PMO Contracts in England

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 154 135
Rank change year-on-year -41 -19 0
Contract jobs citing PMO 370 591 927
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.59% 1.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.45% 11.78% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 384 682
10th Percentile £268 £300 £300
25th Percentile £356 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £564 £630
90th Percentile £690 £675 £795
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 21
10th Percentile £18.43 £13.50 £22.50
25th Percentile £21.82 £26.68 £30.54
Median hourly rate £38.03 £28.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.82% -20.00% -21.35%
75th Percentile £46.30 £60.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £46.80 £63.43 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £28.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +13.43% -15.15% -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 4,381 5,019 6,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.50% 13.49% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,830 3,140 4,446
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 377 236
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.31 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.88 £24.43 £41.77
Median % change year-on-year +30.50% -41.51% +60.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.19 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year +25.00% -36.42% +39.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in England.

Daily rate trend for PMO in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for PMO in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 -8 168 £496 -0.75% 197
Midlands -2 55 £425 -15.00% 30
West Midlands +4 47 £450 - 24
South East -10 47 £450 +8.76% 76
North of England -13 47 £370 -17.78% 40
South West -13 35 £563 +12.50% 16
Yorkshire +9 25 £392 -7.76% 16
North West -8 15 £360 -12.20% 23
East of England +19 12 £580 +76.70% 11
East Midlands -11 8 £300 -47.83% 5
North East -6 7 £250 -50.00% 2
PMO
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (11.62%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 77 (20.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (14.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 46 (12.43%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (11.89%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.54%) Primavera
2 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.54%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.54%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.27%) Epicor iScala
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.57%) Power Platform
2 18 (4.86%) Azure
3 12 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.89%) SaaS
5 6 (1.62%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.08%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.08%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.81%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.54%) AWS
9 1 (0.27%) Datadog
9 1 (0.27%) GCP
9 1 (0.27%) IaaS
9 1 (0.27%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.27%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.54%) Firewall
2 1 (0.27%) 802.11
2 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.57%) Power BI
2 6 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.08%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.54%) Power Query
4 2 (0.54%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.54%) Tableau
5 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.27%) IDMS
5 1 (0.27%) Looker
5 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 39 (10.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) Git
General
1 193 (52.16%) Finance
2 151 (40.81%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (7.30%) Banking
6 26 (7.03%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.51%) Retail
9 11 (2.97%) Marketing
9 11 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.70%) Law
11 8 (2.16%) Legal
11 8 (2.16%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.62%) Front Office
13 5 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.35%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 85 (22.97%) Analyst
2 74 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
3 67 (18.11%) Project Manager
4 43 (11.62%) Lead
5 39 (10.54%) PMO Manager
6 32 (8.65%) PMO Lead
7 21 (5.68%) Senior
8 16 (4.32%) Programme Manager
9 15 (4.05%) Coordinator
10 14 (3.78%) IT Manager
11 12 (3.24%) IT Project Manager
11 12 (3.24%) Project Analyst
11 12 (3.24%) Senior PMO
12 11 (2.97%) Project Coordinator
13 10 (2.70%) Junior
14 9 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
15 8 (2.16%) Consultant
15 8 (2.16%) Junior PMO
15 8 (2.16%) Programme Controller
15 8 (2.16%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.81%) ADO
1 3 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.54%) LDAP
3 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.27%) ActiveX
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (3.24%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.43%) PMI
5 7 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.35%) NHS
7 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.08%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.08%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.81%) Derivative
8 3 (0.81%) IoT
8 3 (0.81%) Life Science
8 3 (0.81%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.54%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.54%) Equities
9 2 (0.54%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (40.27%) Project Management
2 111 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (22.97%) Agile
4 60 (16.22%) Project Delivery
5 56 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (13.24%) PRINCE2
7 43 (11.62%) Programme Management
8 42 (11.35%) Decision-Making
9 41 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (10.54%) Project Governance
11 36 (9.73%) Change Management
12 35 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (9.46%) Risk Management
13 34 (9.19%) Business Case
14 31 (8.38%) Change Control
15 28 (7.57%) Resource Management
16 26 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (7.03%) Waterfall
17 25 (6.76%) Budget Management
17 25 (6.76%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.16%) VB
2 3 (0.81%) Python
3 2 (0.54%) C#
3 2 (0.54%) Java
3 2 (0.54%) SQL
4 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (12.43%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.62%) Degree
3 35 (9.46%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.03%) PMI Certification
5 21 (5.68%) PMP
6 10 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.54%) APMP
10 2 (0.54%) CISM
10 2 (0.54%) CRISC
10 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.27%) CISSP
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.27%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.27%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.51%) QA
2 7 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.89%) P3O
3 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.81%) GDPR
3 3 (0.81%) SLA
4 2 (0.54%) Basel III
4 2 (0.54%) GRC
4 2 (0.54%) NIST
4 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.27%) COSO
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) GxP
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.27%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.92%) SAP
3 13 (3.51%) Oracle
4 7 (1.89%) Google
5 6 (1.62%) Planview
5 6 (1.62%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.08%) Ariba
6 4 (1.08%) Workday
7 3 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.54%) Anaplan
8 2 (0.54%) Apple
8 2 (0.54%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.54%) Temenos
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco
9 1 (0.27%) Dell
9 1 (0.27%) NEC
9 1 (0.27%) Niku
9 1 (0.27%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.27%) Progress