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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 187 139
Rank change year-on-year +4 -48 -7
Contract jobs citing PMO 541 356 646
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.37% 1.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.95% 9.25% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 213 467
10th Percentile £285 £306 £306
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +8.83% -7.22% +2.11%
75th Percentile £588 £544 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £705
UK median daily rate £488 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +7.08% -4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 19
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £23.67
Median hourly rate £20.56 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.19% +13.64% -24.76%
75th Percentile £38.15 £58.30 £58.50
90th Percentile £80.35 £65.75 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -38.14% +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 6,048 3,848 5,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.36% 14.83% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,912 2,281 3,560
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 150 309
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £30.99 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +16.22% -23.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £49.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.34 £72.95
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £28.00 £25.12
% change year-on-year -6.75% +11.49% -22.72%

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 20 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 20 February 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 20 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 +14 221 £500 +17.65% 46
South East +45 147 £492 +9.21% 26
Midlands -39 69 £400 -15.79% 30
West Midlands -36 56 £410 -18.00% 29
North of England -58 49 £423 -13.27% 34
Yorkshire -51 28 £438 +6.18% 11
South West -33 22 £412 -16.66% 9
East of England -17 19 £510 +2.00% 5
North West -33 19 £350 -30.00% 23
East Midlands -24 14 £309 -25.36% 1
North East -14 2 £450 -25.00% 1
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 (15.16%) SharePoint
2 39 (7.21%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 179 (33.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (23.29%) Microsoft Project
3 100 (18.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 92 (17.01%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (3.14%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.03%) Primavera
3 7 (1.29%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 90 (16.64%) Power Platform
2 35 (6.47%) Azure
3 22 (4.07%) AWS
4 15 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.48%) OCI
5 8 (1.48%) Smartsheet
6 6 (1.11%) SaaS
7 5 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.92%) OpenShift
7 5 (0.92%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.74%) Serverless
8 4 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.55%) GCP
9 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.22%) Firewall
2 11 (2.03%) Wireless
3 4 (0.74%) LAN
3 4 (0.74%) WAN
4 3 (0.55%) Network Security
4 3 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
5 1 (0.18%) Intranet
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (16.08%) Power BI
2 13 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (2.03%) Power Query
4 9 (1.66%) Tableau
5 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.74%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) 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%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 112 (20.70%) JIRA
2 10 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.85%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.18%) LSMW
General
1 267 (49.35%) Finance
2 238 (43.99%) Social Skills
3 112 (20.70%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (12.75%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (10.35%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.65%) Banking
7 26 (4.81%) Legal
8 24 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (4.44%) Retail
9 23 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (3.88%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.33%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.77%) Marketing
14 13 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.85%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.48%) Local Government
17 7 (1.29%) Electronics
18 6 (1.11%) Military
19 5 (0.92%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 122 (22.55%) Analyst
2 96 (17.74%) PMO Analyst
3 93 (17.19%) Project Manager
4 75 (13.86%) Lead
5 59 (10.91%) PMO Lead
6 46 (8.50%) PMO Manager
7 32 (5.91%) Senior
8 27 (4.99%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.70%) Project Planner
10 19 (3.51%) Programme Manager
11 17 (3.14%) Support Officer
12 15 (2.77%) SAP Manager
13 14 (2.59%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.59%) Project Coordinator
14 13 (2.40%) Consultant
14 13 (2.40%) PMO Coordinator
14 13 (2.40%) SAP Project Manager
14 13 (2.40%) Senior PMO
15 12 (2.22%) Administrator
15 12 (2.22%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.11%) ADO
3 2 (0.37%) Middleware
3 2 (0.37%) React
3 2 (0.37%) 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%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.55%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 19 (3.51%) PMI
4 18 (3.33%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.03%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.11%) NHS
11 5 (0.92%) FMCG
12 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.55%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.55%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.37%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.37%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (36.78%) Project Management
2 162 (29.94%) Agile
3 141 (26.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 131 (24.21%) Project Delivery
5 106 (19.59%) PRINCE2
6 97 (17.93%) Decision-Making
7 95 (17.56%) Business Intelligence
8 91 (16.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 82 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (13.49%) Risk Management
12 69 (12.75%) Project Governance
13 64 (11.83%) Waterfall
14 60 (11.09%) Change Management
15 58 (10.72%) Portfolio Management
16 55 (10.17%) Change Control
16 55 (10.17%) Programme Management
17 44 (8.13%) ERP
18 41 (7.58%) Budget Management
19 40 (7.39%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.70%) SQL
2 7 (1.29%) Python
2 7 (1.29%) VBA
3 6 (1.11%) VB
4 5 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.55%) Korn
6 1 (0.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 95 (17.56%) Degree
2 90 (16.64%) Security Cleared
3 64 (11.83%) PMI Certification
4 60 (11.09%) SC Cleared
5 56 (10.35%) PMP
6 28 (5.18%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.03%) APMP
8 10 (1.85%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (1.85%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.85%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (1.85%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.48%) CISSP
10 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.74%) CISA
12 4 (0.74%) CISM
12 4 (0.74%) MAPM
13 3 (0.55%) CCA
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.02%) QA
2 19 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.33%) GDPR
4 17 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.59%) PCI DSS
6 13 (2.40%) P3O
7 10 (1.85%) SLA
8 9 (1.66%) NIST
9 6 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.11%) GRC
10 3 (0.55%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.55%) MiFID
10 3 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.37%) COBIT
11 2 (0.37%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.85%) Nmap
2 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 103 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 58 (10.72%) SAP
3 37 (6.84%) Oracle
4 24 (4.44%) Planview
5 14 (2.59%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.40%) Cisco
7 5 (0.92%) IFS
8 4 (0.74%) Workday
9 3 (0.55%) Ariba
9 3 (0.55%) Arista
9 3 (0.55%) BT
9 3 (0.55%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.55%) Databricks
9 3 (0.55%) Dell
9 3 (0.55%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.37%) Concur
10 2 (0.37%) Juniper
11 1 (0.18%) Extreme Networks