 (0.38%) 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
1 196 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 127 (15.95%) SC Cleared
3 96 (12.06%) Degree
4 67 (8.42%) DV Cleared
5 62 (7.79%) PMP
6 55 (6.91%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.13%) APMG
9 8 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.88%) CISSP
10 7 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (0.75%) CISA
12 5 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.50%) APMP
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.38%) MAPM
14 3 (0.38%) RIBA
14 3 (0.38%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.64%) QA
3 20 (2.51%) GDPR
4 17 (2.14%) P3O
5 12 (1.51%) NIST
5 12 (1.51%) SLA
6 9 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.50%) GRC
8 4 (0.50%) MiFID
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
9 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.25%) COBIT
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.13%) logstash
3 1 (0.13%) Nmap
Vendors
1 137 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 99 (12.44%) SAP
3 32 (4.02%) ServiceNow
4 29 (3.64%) Oracle
5 21 (2.64%) Planview
6 16 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.38%) Workday
8 8 (1.01%) Adobe
8 8 (1.01%) Dell
9 6 (0.75%) Google
10 5 (0.63%) Databricks
11 4 (0.50%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.38%) Cisco
12 3 (0.38%) Computacenter
12 3 (0.38%) IFS
13 2 (0.25%) BT
13 2 (0.25%) CheckPoint
14 1 (0.13%) IBM
14 1 (0.13%) NEC
14 1 (0.13%) Remedy