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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 181 150
Rank change year-on-year 0 -31 -25
Contract jobs citing PMO 505 359 636
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.38% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.83% 9.40% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 213 463
10th Percentile £285 £306 £308
25th Percentile £371 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £466 £475
% change year-on-year +1.88% -1.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% +13.64% -16.31%
75th Percentile £69.36 £58.30 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.20 £65.75 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.49% +18.18% -5.71%

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 5,717 3,819 5,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.18% 14.68% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,702 2,223 3,585
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £640
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 148 307
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.23 £20.27 £14.50
Median hourly rate £24.19 £31.76 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -23.84% +26.46% -13.40%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £75.61
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.55% +16.00% -12.28%

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 9 February 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 9 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in England

PMO
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 9 February 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 +18 208 £500 +17.65% 38
South East +45 141 £475 +1.01% 38
Midlands -42 58 £400 -15.88% 33
West Midlands -45 48 £405 -19.00% 31
North of England -55 46 £413 -14.06% 26
Yorkshire -48 26 £438 +6.18% 10
South West -37 20 £450 +10.02% 8
North West -33 19 £350 -30.00% 13
East of England -14 17 £475 -5.00% 12
East Midlands -27 11 £313 -24.40% 2
North East -14 1 £450 -25.00% 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 82 (16.24%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.73%) Confluence
3 3 (0.59%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 163 (32.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (22.57%) Microsoft Project
3 97 (19.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 91 (18.02%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (3.17%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (4.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.18%) Primavera
3 7 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (16.24%) Power Platform
2 32 (6.34%) Azure
3 15 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.77%) AWS
5 13 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.78%) Smartsheet
7 7 (1.39%) OCI
8 6 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.19%) SaaS
9 5 (0.99%) OpenShift
9 5 (0.99%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.40%) Asana
11 2 (0.40%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.40%) GCP
11 2 (0.40%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.40%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.18%) Firewall
2 10 (1.98%) Wireless
3 4 (0.79%) LAN
3 4 (0.79%) WAN
4 3 (0.59%) Network Security
4 3 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) Intranet
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.64%) Power BI
2 12 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.98%) Power Query
4 4 (0.79%) PowerPivot
5 3 (0.59%) Tableau
6 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) Metadata
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 101 (20.00%) JIRA
2 9 (1.78%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.78%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 248 (49.11%) Finance
2 221 (43.76%) Social Skills
3 95 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (12.87%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (9.50%) Public Sector
6 36 (7.13%) Banking
7 24 (4.75%) Legal
8 22 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (4.36%) Retail
9 20 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.56%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.56%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.97%) Marketing
12 13 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.98%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.58%) Local Government
15 7 (1.39%) Electronics
16 5 (0.99%) Military
16 5 (0.99%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 110 (21.78%) Analyst
2 94 (18.61%) PMO Analyst
3 85 (16.83%) Project Manager
4 70 (13.86%) Lead
5 59 (11.68%) PMO Lead
6 44 (8.71%) PMO Manager
7 27 (5.35%) Coordinator
7 27 (5.35%) Senior
8 20 (3.96%) Project Planner
9 18 (3.56%) Programme Manager
10 15 (2.97%) Support Officer
11 14 (2.77%) IT Manager
11 14 (2.77%) Project Coordinator
12 13 (2.57%) Consultant
12 13 (2.57%) PMO Coordinator
13 12 (2.38%) Administrator
13 12 (2.38%) PMO Specialist
14 11 (2.18%) IT Project Manager
14 11 (2.18%) SAP Manager
15 10 (1.98%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.39%) ADO
3 3 (0.59%) Middleware
4 2 (0.40%) React
5 1 (0.20%) FHIR
5 1 (0.20%) JDO
5 1 (0.20%) Kafka
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.54%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.36%) Data Centre
3 19 (3.76%) PMI
4 15 (2.97%) Virtual Team
5 14 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.78%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.19%) NHS
9 5 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.99%) FMCG
10 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.59%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.40%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.40%) Life Science
12 2 (0.40%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (37.43%) Project Management
2 149 (29.50%) Agile
3 130 (25.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 126 (24.95%) Project Delivery
5 99 (19.60%) PRINCE2
6 87 (17.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 85 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
7 85 (16.83%) Decision-Making
8 72 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 67 (13.27%) Project Governance
11 66 (13.07%) Risk Management
11 66 (13.07%) Waterfall
12 64 (12.67%) Change Management
13 55 (10.89%) Change Control
14 54 (10.69%) Portfolio Management
15 53 (10.50%) Programme Management
16 46 (9.11%) ERP
17 40 (7.92%) Budgeting
18 39 (7.72%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.57%) SQL
2 7 (1.39%) Python
2 7 (1.39%) VBA
3 5 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.99%) VB
4 3 (0.59%) Korn
5 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 84 (16.63%) Degree
2 76 (15.05%) Security Cleared
3 62 (12.28%) PMI Certification
4 53 (10.50%) PMP
5 51 (10.10%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.75%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.18%) APMP
8 9 (1.78%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (1.78%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.78%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (1.78%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.99%) CISSP
10 5 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.79%) CISM
11 4 (0.79%) MAPM
12 3 (0.59%) CCA
12 3 (0.59%) CCNA
12 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.72%) QA
2 16 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.77%) GDPR
3 14 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.57%) P3O
5 10 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.19%) NIST
7 5 (0.99%) SLA
8 4 (0.79%) GRC
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.40%) MiFID
10 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) HL7
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.78%) Nmap
2 1 (0.20%) logstash
2 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 100 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.50%) SAP
3 37 (7.33%) Oracle
4 25 (4.95%) Planview
5 16 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.57%) Cisco
6 13 (2.57%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.99%) IFS
8 4 (0.79%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (0.79%) Workday
9 3 (0.59%) Ariba
9 3 (0.59%) Arista
9 3 (0.59%) BT
9 3 (0.59%) Databricks
9 3 (0.59%) GoldenSource
10 2 (0.40%) Concur
10 2 (0.40%) Dell
10 2 (0.40%) Juniper
11 1 (0.20%) Palo Alto