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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 181 148
Rank change year-on-year -20 -33 -21
Contract jobs citing PMO 438 438 709
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.39% 1.80%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.17% 10.43% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 269 524
10th Percentile £298 £299 £313
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.93% -2.25%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £688 £638 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 18
10th Percentile - £23.55 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.93 £30.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% -8.45% -25.00%
75th Percentile £36.09 £50.78 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.68 £64.21 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £30.21 £33.00
% change year-on-year -19.73% -8.45% -25.00%

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 5,361 4,198 5,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 13.36% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,467 2,438 3,777
10th Percentile £311 £289 £320
25th Percentile £404 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 187 229
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.97 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.15 £20.51
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% -28.40% +80.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.59 £68.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.63 £26.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -3.28% -27.89% +62.66%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in England

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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 23 November 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 23 November 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 +35 180 £500 +8.70% 60
South East +1 75 £490 +8.89% 53
Midlands -37 73 £425 -15.00% 32
West Midlands -22 63 £460 -8.00% 24
North of England -43 48 £438 -2.67% 31
South West -11 35 £538 +43.33% 18
Yorkshire -21 30 £440 -8.81% 14
East of England -9 20 £520 +4.00% 12
North West -38 17 £358 -3.31% 14
East Midlands -13 10 £350 -8.38% 8
North East -5 1 £450 -25.00% 4
PMO
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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 67 (15.30%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 115 (26.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (17.81%) Microsoft Project
3 72 (16.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 67 (15.30%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.28%) MS Visio
6 9 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.83%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.60%) Primavera
4 6 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Epicor iScala
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.24%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (2.97%) Smartsheet
4 12 (2.74%) Azure
5 9 (2.05%) OCI
6 8 (1.83%) SaaS
7 6 (1.37%) AWS
7 6 (1.37%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) PaaS
10 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) Slack
10 3 (0.68%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.46%) Asana
11 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.46%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.91%) WAN
2 3 (0.68%) LAN
2 3 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.23%) VPN
3 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.33%) Power BI
2 9 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (2.05%) Power Query
3 4 (0.91%) Tableau
4 2 (0.46%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 73 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Git
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 228 (52.05%) Finance
2 189 (43.15%) Social Skills
3 64 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.27%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (10.05%) Banking
6 42 (9.59%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (4.79%) Legal
10 13 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.28%) Local Government
13 10 (2.28%) Marketing
14 8 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.60%) Front Office
15 7 (1.60%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.37%) Retail
17 5 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 97 (22.15%) Analyst
2 77 (17.58%) PMO Analyst
3 69 (15.75%) Lead
4 64 (14.61%) Project Manager
5 59 (13.47%) PMO Lead
6 31 (7.08%) PMO Manager
7 29 (6.62%) Senior
8 19 (4.34%) Programme Manager
9 18 (4.11%) Coordinator
9 18 (4.11%) IT Manager
10 15 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
10 15 (3.42%) Senior PMO
11 12 (2.74%) Administrator
11 12 (2.74%) Project Analyst
12 11 (2.51%) PMO Coordinator
12 11 (2.51%) Support Officer
13 10 (2.28%) PMO Officer
13 10 (2.28%) Senior Manager
14 9 (2.05%) Project Coordinator
14 9 (2.05%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.14%) ADO
3 2 (0.46%) Middleware
3 2 (0.46%) React
4 1 (0.23%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.23%) FHIR
4 1 (0.23%) OAuth
4 1 (0.23%) OpenID
4 1 (0.23%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.16%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.02%) PMI
3 17 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.28%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.91%) FMCG
9 4 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.91%) NHS
9 4 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.68%) Derivative
11 2 (0.46%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.46%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.46%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.46%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (38.58%) Project Management
2 137 (31.28%) Agile
3 121 (27.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 96 (21.92%) Project Delivery
5 94 (21.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 89 (20.32%) PRINCE2
7 71 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (15.75%) Project Governance
9 66 (15.07%) Change Management
9 66 (15.07%) Programme Management
10 63 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (13.47%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (12.79%) Decision-Making
13 55 (12.56%) Risk Management
13 55 (12.56%) Waterfall
14 46 (10.50%) Portfolio Management
15 39 (8.90%) Change Control
15 39 (8.90%) ERP
16 35 (7.99%) Business Case
17 31 (7.08%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.05%) SQL
2 7 (1.60%) Python
3 6 (1.37%) VB
4 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.68%) VBA
5 2 (0.46%) C#
5 2 (0.46%) Java
5 2 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 57 (13.01%) Degree
2 54 (12.33%) Security Cleared
3 53 (12.10%) PMI Certification
4 46 (10.50%) PMP
5 34 (7.76%) SC Cleared
6 17 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.60%) APMP
7 7 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.37%) CISM
9 5 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.91%) CISSP
10 4 (0.91%) MAPM
10 4 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.46%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.46%) CRISC
12 2 (0.46%) RIBA
12 2 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.23%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.48%) QA
2 21 (4.79%) P3O
3 9 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.60%) NIST
5 6 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.14%) GDPR
6 5 (1.14%) SLA
7 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.46%) GRC
9 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) COSO
10 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 94 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.27%) SAP
3 34 (7.76%) Oracle
4 22 (5.02%) Planview
5 16 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.83%) Cisco
8 4 (0.91%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.68%) Arista
9 3 (0.68%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.68%) IFS
9 3 (0.68%) Workday
10 2 (0.46%) Apple
10 2 (0.46%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.46%) Google
10 2 (0.46%) Temenos
10 2 (0.46%) VMware
11 1 (0.23%) Ariba
11 1 (0.23%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.23%) Juniper