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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 187 147
Rank change year-on-year -1 -40 -29
Contract jobs citing PMO 508 365 625
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.37% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.97% 9.54% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 218 452
10th Percentile £289 £304 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% -9.95% +3.90%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £582
90th Percentile £700 £650 £711
UK median daily rate £475 £471 £475
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% +13.64% -24.76%
75th Percentile £69.36 £58.30 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.20 £65.75 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.49% +18.18% -16.31%

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 5,666 3,827 5,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.16% 14.40% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,665 2,220 3,557
10th Percentile £322 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £378 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 152 287
10th Percentile £15.49 £14.73 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.92 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +9.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £63.45 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £69.48 £75.00 £76.92
UK median hourly rate £26.34 £29.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -9.17% +8.78% +2.54%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +35 208 £500 +17.65% 38
South East +38 137 £480 +6.55% 45
Midlands -47 64 £425 -12.37% 32
West Midlands -33 53 £425 -15.00% 29
North of England -67 45 £438 -8.27% 26
Yorkshire -45 27 £439 +17.07% 12
South West -38 21 £488 - 12
East of England -11 19 £475 -5.00% 10
North West -36 17 £350 -28.57% 11
East Midlands -25 12 £353 -14.79% 3
North East -12 1 £450 -25.00% 5
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 86 (16.93%) SharePoint
2 35 (6.89%) Confluence
3 3 (0.59%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 161 (31.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 113 (22.24%) Microsoft Project
3 99 (19.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 95 (18.70%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (3.35%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.17%) Primavera
3 7 (1.38%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.39%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle HRMS
8 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy AR System
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (15.55%) Power Platform
2 30 (5.91%) Azure
3 14 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.56%) AWS
4 13 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.97%) Smartsheet
6 8 (1.57%) OCI
7 6 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.18%) SaaS
8 5 (0.98%) OpenShift
8 5 (0.98%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.39%) Asana
10 2 (0.39%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.39%) PaaS
10 2 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.17%) Firewall
2 10 (1.97%) Wireless
3 4 (0.79%) LAN
3 4 (0.79%) WAN
4 3 (0.59%) Network Security
4 3 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) Intranet
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.96%) Power BI
2 12 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (1.97%) Power Query
4 4 (0.79%) PowerPivot
4 4 (0.79%) Tableau
5 2 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 102 (20.08%) JIRA
2 9 (1.77%) Burp Suite
2 9 (1.77%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 252 (49.61%) Finance
2 227 (44.69%) Social Skills
3 93 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (12.99%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (9.25%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.66%) Banking
7 23 (4.53%) Legal
8 21 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.94%) Retail
10 18 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.54%) Telecoms
11 16 (3.15%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.76%) Marketing
13 13 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.17%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.57%) Local Government
16 7 (1.38%) Electronics
17 5 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.98%) Military
Job Titles
1 114 (22.44%) Analyst
2 96 (18.90%) PMO Analyst
3 82 (16.14%) Project Manager
4 73 (14.37%) Lead
5 61 (12.01%) PMO Lead
6 41 (8.07%) PMO Manager
7 32 (6.30%) Senior
8 26 (5.12%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.94%) Project Planner
10 18 (3.54%) Programme Manager
11 15 (2.95%) IT Manager
11 15 (2.95%) Support Officer
12 14 (2.76%) Administrator
13 13 (2.56%) PMO Coordinator
13 13 (2.56%) Project Coordinator
13 13 (2.56%) Senior PMO
14 12 (2.36%) Consultant
14 12 (2.36%) IT Project Manager
14 12 (2.36%) PMO Specialist
15 11 (2.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.38%) ADO
3 3 (0.59%) Middleware
4 2 (0.39%) React
5 1 (0.20%) FHIR
5 1 (0.20%) JDO
5 1 (0.20%) Kafka
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.10%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.33%) PMI
3 21 (4.13%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.35%) Virtual Team
5 14 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.77%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.77%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.79%) FMCG
10 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.79%) NHS
11 3 (0.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.39%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.39%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.39%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.39%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.39%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (37.40%) Project Management
2 155 (30.51%) Agile
3 133 (26.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 126 (24.80%) Project Delivery
5 103 (20.28%) PRINCE2
6 92 (18.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 83 (16.34%) Decision-Making
8 82 (16.14%) Business Intelligence
9 72 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
11 69 (13.58%) Waterfall
12 67 (13.19%) Risk Management
13 66 (12.99%) Change Management
13 66 (12.99%) Project Governance
14 60 (11.81%) Change Control
14 60 (11.81%) Programme Management
15 52 (10.24%) Portfolio Management
16 43 (8.46%) ERP
17 40 (7.87%) Budget Management
18 39 (7.68%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.56%) SQL
2 7 (1.38%) VBA
3 6 (1.18%) Python
4 5 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.79%) VB
6 3 (0.59%) Korn
7 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 86 (16.93%) Degree
2 75 (14.76%) Security Cleared
3 64 (12.60%) PMI Certification
4 55 (10.83%) PMP
5 51 (10.04%) SC Cleared
6 23 (4.53%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.17%) APMP
8 9 (1.77%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (1.77%) CREST Certified
8 9 (1.77%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (1.77%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.98%) CISSP
11 4 (0.79%) CISM
11 4 (0.79%) MAPM
11 4 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.59%) CCA
12 3 (0.59%) CCNA
12 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.07%) QA
2 18 (3.54%) P3O
3 16 (3.15%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.56%) GDPR
6 9 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.18%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.18%) NIST
8 5 (0.98%) SLA
9 4 (0.79%) GRC
10 2 (0.39%) MiFID
10 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) HL7
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (0.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.77%) Nmap
2 1 (0.20%) logstash
2 1 (0.20%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 96 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.65%) SAP
3 40 (7.87%) Oracle
4 25 (4.92%) Planview
5 16 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.56%) Cisco
8 5 (0.98%) IFS
9 4 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (0.79%) Workday
10 3 (0.59%) Ariba
10 3 (0.59%) Arista
10 3 (0.59%) BT
10 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.59%) GoldenSource
11 2 (0.39%) Concur
11 2 (0.39%) Databricks
11 2 (0.39%) Dell
11 2 (0.39%) Juniper
11 2 (0.39%) VMware