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

 6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 188 143
Rank change year-on-year +20 -45 -16
Contract jobs citing PMO 566 344 641
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 1.37% 1.69%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.13% 9.11% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 216 454
10th Percentile £287 £303 £315
25th Percentile £375 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -8.95% +3.36%
75th Percentile £588 £542 £579
90th Percentile £678 £651 £708
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +5.41% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 18
10th Percentile - £27.32 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £31.37 £23.01
Median hourly rate £20.75 £39.02 £31.65
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% +23.29% -27.84%
75th Percentile £63.75 £46.30 £61.50
90th Percentile £76.69 £62.88 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £39.04 £31.65
% change year-on-year -38.20% +23.35% -9.57%

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 6,198 3,774 5,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.41% 15.08% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,007 2,311 3,543
10th Percentile £330 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £601 £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 358 155 340
10th Percentile £15.51 £15.50 £11.95
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.63 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +26.14% -28.92%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.88 £78.38 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -13.41% +27.04% -28.57%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +24 235 £503 +18.24% 43
South East +45 145 £500 +10.99% 30
Midlands -36 70 £393 -18.31% 24
West Midlands -33 57 £400 -20.00% 21
North of England -44 57 £423 -12.37% 32
Yorkshire -45 33 £438 -2.67% 12
South West -27 26 £410 -18.00% 14
North West -38 22 £375 -25.00% 20
East of England -20 18 £493 -1.50% 13
East Midlands -27 14 £309 -25.36% 3
North East -12 2 £450 -15.49% 2
PMO
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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 (15.02%) SharePoint
2 39 (6.89%) Confluence
3 3 (0.53%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 186 (32.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (22.97%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (17.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 94 (16.61%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (3.00%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.12%) Primavera
3 6 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.35%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.35%) 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 92 (16.25%) Power Platform
2 40 (7.07%) Azure
3 22 (3.89%) AWS
4 15 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.41%) OCI
6 8 (1.41%) Smartsheet
7 6 (1.06%) SaaS
8 5 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.88%) OpenShift
9 4 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.71%) Serverless
9 4 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.53%) GCP
10 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.12%) Firewall
2 11 (1.94%) 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 89 (15.72%) Power BI
2 14 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (1.59%) Power Query
3 9 (1.59%) Tableau
4 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.71%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) Metadata
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.18%) QlikView
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 116 (20.49%) JIRA
2 10 (1.77%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.77%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.18%) Hudson
3 1 (0.18%) LSMW
General
1 285 (50.35%) Finance
2 249 (43.99%) Social Skills
3 114 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
5 63 (11.13%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.36%) Banking
7 26 (4.59%) Retail
8 25 (4.42%) Legal
9 24 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (4.24%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.00%) Telecoms
13 12 (2.12%) Marketing
14 11 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.77%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.24%) Electronics
16 7 (1.24%) Local Government
17 6 (1.06%) Military
18 5 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 125 (22.08%) Analyst
2 101 (17.84%) Project Manager
3 96 (16.96%) PMO Analyst
4 79 (13.96%) Lead
5 57 (10.07%) PMO Lead
6 45 (7.95%) PMO Manager
7 34 (6.01%) Senior
8 27 (4.77%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.53%) Programme Manager
9 20 (3.53%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.00%) IT Manager
10 17 (3.00%) SAP Manager
10 17 (3.00%) Support Officer
11 15 (2.65%) SAP Project Manager
12 14 (2.47%) Consultant
12 14 (2.47%) IT Project Manager
12 14 (2.47%) Project Coordinator
13 13 (2.30%) PMO Coordinator
13 13 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.30%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.06%) ADO
3 2 (0.35%) Middleware
3 2 (0.35%) 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 34 (6.01%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.59%) Data Centre
3 22 (3.89%) Virtual Team
4 18 (3.18%) PMI
5 12 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.94%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.59%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.24%) NHS
10 6 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.88%) FMCG
11 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.88%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.53%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.53%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.35%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.35%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.12%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (36.75%) Project Management
2 171 (30.21%) Agile
3 157 (27.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 141 (24.91%) Project Delivery
5 114 (20.14%) PRINCE2
6 107 (18.90%) Decision-Making
7 97 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
8 94 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (13.43%) Risk Management
12 67 (11.84%) Project Governance
13 66 (11.66%) Waterfall
14 60 (10.60%) Change Management
15 59 (10.42%) Portfolio Management
16 54 (9.54%) Change Control
16 54 (9.54%) Programme Management
17 47 (8.30%) ERP
18 42 (7.42%) Budget Management
19 41 (7.24%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.06%) SQL
2 7 (1.24%) Python
2 7 (1.24%) VBA
3 6 (1.06%) VB
4 5 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.53%) Java
5 3 (0.53%) Korn
6 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 102 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 100 (17.67%) Degree
3 66 (11.66%) PMI Certification
3 66 (11.66%) SC Cleared
4 60 (10.60%) PMP
5 31 (5.48%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.12%) APMP
7 11 (1.94%) Postgraduate
8 10 (1.77%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (1.77%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.77%) Cyber Scheme
9 9 (1.59%) CISSP
10 8 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.71%) CISA
12 4 (0.71%) CISM
12 4 (0.71%) MAPM
12 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.53%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.71%) QA
2 20 (3.53%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.36%) GDPR
4 18 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.47%) P3O
5 14 (2.47%) PCI DSS
6 13 (2.30%) SLA
7 11 (1.94%) NIST
8 6 (1.06%) GRC
9 4 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.53%) MiFID
10 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.35%) COBIT
11 2 (0.35%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.77%) Nmap
2 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.18%) logstash
3 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 107 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.13%) SAP
3 37 (6.54%) Oracle
4 23 (4.06%) Planview
5 16 (2.83%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.47%) Cisco
7 11 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.88%) Dell
8 5 (0.88%) IFS
9 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
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 (0.35%) Concur
11 2 (0.35%) Juniper
11 2 (0.35%) PeopleSoft
145 PMO jobs in England