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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 195 152
Rank change year-on-year +44 -43 -16
Contract jobs citing PMO 735 340 581
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.39% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.23% 8.52% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 223 379
10th Percentile £300 £264 £284
25th Percentile £375 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -0.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £575
90th Percentile £699 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 20
10th Percentile £20.38 £18.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £31.15 £21.82 £24.34
Median hourly rate £63.25 £38.03 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.32% +20.73% -10.00%
75th Percentile £83.75 £46.30 £52.50
90th Percentile - £46.80 £63.31
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year +99.15% +0.83% -10.00%

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 7,183 3,992 5,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.87% 16.32% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,646 2,561 3,210
10th Percentile £350 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £607 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 172 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.63 £22.14 £12.96
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +44.35% -43.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.22 £82.94 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £23.30
% change year-on-year +10.77% +39.51% -39.82%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +40 319 £500 +5.26% 65
South East +17 139 £533 +29.21% 41
North of England -23 105 £408 -6.83% 24
Midlands -28 93 £350 -27.08% 28
West Midlands -30 72 £343 -30.46% 20
North West -7 55 £380 -24.75% 12
Yorkshire -29 45 £444 +20.00% 12
South West -26 31 £410 -26.98% 7
East of England -12 23 £510 -12.07% 8
East Midlands -12 22 £413 +9.27% 8
North East -29 5 £450 +80.00%
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 77 (10.48%) SharePoint
2 46 (6.26%) Confluence
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.41%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 177 (24.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 119 (16.19%) Microsoft Project
3 89 (12.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 68 (9.25%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (2.18%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 41 (5.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.90%) Primavera
3 12 (1.63%) SAP CO
3 12 (1.63%) SAP FI
3 12 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.82%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.27%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 89 (12.11%) Power Platform
2 43 (5.85%) Azure
3 26 (3.54%) AWS
4 19 (2.59%) Smartsheet
5 17 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (0.95%) Amazon S3
8 7 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (0.95%) Serverless
8 7 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.54%) GCP
11 4 (0.54%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.54%) SaaS
12 3 (0.41%) Miro
12 3 (0.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.36%) Firewall
2 6 (0.82%) Wireless
3 4 (0.54%) Network Security
3 4 (0.54%) WAN
4 3 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.27%) Broadband
5 2 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) PABX
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.97%) Power BI
2 14 (1.90%) Tableau
3 8 (1.09%) Power Query
4 7 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.54%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.27%) QlikView
7 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Metadata
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.14%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 109 (14.83%) JIRA
2 6 (0.82%) Burp Suite
2 6 (0.82%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.27%) Hudson
4 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) Postman
4 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 302 (41.09%) Finance
2 273 (37.14%) Social Skills
3 149 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (11.70%) Organisational Skills
5 72 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 52 (7.07%) Banking
7 34 (4.63%) Legal
8 32 (4.35%) Retail
9 23 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.59%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.50%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.50%) Marketing
15 10 (1.36%) Local Government
15 10 (1.36%) Military
16 6 (0.82%) Front Office
17 5 (0.68%) Billing
17 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 170 (23.13%) Analyst
2 130 (17.69%) Project Manager
3 115 (15.65%) PMO Analyst
4 104 (14.15%) Lead
5 62 (8.44%) PMO Manager
6 51 (6.94%) Senior
7 47 (6.39%) PMO Lead
8 32 (4.35%) SAP Manager
9 26 (3.54%) SAP Project Manager
10 24 (3.27%) Coordinator
11 23 (3.13%) Project Officer
11 23 (3.13%) Support Officer
12 20 (2.72%) Change Manager
12 20 (2.72%) PMO Project Manager
12 20 (2.72%) Senior Manager
13 19 (2.59%) Programme Manager
13 19 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.45%) Project Support Officer
15 17 (2.31%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.31%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.95%) ADO
2 6 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.54%) Middleware
3 4 (0.54%) REST
4 3 (0.41%) SOAP
5 2 (0.27%) Web Services
6 1 (0.14%) JDO
6 1 (0.14%) JSON
6 1 (0.14%) JWT
6 1 (0.14%) Kafka
6 1 (0.14%) OAuth
6 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.14%) XML
6 1 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.80%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 17 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (1.90%) Virtual Team
5 13 (1.77%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.50%) PMI
8 9 (1.22%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.95%) NHS
10 7 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.82%) FMCG
11 6 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.54%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.41%) Online Banking
13 3 (0.41%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.41%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.41%) Reinsurance
14 2 (0.27%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) Linux
2 1 (0.14%) pSOS
2 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.14%) SUSE
2 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (32.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 227 (30.88%) Project Management
3 185 (25.17%) Project Delivery
4 183 (24.90%) Agile
5 155 (21.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 140 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 137 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 113 (15.37%) PRINCE2
9 92 (12.52%) Business Intelligence
10 82 (11.16%) Waterfall
11 78 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (10.48%) Change Management
13 74 (10.07%) Risk Management
14 65 (8.84%) Change Control
14 65 (8.84%) Programme Management
15 63 (8.57%) Programme Governance
16 59 (8.03%) Portfolio Management
17 58 (7.89%) Migration
18 56 (7.62%) Project Governance
19 54 (7.35%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.27%) SQL
2 7 (0.95%) VBA
3 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.68%) Python
4 4 (0.54%) VB
5 3 (0.41%) Java
5 3 (0.41%) Korn
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 165 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.65%) SC Cleared
3 95 (12.93%) Degree
4 62 (8.44%) PMP
5 57 (7.76%) PMI Certification
6 47 (6.39%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.22%) APMG
9 7 (0.95%) APMP
9 7 (0.95%) CISSP
9 7 (0.95%) Postgraduate
10 6 (0.82%) CHECK Team Member
10 6 (0.82%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.82%) Cyber Scheme
10 6 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.68%) CISA
11 5 (0.68%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.41%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.31%) QA
2 36 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.13%) GDPR
4 14 (1.90%) SLA
5 13 (1.77%) P3O
6 12 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.22%) NIST
9 6 (0.82%) GRC
9 6 (0.82%) MiFID
10 5 (0.68%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.41%) ITGC
11 3 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.27%) COBIT
12 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.82%) Nmap
1 6 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.27%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 102 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 92 (12.52%) SAP
3 26 (3.54%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.72%) Oracle
5 16 (2.18%) Planview
6 11 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.22%) Workday
8 8 (1.09%) Dell
9 7 (0.95%) Cisco
10 6 (0.82%) Databricks
11 5 (0.68%) Adobe
12 4 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.54%) IFS
13 3 (0.41%) BT
13 3 (0.41%) Computacenter
14 2 (0.27%) Ariba
14 2 (0.27%) CheckPoint
14 2 (0.27%) Concur
14 2 (0.27%) Google
14 2 (0.27%) Remedy