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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 176 146
Rank change year-on-year +10 -30 -16
Contract jobs citing PMO 638 355 612
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.47% 1.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.73% 9.42% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 241 420
10th Percentile £293 £306 £306
25th Percentile £370 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £712
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 18
10th Percentile £15.60 £20.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £30.21 £23.01
Median hourly rate £33.12 £39.04 £31.65
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% +23.35% -27.84%
75th Percentile £69.36 £46.30 £61.50
90th Percentile £88.20 £62.03 £79.78
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £42.67 £31.65
% change year-on-year -22.38% +34.82% -19.73%

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 6,555 3,767 5,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 15.55% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,241 2,445 3,411
10th Percentile £340 £264 £305
25th Percentile £413 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £703 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 160 335
10th Percentile £15.60 £17.04 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.28 £32.25 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +44.36% -47.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.43 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £32.00 £21.38
% change year-on-year -4.44% +49.69% -46.56%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +19 267 £510 +10.57% 71
South East +29 157 £500 +10.99% 37
Midlands -38 80 £350 -30.00% 26
North of England -43 75 £408 -12.34% 37
West Midlands -33 65 £336 -32.80% 21
Yorkshire -37 39 £438 +0.11% 13
North West -26 33 £380 -24.75% 20
South West -27 24 £410 -18.00% 16
East Midlands -25 16 £353 -14.79% 5
East of England -29 15 £493 -15.09% 12
North East -11 3 £450 -3.23% 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 87 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.43%) Confluence
3 3 (0.47%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 195 (30.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (22.41%) Microsoft Project
3 99 (15.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 95 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (2.66%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 31 (4.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.35%) Primavera
3 7 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.47%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.16%) Actimize
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 99 (15.52%) Power Platform
2 50 (7.84%) Azure
3 28 (4.39%) AWS
4 19 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.19%) Smartsheet
7 9 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (1.10%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.10%) OCI
8 7 (1.10%) Serverless
8 7 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (0.78%) GCP
10 5 (0.78%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.78%) SaaS
11 4 (0.63%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.04%) Firewall
2 11 (1.72%) Wireless
3 6 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (0.78%) Network Security
5 4 (0.63%) LAN
5 4 (0.63%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Broadband
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) PABX
6 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (15.05%) Power BI
2 14 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (2.04%) Tableau
4 11 (1.72%) Power Query
5 7 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.94%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.31%) Metadata
7 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.16%) QlikView
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 123 (19.28%) JIRA
2 10 (1.57%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.57%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) Hudson
3 1 (0.16%) LSMW
3 1 (0.16%) Postman
3 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
General
1 316 (49.53%) Finance
2 276 (43.26%) Social Skills
3 137 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
5 64 (10.03%) Public Sector
6 45 (7.05%) Banking
7 30 (4.70%) Retail
8 27 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (4.08%) Legal
10 24 (3.76%) Manufacturing
11 21 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.72%) Marketing
14 10 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.10%) Military
16 6 (0.94%) Electronics
16 6 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.78%) Billing
17 5 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 144 (22.57%) Analyst
2 120 (18.81%) Project Manager
3 108 (16.93%) PMO Analyst
4 82 (12.85%) Lead
5 47 (7.37%) PMO Lead
6 45 (7.05%) PMO Manager
7 42 (6.58%) Senior
8 27 (4.23%) Coordinator
9 23 (3.61%) Programme Manager
10 22 (3.45%) IT Manager
11 21 (3.29%) SAP Manager
12 20 (3.13%) Project Planner
13 19 (2.98%) Change Manager
14 18 (2.82%) IT Project Manager
14 18 (2.82%) SAP Project Manager
15 17 (2.66%) Consultant
15 17 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
16 16 (2.51%) Senior Manager
16 16 (2.51%) Senior PMO
17 15 (2.35%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.25%) ADO
3 3 (0.47%) REST
4 2 (0.31%) Middleware
4 2 (0.31%) SOAP
4 2 (0.31%) Web Services
5 1 (0.16%) FHIR
5 1 (0.16%) JDO
5 1 (0.16%) JSON
5 1 (0.16%) JWT
5 1 (0.16%) Kafka
5 1 (0.16%) OAuth
5 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.16%) XML
5 1 (0.16%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.61%) Data Centre
3 21 (3.29%) PMI
4 20 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.72%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.41%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.94%) FMCG
11 6 (0.94%) NHS
12 5 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.78%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.47%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.47%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.31%) AI Agents
14 2 (0.31%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (34.64%) Project Management
2 188 (29.47%) Agile
3 176 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 166 (26.02%) Project Delivery
5 119 (18.65%) Decision-Making
6 118 (18.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 116 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 108 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (16.14%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
11 84 (13.17%) Risk Management
12 76 (11.91%) Change Management
13 75 (11.76%) Waterfall
14 65 (10.19%) Project Governance
15 63 (9.87%) Change Control
16 60 (9.40%) Portfolio Management
17 55 (8.62%) Programme Management
18 50 (7.84%) ERP
19 45 (7.05%) Programme Governance
20 44 (6.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.39%) SQL
2 9 (1.41%) VBA
3 8 (1.25%) Python
4 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.63%) VB
6 3 (0.47%) Java
6 3 (0.47%) Korn
7 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 117 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 100 (15.67%) Degree
3 78 (12.23%) SC Cleared
4 69 (10.82%) PMI Certification
5 62 (9.72%) PMP
6 38 (5.96%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.88%) APMP
8 11 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.72%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.57%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.57%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.57%) Cyber Scheme
10 6 (0.94%) APMG
10 6 (0.94%) CISSP
11 5 (0.78%) CISA
12 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.63%) MAPM
12 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.43%) QA
2 24 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.61%) GDPR
4 17 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.35%) SLA
6 14 (2.19%) P3O
6 14 (2.19%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.57%) NIST
8 6 (0.94%) GRC
9 5 (0.78%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.63%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.47%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.47%) MiFID
11 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) COBIT
12 2 (0.31%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.57%) Nmap
2 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.31%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 113 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.97%) SAP
3 35 (5.49%) Oracle
4 23 (3.61%) Planview
5 22 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.19%) Cisco
7 11 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.25%) Dell
9 6 (0.94%) Workday
10 5 (0.78%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.78%) Databricks
11 4 (0.63%) BT
11 4 (0.63%) IFS
12 3 (0.47%) Ariba
12 3 (0.47%) Arista
12 3 (0.47%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.47%) GoldenSource
13 2 (0.31%) Concur
13 2 (0.31%) Juniper
14 1 (0.16%) Extreme Networks