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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 186 148
Rank change year-on-year +25 -38 -18
Contract jobs citing PMO 665 351 608
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.44% 1.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.86% 9.30% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 238 413
10th Percentile £292 £306 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £555 £593
90th Percentile £688 £686 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 19
10th Percentile £23.90 £18.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £26.75 £29.38 £23.67
Median hourly rate £47.81 £39.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% +11.54% -11.24%
75th Percentile £72.96 £46.30 £56.25
90th Percentile £90.43 £51.25 £71.06
UK median hourly rate £47.81 £39.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.46% +11.54% -

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 6,746 3,774 5,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.31% 15.47% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,388 2,447 3,388
10th Percentile £340 £265 £305
25th Percentile £413 £399 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £628 £638
90th Percentile £709 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 155 338
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.45 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £29.77 £32.81 £21.38
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +53.48% -49.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £30.79 £32.25 £20.80
% change year-on-year -4.53% +55.03% -47.99%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +33 278 £500 +6.67% 71
South East +31 163 £500 +10.99% 37
Midlands -32 88 £338 -32.50% 26
North of England -46 76 £423 -9.07% 37
West Midlands -28 72 £325 -35.00% 21
Yorkshire -38 38 £438 +0.11% 13
North West -25 35 £380 -24.75% 20
South West -33 25 £410 -16.96% 16
East Midlands -23 17 £353 -14.79% 5
East of England -32 15 £510 -12.07% 12
North East -14 3 £450 -3.23% 4
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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 85 (12.78%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.17%) Confluence
3 3 (0.45%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 197 (29.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 143 (21.50%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (14.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 97 (14.59%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (5.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.41%) Primavera
3 7 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.60%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.30%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.15%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 98 (14.74%) Power Platform
2 49 (7.37%) Azure
3 27 (4.06%) AWS
4 18 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.26%) Smartsheet
7 9 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (1.05%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.05%) OCI
8 7 (1.05%) Serverless
8 7 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (0.90%) SaaS
10 5 (0.75%) GCP
10 5 (0.75%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.95%) Firewall
2 11 (1.65%) Wireless
3 5 (0.75%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.30%) LAN
5 2 (0.30%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
6 1 (0.15%) Intranet
6 1 (0.15%) PABX
6 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (14.44%) Power BI
2 13 (1.95%) Tableau
3 12 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (1.65%) Power Query
5 7 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.90%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.30%) Metadata
7 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.15%) QlikView
8 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 123 (18.50%) JIRA
2 10 (1.50%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.50%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.15%) Git
3 1 (0.15%) Hudson
3 1 (0.15%) LSMW
3 1 (0.15%) Postman
3 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 311 (46.77%) Finance
2 288 (43.31%) Social Skills
3 142 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 44 (6.62%) Banking
7 30 (4.51%) Retail
8 28 (4.21%) Legal
9 26 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 21 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (2.56%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.65%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.65%) Marketing
15 7 (1.05%) Military
16 6 (0.90%) Billing
16 6 (0.90%) Electronics
16 6 (0.90%) Local Government
17 5 (0.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 151 (22.71%) Analyst
2 124 (18.65%) Project Manager
3 113 (16.99%) PMO Analyst
4 83 (12.48%) Lead
5 51 (7.67%) PMO Manager
6 45 (6.77%) PMO Lead
7 44 (6.62%) Senior
8 30 (4.51%) Coordinator
9 25 (3.76%) IT Manager
10 24 (3.61%) SAP Manager
11 20 (3.01%) Change Manager
11 20 (3.01%) Programme Manager
12 19 (2.86%) IT Project Manager
12 19 (2.86%) SAP Project Manager
12 19 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (2.71%) Consultant
13 18 (2.71%) Project Planner
13 18 (2.71%) Senior PMO
14 17 (2.56%) Project Coordinator
14 17 (2.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (1.35%) ADO
3 3 (0.45%) Middleware
3 3 (0.45%) REST
4 2 (0.30%) SOAP
4 2 (0.30%) Web Services
5 1 (0.15%) FHIR
5 1 (0.15%) JDO
5 1 (0.15%) JSON
5 1 (0.15%) JWT
5 1 (0.15%) Kafka
5 1 (0.15%) OAuth
5 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.15%) XML
5 1 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.46%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.01%) PMI
3 20 (3.01%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.65%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.65%) Security Posture
5 11 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.05%) NHS
8 6 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.90%) FMCG
9 5 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.75%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.45%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.45%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.30%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.65%) Windows
2 1 (0.15%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (33.23%) Project Management
2 190 (28.57%) Agile
3 187 (28.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 167 (25.11%) Project Delivery
5 126 (18.95%) Decision-Making
6 123 (18.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 116 (17.44%) PRINCE2
8 115 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (15.34%) Business Intelligence
10 92 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
11 81 (12.18%) Risk Management
12 79 (11.88%) Waterfall
13 76 (11.43%) Change Management
14 67 (10.08%) Change Control
15 61 (9.17%) Project Governance
16 60 (9.02%) Portfolio Management
17 56 (8.42%) Programme Management
18 54 (8.12%) Migration
19 49 (7.37%) ERP
20 48 (7.22%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.51%) SQL
2 9 (1.35%) VBA
3 8 (1.20%) Python
4 5 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.60%) VB
6 3 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) Korn
7 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 127 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.64%) Degree
3 85 (12.78%) SC Cleared
4 67 (10.08%) PMI Certification
5 62 (9.32%) PMP
6 41 (6.17%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.95%) APMP
8 11 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.65%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.50%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.50%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.50%) Cyber Scheme
10 7 (1.05%) APMG
11 6 (0.90%) CISSP
12 5 (0.75%) CISA
12 5 (0.75%) MAPM
12 5 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.02%) QA
2 24 (3.61%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.61%) GDPR
3 17 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.26%) SLA
5 14 (2.11%) P3O
5 14 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.50%) NIST
7 6 (0.90%) GRC
8 5 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.60%) MiFID
9 4 (0.60%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.30%) COBIT
11 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.50%) Nmap
2 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.30%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.15%) logstash
Vendors
1 104 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.83%) SAP
3 35 (5.26%) Oracle
4 22 (3.31%) Planview
4 22 (3.31%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.80%) Cisco
6 10 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.20%) Dell
8 6 (0.90%) Workday
9 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.75%) Databricks
10 4 (0.60%) Ariba
10 4 (0.60%) BT
10 4 (0.60%) IFS
11 3 (0.45%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.45%) Concur
12 2 (0.30%) Computacenter
12 2 (0.30%) Juniper
13 1 (0.15%) Google
13 1 (0.15%) Mitel
189 PMO jobs in England