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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 183 145
Rank change year-on-year -5 -38 -18
Contract jobs citing PMO 471 436 685
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.43% 1.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.64% 10.39% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 266 506
10th Percentile £294 £303 £309
25th Percentile £369 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £586
90th Percentile £669 £640 £743
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 18
10th Percentile - £23.55 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £36.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.72% +9.09% -18.87%
75th Percentile £27.75 £62.99 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.24 £64.73 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £36.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -30.56% +9.09% -11.65%

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 5,449 4,196 5,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.52% 13.72% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,532 2,448 3,695
10th Percentile £313 £281 £324
25th Percentile £405 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 174 221
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.34 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.73 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.50 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% -17.94% +58.02%
75th Percentile £56.69 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.18 £35.50
% change year-on-year -7.45% -23.45% +55.41%

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 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 6 December 2025.

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 6 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 +33 199 £500 +11.11% 55
South East +6 86 £480 +6.67% 62
Midlands -41 76 £409 -18.25% 42
West Midlands -30 64 £425 -19.05% 25
North of England -57 47 £440 +12.39% 33
South West -9 36 £544 +45.00% 16
Yorkshire -32 28 £440 -4.86% 9
East of England -6 19 £520 +4.00% 17
North West -38 18 £358 -1.24% 20
East Midlands -16 12 £350 - 15
North East -2 1 £450 -25.00% 4
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 71 (15.07%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 130 (27.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (19.53%) Microsoft Project
3 87 (18.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 76 (16.14%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.91%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.70%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (1.70%) Primavera
3 7 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.42%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.38%) Power Platform
2 16 (3.40%) Azure
3 15 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.76%) Smartsheet
5 10 (2.12%) AWS
6 9 (1.91%) OCI
7 8 (1.70%) SaaS
8 7 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.27%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) PaaS
12 3 (0.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.64%) Slack
12 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.42%) Lucidchart
13 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.06%) Firewall
1 5 (1.06%) Wireless
2 4 (0.85%) LAN
2 4 (0.85%) WAN
3 3 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.42%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.53%) Power BI
2 12 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (1.91%) Power Query
4 6 (1.27%) Tableau
5 2 (0.42%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 85 (18.05%) JIRA
2 4 (0.85%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.85%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.21%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) LSMW
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 234 (49.68%) Finance
2 212 (45.01%) Social Skills
3 70 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (10.83%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (10.19%) Banking
6 45 (9.55%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (4.25%) Legal
10 14 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.34%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.12%) Local Government
13 10 (2.12%) Marketing
14 9 (1.91%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.49%) Front Office
16 6 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.27%) Retail
17 5 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 99 (21.02%) Analyst
2 83 (17.62%) PMO Analyst
3 72 (15.29%) Project Manager
4 70 (14.86%) Lead
5 60 (12.74%) PMO Lead
6 38 (8.07%) PMO Manager
7 32 (6.79%) Senior
8 22 (4.67%) Coordinator
9 21 (4.46%) IT Manager
10 19 (4.03%) Programme Manager
11 18 (3.82%) IT Project Manager
11 18 (3.82%) Senior PMO
12 13 (2.76%) Administrator
12 13 (2.76%) PMO Coordinator
12 13 (2.76%) Support Officer
13 12 (2.55%) Project Analyst
13 12 (2.55%) Project Coordinator
14 11 (2.34%) PMO Officer
14 11 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (2.12%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.06%) ADO
3 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.21%) FHIR
4 1 (0.21%) OAuth
4 1 (0.21%) OpenID
4 1 (0.21%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.94%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.10%) PMI
3 19 (4.03%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.97%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.91%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.85%) FMCG
11 4 (0.85%) NHS
11 4 (0.85%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.64%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.64%) Derivative
13 2 (0.42%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.42%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.42%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (37.15%) Project Management
2 147 (31.21%) Agile
3 122 (25.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 101 (21.44%) Project Delivery
5 100 (21.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 94 (19.96%) PRINCE2
7 77 (16.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (15.07%) Change Management
9 70 (14.86%) Project Governance
10 67 (14.23%) Programme Management
11 65 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
12 63 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (12.95%) Decision-Making
13 61 (12.95%) Risk Management
14 56 (11.89%) Waterfall
15 46 (9.77%) Portfolio Management
16 44 (9.34%) Change Control
17 42 (8.92%) ERP
18 36 (7.64%) Business Case
19 32 (6.79%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.91%) SQL
2 7 (1.49%) Python
3 5 (1.06%) VB
4 3 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.64%) Korn
4 3 (0.64%) VBA
5 2 (0.42%) C#
5 2 (0.42%) Java
Qualifications
1 68 (14.44%) Degree
2 65 (13.80%) Security Cleared
3 56 (11.89%) PMI Certification
4 47 (9.98%) PMP
5 44 (9.34%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.82%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.70%) APMP
8 7 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.06%) CISM
9 5 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.85%) CHECK Team Member
10 4 (0.85%) CISSP
10 4 (0.85%) CREST Certified
10 4 (0.85%) Cyber Scheme
10 4 (0.85%) MAPM
10 4 (0.85%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.42%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.94%) QA
2 21 (4.46%) P3O
3 10 (2.12%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.91%) GDPR
4 9 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.27%) NIST
5 6 (1.27%) SLA
6 5 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) Basel III
9 1 (0.21%) COSO
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 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) Nmap
2 1 (0.21%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 92 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.98%) SAP
3 40 (8.49%) Oracle
4 23 (4.88%) Planview
5 16 (3.40%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.91%) Cisco
8 3 (0.64%) Arista
8 3 (0.64%) GoldenSource
8 3 (0.64%) IFS
8 3 (0.64%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.64%) Workday
9 2 (0.42%) Ariba
9 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.42%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.42%) Google
9 2 (0.42%) Juniper
9 2 (0.42%) Temenos
9 2 (0.42%) VMware
10 1 (0.21%) Aruba