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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 185 144
Rank change year-on-year +15 -41 -18
Contract jobs citing PMO 563 358 642
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 1.40% 1.69%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.11% 9.29% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 222 455
10th Percentile £288 £306 £316
25th Percentile £375 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -8.95% +3.09%
75th Percentile £588 £542 £581
90th Percentile £681 £652 £707
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +5.41% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 19
10th Percentile - £27.32 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £31.37 £23.67
Median hourly rate £20.75 £39.02 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% +18.24% -24.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £46.30 £58.50
90th Percentile £76.69 £62.88 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £39.04 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.56% +18.30% -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 6,181 3,854 5,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.46% 15.09% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,993 2,348 3,549
10th Percentile £331 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 156 343
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.50 £11.95
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.81 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.94 £32.66 £25.38
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% +28.66% -27.49%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.43 £78.40 £72.38
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% +27.04% -23.08%

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 1 March 2026.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 1 March 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 1 March 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 +22 235 £500 +17.65% 35
South East +31 144 £500 +6.33% 28
Midlands -35 67 £400 -16.75% 25
North of England -44 57 £423 -12.37% 27
West Midlands -36 54 £410 -18.00% 24
Yorkshire -49 33 £438 -2.67% 10
South West -36 27 £410 -18.00% 11
North West -40 22 £375 -25.00% 17
East of England -23 18 £493 -1.50% 5
East Midlands -21 14 £309 -25.36% 1
North East -12 2 £450 -15.49% 1
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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 84 (14.92%) SharePoint
2 39 (6.93%) Confluence
3 3 (0.53%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 184 (32.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (23.09%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (17.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 93 (16.52%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (3.02%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.13%) Primavera
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (16.52%) Power Platform
2 40 (7.10%) Azure
3 22 (3.91%) AWS
4 15 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.42%) OCI
5 8 (1.42%) Smartsheet
6 6 (1.07%) SaaS
7 5 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.89%) OpenShift
8 4 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.71%) Serverless
8 4 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.53%) GCP
9 3 (0.53%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.53%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.13%) Firewall
2 11 (1.95%) Wireless
3 4 (0.71%) LAN
3 4 (0.71%) Network Security
3 4 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.71%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) Internet
4 1 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (15.99%) Power BI
2 14 (2.49%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.78%) Power Query
4 9 (1.60%) Tableau
5 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.71%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Metadata
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) QlikView
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 115 (20.43%) JIRA
2 10 (1.78%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.78%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.18%) LSMW
General
1 281 (49.91%) Finance
2 248 (44.05%) Social Skills
3 114 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.14%) Organisational Skills
5 61 (10.83%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.39%) Banking
7 26 (4.62%) Retail
8 25 (4.44%) Legal
9 24 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (4.26%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.02%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.13%) Marketing
14 11 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.78%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.24%) Electronics
16 7 (1.24%) Local Government
17 6 (1.07%) Military
18 5 (0.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 124 (22.02%) Analyst
2 100 (17.76%) Project Manager
3 96 (17.05%) PMO Analyst
4 79 (14.03%) Lead
5 58 (10.30%) PMO Lead
6 45 (7.99%) PMO Manager
7 34 (6.04%) Senior
8 27 (4.80%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.55%) Programme Manager
9 20 (3.55%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.02%) SAP Manager
10 17 (3.02%) Support Officer
11 16 (2.84%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.66%) SAP Project Manager
13 14 (2.49%) Project Coordinator
14 13 (2.31%) Consultant
14 13 (2.31%) IT Project Manager
14 13 (2.31%) PMO Coordinator
14 13 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.31%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.07%) ADO
3 2 (0.36%) Middleware
3 2 (0.36%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) FHIR
4 1 (0.18%) JDO
4 1 (0.18%) Kafka
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.62%) Data Centre
3 22 (3.91%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.20%) PMI
5 12 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.95%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.07%) NHS
10 5 (0.89%) FMCG
10 5 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.89%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.53%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.53%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.36%) CMDB
12 2 (0.36%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (36.94%) Project Management
2 171 (30.37%) Agile
3 156 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 141 (25.04%) Project Delivery
5 114 (20.25%) PRINCE2
6 107 (19.01%) Decision-Making
7 98 (17.41%) Business Intelligence
8 92 (16.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 83 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (13.50%) Risk Management
12 68 (12.08%) Project Governance
13 67 (11.90%) Waterfall
14 60 (10.66%) Change Management
15 59 (10.48%) Portfolio Management
16 54 (9.59%) Change Control
16 54 (9.59%) Programme Management
17 46 (8.17%) ERP
18 42 (7.46%) Budget Management
19 41 (7.28%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.09%) SQL
2 7 (1.24%) Python
2 7 (1.24%) VBA
3 6 (1.07%) VB
4 5 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.53%) Java
5 3 (0.53%) Korn
6 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 100 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.41%) Degree
3 66 (11.72%) PMI Certification
3 66 (11.72%) SC Cleared
4 60 (10.66%) PMP
5 31 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.13%) APMP
7 11 (1.95%) Postgraduate
8 10 (1.78%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (1.78%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.78%) Cyber Scheme
9 9 (1.60%) CISSP
10 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.71%) CISA
12 4 (0.71%) CISM
12 4 (0.71%) MAPM
13 3 (0.53%) CCA
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.75%) QA
2 20 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.37%) GDPR
4 18 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.49%) P3O
5 14 (2.49%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.95%) NIST
6 11 (1.95%) SLA
7 6 (1.07%) GRC
8 4 (0.71%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.53%) MiFID
9 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.36%) COBIT
10 2 (0.36%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.18%) ITGC
11 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.78%) Nmap
2 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.18%) logstash
3 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 107 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.01%) SAP
3 37 (6.57%) Oracle
4 23 (4.09%) Planview
5 16 (2.84%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.49%) Cisco
7 12 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.89%) Dell
8 5 (0.89%) IFS
9 4 (0.71%) Databricks
9 4 (0.71%) Workday
10 3 (0.53%) Ariba
10 3 (0.53%) Arista
10 3 (0.53%) BT
10 3 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.53%) GoldenSource
11 2 (0.36%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.36%) Concur
11 2 (0.36%) Juniper
11 2 (0.36%) PeopleSoft
119 PMO jobs in England