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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 201 154
Rank change year-on-year +44 -47 -18
Contract jobs citing PMO 706 335 587
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.40% 1.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.06% 8.59% 11.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 218 382
10th Percentile £305 £263 £282
25th Percentile £375 £357 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £474 £481
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -1.56% -3.75%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £575
90th Percentile £672 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £456 £475
% change year-on-year +4.11% -3.95% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 19
10th Percentile £20.15 £18.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £21.82 £23.67
Median hourly rate £64.00 £38.03 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.29% +8.66% -
75th Percentile £83.75 £46.30 £52.50
90th Percentile - £46.80 £63.93
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £34.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year +86.10% -1.74% -

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 7,018 3,902 5,067
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.80% 16.27% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,540 2,514 3,218
10th Percentile £349 £263 £299
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £604 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.72% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 160 369
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £33.55 £34.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +44.96% -44.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.03 £80.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year +7.69% +42.86% -39.33%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +40 299 £500 +5.26% 85
South East +14 136 £525 +27.27% 35
North of England -21 104 £404 -6.36% 28
Midlands -18 91 £350 -28.93% 42
West Midlands -28 70 £350 -30.00% 32
North West +5 54 £376 -25.59% 9
Yorkshire -38 45 £444 +20.00% 16
South West -34 30 £410 -21.90% 9
East Midlands -9 22 £376 -20.79% 10
East of England -22 21 £510 -12.07% 9
North East -29 5 £450 +80.00% 3
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 77 (10.91%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.37%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.42%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 172 (24.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (17.00%) Microsoft Project
3 86 (12.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (2.27%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 40 (5.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.70%) Primavera
2 12 (1.70%) SAP CO
2 12 (1.70%) SAP FI
2 12 (1.70%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.85%) SAP EWM
4 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.28%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 84 (11.90%) Power Platform
2 43 (6.09%) Azure
3 24 (3.40%) AWS
4 17 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.12%) Smartsheet
7 8 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (0.99%) Amazon S3
8 7 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (0.99%) Serverless
8 7 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
8 7 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.71%) SaaS
11 4 (0.57%) GCP
11 4 (0.57%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.42%) OCI
12 3 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.42%) Firewall
2 6 (0.85%) Wireless
3 4 (0.57%) Network Security
3 4 (0.57%) WAN
4 3 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.28%) Broadband
5 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) PABX
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (11.76%) Power BI
2 13 (1.84%) Tableau
3 8 (1.13%) Power Query
4 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.57%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.28%) QlikView
7 2 (0.28%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Metadata
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 107 (15.16%) JIRA
2 6 (0.85%) Burp Suite
2 6 (0.85%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.28%) Hudson
4 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Postman
4 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 289 (40.93%) Finance
2 260 (36.83%) Social Skills
3 137 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.61%) Organisational Skills
5 68 (9.63%) Public Sector
6 51 (7.22%) Banking
7 32 (4.53%) Retail
8 30 (4.25%) Legal
9 23 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.98%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.56%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.56%) Marketing
15 9 (1.27%) Military
16 8 (1.13%) Local Government
17 6 (0.85%) Front Office
18 5 (0.71%) Billing
19 4 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 164 (23.23%) Analyst
2 126 (17.85%) Project Manager
3 112 (15.86%) PMO Analyst
4 96 (13.60%) Lead
5 64 (9.07%) PMO Manager
6 49 (6.94%) Senior
7 42 (5.95%) PMO Lead
8 32 (4.53%) SAP Manager
9 26 (3.68%) SAP Project Manager
10 23 (3.26%) Coordinator
11 21 (2.97%) Project Officer
12 20 (2.83%) Change Manager
12 20 (2.83%) PMO Project Manager
12 20 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 20 (2.83%) Support Officer
13 19 (2.69%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.55%) Programme Manager
15 17 (2.41%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.41%) PMO Specialist
15 17 (2.41%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.99%) ADO
2 5 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.42%) REST
4 2 (0.28%) Middleware
4 2 (0.28%) SOAP
4 2 (0.28%) Web Services
5 1 (0.14%) JDO
5 1 (0.14%) JSON
5 1 (0.14%) JWT
5 1 (0.14%) Kafka
5 1 (0.14%) OAuth
5 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.14%) XML
5 1 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 19 (2.69%) Data Centre
3 16 (2.27%) Virtual Team
4 15 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.70%) PMI
7 12 (1.70%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.85%) NHS
12 5 (0.71%) FMCG
12 5 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.57%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.42%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.42%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.42%) Private Cloud
14 3 (0.42%) Reinsurance
15 2 (0.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.27%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
2 1 (0.14%) pSOS
2 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.14%) SUSE
2 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (31.87%) Project Management
2 222 (31.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (25.50%) Project Delivery
4 179 (25.35%) Agile
5 143 (20.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 133 (18.84%) Decision-Making
7 132 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 114 (16.15%) PRINCE2
9 87 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
10 82 (11.61%) Waterfall
11 79 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (10.62%) Change Management
13 74 (10.48%) Risk Management
14 64 (9.07%) Change Control
15 60 (8.50%) Programme Management
16 58 (8.22%) Programme Governance
17 57 (8.07%) Portfolio Management
18 55 (7.79%) Project Governance
19 51 (7.22%) Migration
20 50 (7.08%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.40%) SQL
2 7 (0.99%) VBA
3 5 (0.71%) Python
4 4 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (0.57%) VB
5 3 (0.42%) Java
5 3 (0.42%) Korn
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (21.67%) Security Cleared
2 105 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 94 (13.31%) Degree
4 61 (8.64%) PMP
5 57 (8.07%) PMI Certification
6 45 (6.37%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.99%) APMG
8 7 (0.99%) APMP
8 7 (0.99%) CISSP
8 7 (0.99%) Postgraduate
9 6 (0.85%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (0.85%) CREST Certified
9 6 (0.85%) Cyber Scheme
10 5 (0.71%) CISA
10 5 (0.71%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.42%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.52%) QA
2 33 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.26%) GDPR
4 14 (1.98%) SLA
5 12 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.70%) P3O
6 10 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.27%) NIST
8 6 (0.85%) GRC
8 6 (0.85%) MiFID
9 5 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.42%) ITGC
10 3 (0.42%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.28%) COBIT
11 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.85%) Nmap
2 5 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 99 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 89 (12.61%) SAP
3 26 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 18 (2.55%) Oracle
5 16 (2.27%) Planview
6 10 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.13%) Dell
7 8 (1.13%) Workday
8 7 (0.99%) Cisco
9 6 (0.85%) Databricks
10 5 (0.71%) Adobe
11 4 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.57%) IFS
12 3 (0.42%) BT
12 3 (0.42%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.28%) Ariba
13 2 (0.28%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.28%) Concur
13 2 (0.28%) Google
13 2 (0.28%) Remedy