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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 200 150
Rank change year-on-year +46 -50 -17
Contract jobs citing PMO 751 363 593
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.41% 1.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.07% 8.51% 11.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 242 385
10th Percentile £300 £268 £291
25th Percentile £380 £357 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -2.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £708 £698 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £466
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.46% -6.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 20
10th Percentile £20.31 £18.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.66 £21.82 £25.60
Median hourly rate £59.75 £38.03 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.11% +35.82% -20.00%
75th Percentile £79.79 £46.30 £49.69
90th Percentile £83.75 £46.80 £63.31
UK median hourly rate £59.75 £31.76 £28.00
% change year-on-year +88.13% +13.43% -17.04%

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 7,458 4,265 5,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.00% 16.51% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,799 2,762 3,163
10th Percentile £350 £270 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 502 186 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £20.49 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.25 £24.31
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% +32.69% -42.81%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £51.94
90th Percentile £81.71 £84.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +20.23% +26.05% -38.52%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +31 321 £500 +0.76% 82
South East +14 136 £550 +22.22% 55
North of England -17 108 £408 +10.17% 19
Midlands -10 97 £395 -7.06% 24
West Midlands -28 75 £350 -22.22% 20
North West -5 60 £385 +6.94% 12
Yorkshire -26 43 £438 +11.73% 6
South West -28 39 £410 -27.11% 15
East of England -7 24 £510 -12.07% 14
East Midlands -4 22 £413 +37.50% 4
North East -32 5 £450 +80.00% 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 73 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 48 (6.39%) Confluence
3 5 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.27%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 169 (22.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (15.18%) Microsoft Project
3 82 (10.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 37 (4.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.86%) Primavera
3 12 (1.60%) SAP CO
3 12 (1.60%) SAP FI
3 12 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.80%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.40%) CA PPM
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 87 (11.58%) Power Platform
2 39 (5.19%) Azure
3 23 (3.06%) AWS
4 21 (2.80%) Smartsheet
5 17 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (0.93%) Amazon S3
7 7 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (0.93%) Serverless
7 7 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (0.80%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.67%) OCI
9 5 (0.67%) SaaS
9 5 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.53%) GCP
11 3 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.80%) Firewall
2 4 (0.53%) Network Security
2 4 (0.53%) WAN
3 3 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.40%) Wireless
4 2 (0.27%) Broadband
4 2 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.13%) Internet
5 1 (0.13%) MPLS
5 1 (0.13%) PABX
5 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (11.45%) Power BI
2 14 (1.86%) Tableau
3 7 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (0.80%) Power Query
5 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.27%) QlikView
6 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.13%) Metadata
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 109 (14.51%) JIRA
2 3 (0.40%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.27%) Hudson
4 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) Postman
4 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 310 (41.28%) Finance
2 280 (37.28%) Social Skills
3 152 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.52%) Organisational Skills
5 77 (10.25%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.32%) Banking
7 36 (4.79%) Legal
8 29 (3.86%) Retail
9 24 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.06%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.40%) Local Government
14 14 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.60%) Marketing
16 11 (1.46%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.33%) Military
18 6 (0.80%) Billing
19 5 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 166 (22.10%) Analyst
2 128 (17.04%) Project Manager
3 113 (15.05%) PMO Analyst
4 105 (13.98%) Lead
5 67 (8.92%) PMO Manager
6 53 (7.06%) Senior
7 46 (6.13%) PMO Lead
8 31 (4.13%) Project Officer
9 30 (3.99%) SAP Manager
10 25 (3.33%) Support Officer
11 24 (3.20%) Coordinator
11 24 (3.20%) SAP Project Manager
12 22 (2.93%) Programme Manager
13 21 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.80%) Transformation Manager
14 20 (2.66%) Change Manager
14 20 (2.66%) Project Support Officer
14 20 (2.66%) Senior Manager
15 19 (2.53%) Senior PMO
16 18 (2.40%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (0.80%) ADO
3 5 (0.67%) REST
4 4 (0.53%) Middleware
4 4 (0.53%) SOAP
5 1 (0.13%) JDO
5 1 (0.13%) JSON
5 1 (0.13%) JWT
5 1 (0.13%) Kafka
5 1 (0.13%) OAuth
5 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
5 1 (0.13%) XML
5 1 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.66%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.00%) Virtual Team
6 13 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.20%) PMI
9 8 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.93%) NHS
11 6 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.67%) FMCG
13 4 (0.53%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.53%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.40%) Marketing Technology
14 3 (0.40%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.40%) Private Cloud
15 2 (0.27%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Linux
2 1 (0.13%) pSOS
2 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.13%) SUSE
2 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (33.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 214 (28.50%) Project Management
3 199 (26.50%) Agile
4 187 (24.90%) Project Delivery
5 167 (22.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 158 (21.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 155 (20.64%) Decision-Making
8 103 (13.72%) PRINCE2
9 92 (12.25%) Business Intelligence
10 80 (10.65%) Change Management
11 79 (10.52%) Waterfall
12 74 (9.85%) Programme Governance
13 72 (9.59%) Risk Management
14 71 (9.45%) Programme Management
15 70 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
16 67 (8.92%) Portfolio Management
17 64 (8.52%) Programme Delivery
18 62 (8.26%) Change Control
18 62 (8.26%) Migration
19 54 (7.19%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 21 (2.80%) SQL
2 7 (0.93%) VBA
3 4 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.53%) Korn
3 4 (0.53%) Python
3 4 (0.53%) VB
4 3 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.13%) COBOL
5 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.13%) RPG
5 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 171 (22.77%) Security Cleared
2 113 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 95 (12.65%) Degree
4 60 (7.99%) PMP
5 56 (7.46%) DV Cleared
6 53 (7.06%) PMI Certification
7 18 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.20%) APMG
9 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.93%) CISSP
11 6 (0.80%) CISA
11 6 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.67%) APMP
13 4 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.53%) Postgraduate
14 3 (0.40%) CCA
14 3 (0.40%) CHECK Team Member
14 3 (0.40%) CREST Certified
14 3 (0.40%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.13%) QA
3 21 (2.80%) GDPR
4 15 (2.00%) SLA
5 13 (1.73%) P3O
6 11 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.46%) NIST
7 7 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.67%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.53%) MiFID
10 3 (0.40%) ITGC
10 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.27%) COBIT
11 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.40%) Nmap
3 2 (0.27%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 111 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 92 (12.25%) SAP
3 30 (3.99%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.06%) Oracle
5 16 (2.13%) Planview
6 11 (1.46%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.20%) Workday
8 8 (1.07%) Dell
9 6 (0.80%) Adobe
9 6 (0.80%) Cisco
9 6 (0.80%) Google
10 5 (0.67%) Databricks
11 4 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.53%) IFS
12 3 (0.40%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.27%) BT
14 1 (0.13%) Avaya
14 1 (0.13%) IBM
14 1 (0.13%) Misys
14 1 (0.13%) Remedy