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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 194 174
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 -35
Contract jobs citing PMO 786 413 456
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 1.48% 1.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.50% 8.58% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 286 259
10th Percentile £300 £269 £289
25th Percentile £380 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £577
90th Percentile £725 £709 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 16
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.35 £26.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £20.36 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +160.31% -42.65% +7.58%
75th Percentile £64.00 £25.00 £60.64
90th Percentile £83.75 £44.37 £63.06
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £19.68 £35.50
% change year-on-year +169.31% -44.56% +7.58%

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 8,278 4,814 4,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.77% 17.30% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,194 3,146 2,516
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.60%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £759
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £507
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.38% -3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 602 226 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.72% -8.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.11 £64.86
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.88 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.45 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.16% +9.09% -22.54%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +17 351 £525 +5.00% 274
South East +17 141 £529 +24.47% 113
North of England -16 98 £400 +7.53% 79
Midlands -27 84 £413 -2.94% 59
North West -5 60 £390 +8.94% 51
West Midlands -41 59 £395 -7.06% 41
South West -20 58 £472 -15.88% 59
East of England -9 36 £505 -9.82% 21
Yorkshire -26 36 £450 +7.91% 18
East Midlands -2 25 £475 +35.71% 18
North East -47 2 £325 +30.00% 10
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 78 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 50 (6.36%) Confluence
3 12 (1.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 190 (24.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (14.50%) Microsoft Project
3 113 (14.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.53%) Primavera
3 10 (1.27%) Adobe Campaign
3 10 (1.27%) SAP CO
3 10 (1.27%) SAP FI
3 10 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.89%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.51%) CA PPM
5 4 (0.51%) Changepoint
5 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.51%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 84 (10.69%) Power Platform
2 50 (6.36%) Azure
3 32 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (2.93%) Smartsheet
6 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (1.53%) SaaS
8 11 (1.40%) AWS
9 10 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.02%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.89%) OCI
12 5 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.51%) Miro
13 4 (0.51%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.38%) Anthropic Claude
14 3 (0.38%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.38%) iPaaS
14 3 (0.38%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.89%) WAN
2 3 (0.38%) LAN
2 3 (0.38%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.38%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.25%) Firewall
3 2 (0.25%) Intranet
3 2 (0.25%) TCAP
3 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) MPLS
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.92%) Power BI
2 9 (1.15%) Power Query
3 5 (0.64%) Tableau
4 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.13%) QlikView
6 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 126 (16.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Hudson
2 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 322 (40.97%) Finance
2 314 (39.95%) Social Skills
3 166 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (15.78%) Organisational Skills
5 78 (9.92%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.00%) Banking
7 36 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (3.82%) Legal
9 28 (3.56%) Local Government
10 24 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.05%) Retail
11 17 (2.16%) Marketing
11 17 (2.16%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.02%) Aviation
13 8 (1.02%) Military
14 6 (0.76%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 151 (19.21%) Analyst
2 116 (14.76%) PMO Analyst
3 109 (13.87%) Project Manager
4 107 (13.61%) Lead
5 77 (9.80%) PMO Manager
6 64 (8.14%) Senior
7 48 (6.11%) PMO Lead
8 40 (5.09%) Coordinator
9 38 (4.83%) Project Officer
10 32 (4.07%) Project Coordinator
11 31 (3.94%) Senior PMO
12 30 (3.82%) Support Officer
13 27 (3.44%) Programme Manager
14 24 (3.05%) Consultant
15 23 (2.93%) Project Support Officer
16 21 (2.67%) PMO Specialist
16 21 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (2.54%) Senior Manager
18 18 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
19 16 (2.04%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.15%) ADO
2 7 (0.89%) Middleware
2 7 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.38%) DAO
3 3 (0.38%) REST
3 3 (0.38%) SOAP
4 1 (0.13%) HTML
4 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.23%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.82%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.04%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (1.91%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.65%) Virtual Team
6 11 (1.40%) PMI
7 10 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.64%) FMCG
10 5 (0.64%) NHS
11 3 (0.38%) Life Science
11 3 (0.38%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.25%) SCADA
12 2 (0.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Linux
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
2 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (41.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 217 (27.61%) Project Management
3 216 (27.48%) Agile
4 200 (25.45%) Project Delivery
5 196 (24.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 164 (20.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 161 (20.48%) Decision-Making
8 120 (15.27%) PRINCE2
9 107 (13.61%) Programme Governance
10 93 (11.83%) Programme Management
10 93 (11.83%) Waterfall
11 85 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
12 81 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
12 81 (10.31%) Project Governance
13 76 (9.67%) Change Management
13 76 (9.67%) Programme Delivery
14 72 (9.16%) Portfolio Management
15 68 (8.65%) Migration
16 67 (8.52%) AI
17 66 (8.40%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.15%) SQL
2 7 (0.89%) Korn
2 7 (0.89%) VBA
3 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.51%) Python
4 1 (0.13%) COBOL
4 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 216 (27.48%) Security Cleared
2 132 (16.79%) SC Cleared
3 80 (10.18%) DV Cleared
4 79 (10.05%) Degree
5 52 (6.62%) PMP
6 47 (5.98%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.51%) APMG
11 4 (0.51%) CAPM
11 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.38%) APMP
12 3 (0.38%) MAPM
12 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.25%) CISSP
13 2 (0.25%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.58%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.44%) P3O
3 25 (3.18%) QA
4 11 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.02%) GDPR
6 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.64%) SLA
8 4 (0.51%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.51%) GRC
8 4 (0.51%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.51%) NIST
9 3 (0.38%) MiFID
9 3 (0.38%) SEPA
10 2 (0.25%) ITGC
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 2 (0.25%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 183 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 85 (10.81%) SAP
3 42 (5.34%) ServiceNow
4 27 (3.44%) Oracle
5 21 (2.67%) Planview
6 16 (2.04%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.53%) Adobe
8 8 (1.02%) Google
8 8 (1.02%) Workday
9 4 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.38%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.25%) Ariba
11 2 (0.25%) IBM
11 2 (0.25%) JD Edwards
12 1 (0.13%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.13%) Cisco
12 1 (0.13%) Genesys
12 1 (0.13%) Informatica
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.13%) Sage