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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 194 145
Rank change year-on-year +31 -49 -12
Contract jobs citing PMO 590 340 635
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.38% 1.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.30% 8.98% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 223 443
10th Percentile £288 £306 £308
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £581
90th Percentile £686 £650 £710
UK median daily rate £495 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +6.45% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 18
10th Percentile - £27.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.99 £23.01
Median hourly rate £24.13 £39.04 £31.65
Median % change year-on-year -38.20% +23.35% -37.94%
75th Percentile £65.15 £46.30 £61.50
90th Percentile £80.35 £64.73 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £42.67 £31.65
% change year-on-year -43.46% +34.82% -33.27%

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 6,345 3,786 5,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.37% 15.35% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,101 2,394 3,495
10th Percentile £335 £263 £306
25th Percentile £413 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -4.27% -
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £702 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 155 356
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.24 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.48 £22.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% +30.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.44
90th Percentile £79.26 £78.58 £67.44
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £31.88 £24.50
% change year-on-year -12.36% +30.12% -34.67%

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 13 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

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in England over the 6 months to 13 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 13 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 +26 241 £513 +13.89% 53
South East +37 155 £500 +10.99% 38
Midlands -42 74 £350 -26.39% 33
West Midlands -42 61 £375 -25.00% 27
North of England -51 59 £438 -10.15% 37
Yorkshire -40 35 £438 -2.67% 12
South West -28 26 £410 -18.00% 17
North West -37 22 £375 -25.74% 23
East of England -19 20 £510 -8.72% 15
East Midlands -30 14 £309 -25.36% 6
North East -12 2 £450 -3.23% 3
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 80 (13.56%) SharePoint
2 41 (6.95%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 186 (31.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 137 (23.22%) Microsoft Project
3 94 (15.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 90 (15.25%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (2.54%) MS Visio
6 12 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.71%) Primavera
3 7 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.51%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.34%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (15.42%) Power Platform
2 43 (7.29%) Azure
3 24 (4.07%) AWS
4 15 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (1.69%) OCI
7 8 (1.36%) Smartsheet
8 6 (1.02%) SaaS
9 5 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.85%) OpenShift
9 5 (0.85%) Serverless
9 5 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.68%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.20%) Firewall
2 11 (1.86%) Wireless
3 5 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (0.68%) LAN
4 4 (0.68%) Network Security
4 4 (0.68%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Broadband
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) Intranet
5 1 (0.17%) PABX
5 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (14.92%) Power BI
2 15 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (1.86%) Tableau
4 9 (1.53%) Power Query
5 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.68%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) Metadata
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.17%) QlikView
8 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 119 (20.17%) JIRA
2 10 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.69%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.17%) Hudson
3 1 (0.17%) LSMW
3 1 (0.17%) Postman
3 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
General
1 296 (50.17%) Finance
2 263 (44.58%) Social Skills
3 120 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (12.37%) Organisational Skills
5 62 (10.51%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.44%) Banking
7 27 (4.58%) Legal
7 27 (4.58%) Retail
8 24 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (4.07%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.03%) Marketing
13 11 (1.86%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.19%) Electronics
14 7 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.19%) Military
15 6 (1.02%) Local Government
16 5 (0.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 131 (22.20%) Analyst
2 108 (18.31%) Project Manager
3 98 (16.61%) PMO Analyst
4 79 (13.39%) Lead
5 53 (8.98%) PMO Lead
6 44 (7.46%) PMO Manager
7 36 (6.10%) Senior
8 28 (4.75%) Coordinator
9 22 (3.73%) Programme Manager
10 20 (3.39%) IT Manager
10 20 (3.39%) Project Planner
11 18 (3.05%) SAP Manager
12 16 (2.71%) Consultant
12 16 (2.71%) IT Project Manager
12 16 (2.71%) SAP Project Manager
13 15 (2.54%) Project Coordinator
14 14 (2.37%) Support Officer
15 13 (2.20%) PMO Coordinator
15 13 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
15 13 (2.20%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.19%) ADO
3 2 (0.34%) Middleware
3 2 (0.34%) REST
3 2 (0.34%) SOAP
3 2 (0.34%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) FHIR
4 1 (0.17%) JDO
4 1 (0.17%) JSON
4 1 (0.17%) JWT
4 1 (0.17%) Kafka
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth
4 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.17%) XML
4 1 (0.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.90%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.22%) PMI
5 13 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.86%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.53%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.19%) NHS
11 6 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.85%) FMCG
12 5 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.85%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.51%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.51%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.34%) AI Agents
14 2 (0.34%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.17%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (35.08%) Project Management
2 169 (28.64%) Agile
3 166 (28.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 144 (24.41%) Project Delivery
5 121 (20.51%) PRINCE2
6 111 (18.81%) Decision-Making
7 99 (16.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 96 (16.27%) Business Intelligence
9 87 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (12.71%) Risk Management
12 66 (11.19%) Waterfall
13 65 (11.02%) Project Governance
14 59 (10.00%) Change Management
14 59 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
15 56 (9.49%) Change Control
16 52 (8.81%) Programme Management
17 50 (8.47%) ERP
18 43 (7.29%) Budgeting
19 41 (6.95%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.24%) SQL
2 7 (1.19%) Python
2 7 (1.19%) VBA
3 5 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (0.68%) VB
5 3 (0.51%) Java
5 3 (0.51%) Korn
6 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 111 (18.81%) Security Cleared
2 102 (17.29%) Degree
3 74 (12.54%) SC Cleared
4 68 (11.53%) PMI Certification
5 62 (10.51%) PMP
6 34 (5.76%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.03%) APMP
8 11 (1.86%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.69%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.69%) Cyber Scheme
10 9 (1.53%) CISSP
11 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.68%) CISA
13 4 (0.68%) CISM
13 4 (0.68%) MAPM
13 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.51%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.61%) QA
2 23 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.56%) GDPR
4 19 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.54%) SLA
6 14 (2.37%) P3O
6 14 (2.37%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.20%) NIST
8 6 (1.02%) GRC
9 4 (0.68%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.51%) MiFID
10 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.17%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.69%) Nmap
2 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.17%) logstash
3 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 108 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.68%) SAP
3 36 (6.10%) Oracle
4 20 (3.39%) Planview
5 17 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.54%) Cisco
7 8 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.19%) Dell
8 7 (1.19%) IFS
9 5 (0.85%) Databricks
10 4 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.68%) Workday
11 3 (0.51%) Ariba
11 3 (0.51%) Arista
11 3 (0.51%) BT
11 3 (0.51%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.51%) GoldenSource
12 2 (0.34%) Concur
12 2 (0.34%) Juniper
13 1 (0.17%) BMC