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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 189 144
Rank change year-on-year -5 -45 -21
Contract jobs citing PMO 469 408 650
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 1.42% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.54% 10.04% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 243 472
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £371 £363 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £587 £543 £588
90th Percentile £650 £638 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 18
10th Percentile £15.60 £21.25 £28.30
25th Percentile £16.79 £28.61 £33.00
Median hourly rate £22.13 £39.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.27% +14.71% -6.01%
75th Percentile £27.06 £64.08 £44.72
90th Percentile £69.80 £64.73 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £50.35 £34.00
% change year-on-year -51.84% +48.10% -2.86%

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 5,493 4,065 5,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.32% 14.14% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,572 2,367 3,527
10th Percentile £313 £270 £325
25th Percentile £406 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £702 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 163 214
10th Percentile £15.60 £14.76 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.40 £19.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.62 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.46% -9.66% +53.85%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.73 £64.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.89 £83.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +46.67%

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 25 December 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 +37 201 £500 +12.68% 88
South East +3 99 £475 +1.01% 94
Midlands -39 70 £423 -15.50% 51
West Midlands -29 61 £425 -15.00% 26
North of England -68 43 £440 -2.22% 50
South West -23 30 £450 +12.99% 28
Yorkshire -37 28 £440 -4.86% 28
East of England -14 19 £515 +3.00% 35
North West -48 15 £525 +26.81% 19
East Midlands -21 10 £355 -14.25% 22
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 80 (17.06%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.76%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 133 (28.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (21.32%) Microsoft Project
3 87 (18.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (17.48%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (3.20%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.71%) Primavera
3 7 (1.49%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.43%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 64 (13.65%) Power Platform
2 22 (4.69%) Azure
3 16 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.77%) Smartsheet
5 11 (2.35%) AWS
6 9 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.71%) OCI
8 7 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.28%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.28%) SaaS
10 5 (1.07%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) Slack
12 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.43%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.43%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.49%) Firewall
2 6 (1.28%) Wireless
3 4 (0.85%) LAN
3 4 (0.85%) WAN
4 3 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.43%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Intranet
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.79%) Power BI
2 12 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (1.92%) Power Query
4 6 (1.28%) Tableau
5 2 (0.43%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.21%) Metadata
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 94 (20.04%) JIRA
2 5 (1.07%) Burp Suite
2 5 (1.07%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.21%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) LSMW
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 228 (48.61%) Finance
2 212 (45.20%) Social Skills
3 78 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.73%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (9.59%) Banking
6 43 (9.17%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.69%) Legal
8 21 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.56%) Marketing
10 12 (2.56%) Retail
11 11 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.35%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.13%) Local Government
13 7 (1.49%) Front Office
14 5 (1.07%) Back Office
14 5 (1.07%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 100 (21.32%) Analyst
2 80 (17.06%) PMO Analyst
3 70 (14.93%) Project Manager
4 66 (14.07%) Lead
5 57 (12.15%) PMO Lead
6 38 (8.10%) PMO Manager
7 33 (7.04%) Senior
8 20 (4.26%) Coordinator
9 19 (4.05%) Senior PMO
10 18 (3.84%) Programme Manager
11 15 (3.20%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.99%) Support Officer
13 13 (2.77%) Administrator
13 13 (2.77%) Project Planner
14 12 (2.56%) IT Project Manager
15 11 (2.35%) Consultant
15 11 (2.35%) PMO Officer
15 11 (2.35%) Project Analyst
15 11 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (2.13%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.49%) ADO
3 3 (0.64%) Middleware
4 2 (0.43%) React
5 1 (0.21%) FHIR
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) OpenID
5 1 (0.21%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.12%) PMI
3 16 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.20%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.07%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.85%) FMCG
9 4 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.64%) NHS
10 3 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.43%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.43%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.43%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.43%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.21%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.21%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (37.74%) Project Management
2 145 (30.92%) Agile
3 117 (24.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (23.24%) Project Delivery
5 104 (22.17%) PRINCE2
6 94 (20.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (16.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (15.78%) Project Governance
9 71 (15.14%) Change Management
10 70 (14.93%) Programme Management
11 65 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
12 64 (13.65%) Decision-Making
13 63 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (12.58%) Risk Management
14 59 (12.58%) Waterfall
15 51 (10.87%) Change Control
16 47 (10.02%) Portfolio Management
17 39 (8.32%) ERP
18 35 (7.46%) Process Improvement
19 31 (6.61%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.13%) SQL
2 6 (1.28%) Python
3 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.64%) Korn
3 3 (0.64%) VB
3 3 (0.64%) VBA
4 1 (0.21%) C#
4 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 70 (14.93%) Degree
2 63 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 61 (13.01%) PMI Certification
4 52 (11.09%) PMP
5 42 (8.96%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.62%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.92%) APMP
8 7 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.07%) CHECK Team Member
9 5 (1.07%) CREST Certified
9 5 (1.07%) Cyber Scheme
9 5 (1.07%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.85%) CISM
10 4 (0.85%) CISSP
10 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.85%) MAPM
10 4 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CCNA
12 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.25%) QA
2 21 (4.48%) P3O
3 13 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.13%) GDPR
4 10 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.07%) NIST
6 5 (1.07%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.07%) SLA
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) MiFID
8 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.21%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.07%) Nmap
2 1 (0.21%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 85 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.59%) SAP
3 38 (8.10%) Oracle
4 28 (5.97%) Planview
5 16 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.13%) Cisco
8 4 (0.85%) IFS
9 3 (0.64%) Arista
9 3 (0.64%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.64%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.64%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.64%) Workday
10 2 (0.43%) Ariba
10 2 (0.43%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.43%) BT
10 2 (0.43%) Concur
10 2 (0.43%) Juniper
10 2 (0.43%) VMware
11 1 (0.21%) Aruba