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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 187 140
Rank change year-on-year +41 -47 0
Contract jobs citing PMO 700 360 604
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.47% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.26% 9.17% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 241 392
10th Percentile £300 £263 £303
25th Percentile £375 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £585 £560 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +4.40% -4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 17
10th Percentile £20.08 £18.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £29.38 £22.34
Median hourly rate £47.81 £39.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £83.75 £46.30 £52.50
90th Percentile - £51.25 £63.55
UK median hourly rate £47.81 £38.03 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.72% +8.66% +7.69%

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 6,822 3,926 5,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.65% 16.04% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,432 2,545 3,284
10th Percentile £345 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £605 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 155 348
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.11 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.63 £13.18
Median hourly rate £33.98 £35.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +53.85% -40.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.31 £45.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £79.48 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £34.50 £21.12
% change year-on-year +4.35% +63.39% -39.67%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +41 299 £500 +11.11% 62
South East +13 148 £515 +24.85% 44
North of England -29 100 £404 -7.70% 41
Midlands -31 80 £315 -37.00% 35
West Midlands -31 64 £315 -37.00% 22
North West -11 49 £380 -24.75% 16
Yorkshire -38 46 £450 +7.27% 16
South West -25 31 £410 -18.00% 14
East Midlands -19 17 £313 -24.40% 13
East of England -24 17 £510 -12.07% 14
North East -21 5 £450 +80.00% 9
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 79 (11.29%) SharePoint
2 44 (6.29%) Confluence
3 3 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.43%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.14%) CMS
Applications
1 184 (26.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (18.57%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (14.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 78 (11.14%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (2.29%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 40 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.71%) Primavera
3 8 (1.14%) SAP CO
3 8 (1.14%) SAP FI
3 8 (1.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.86%) SAP EWM
5 5 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.43%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.29%) CA PPM
8 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.14%) Actimize
9 1 (0.14%) Remedy AR System
9 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 90 (12.86%) Power Platform
2 49 (7.00%) Azure
3 28 (4.00%) AWS
4 18 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.14%) Smartsheet
6 10 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.00%) Amazon S3
7 7 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.00%) Serverless
7 7 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (0.86%) SaaS
9 5 (0.71%) GCP
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.57%) OCI
10 4 (0.57%) OpenShift
10 4 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.00%) Firewall
2 10 (1.43%) Wireless
3 6 (0.86%) Network Security
4 3 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.43%) WAN
5 2 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.14%) Broadband
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) PABX
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.14%) VPN
6 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (12.71%) Power BI
2 15 (2.14%) Tableau
3 10 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.00%) Power Query
5 4 (0.57%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.29%) Metadata
6 2 (0.29%) QlikView
6 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 117 (16.71%) JIRA
2 10 (1.43%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.43%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.29%) Hudson
4 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) LSMW
4 1 (0.14%) Postman
4 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 296 (42.29%) Finance
2 278 (39.71%) Social Skills
3 144 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 67 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 50 (7.14%) Banking
7 32 (4.57%) Retail
8 27 (3.86%) Legal
9 24 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.57%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.43%) Marketing
16 9 (1.29%) Military
17 6 (0.86%) Billing
17 6 (0.86%) Local Government
18 5 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
19 4 (0.57%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 152 (21.71%) Analyst
2 125 (17.86%) Project Manager
3 113 (16.14%) PMO Analyst
4 93 (13.29%) Lead
5 63 (9.00%) PMO Manager
6 47 (6.71%) Senior
7 44 (6.29%) PMO Lead
8 30 (4.29%) SAP Manager
9 24 (3.43%) Coordinator
10 23 (3.29%) IT Manager
10 23 (3.29%) SAP Project Manager
11 21 (3.00%) Change Manager
12 20 (2.86%) Programme Manager
12 20 (2.86%) Project Officer
13 19 (2.71%) Senior Manager
13 19 (2.71%) Support Officer
14 18 (2.57%) PMO Specialist
14 18 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.43%) PMO Project Manager
15 17 (2.43%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (1.29%) ADO
3 3 (0.43%) REST
4 2 (0.29%) Middleware
4 2 (0.29%) SOAP
4 2 (0.29%) Web Services
5 1 (0.14%) JDO
5 1 (0.14%) JSON
5 1 (0.14%) JWT
5 1 (0.14%) Kafka
5 1 (0.14%) OAuth
5 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.14%) XML
5 1 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 20 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 17 (2.43%) Virtual Team
4 16 (2.29%) PMI
5 15 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.86%) NHS
12 5 (0.71%) FMCG
12 5 (0.71%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.57%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.43%) Online Banking
14 3 (0.43%) Reinsurance
15 2 (0.29%) Private Cloud
15 2 (0.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.14%) pSOS
2 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (33.43%) Project Management
2 198 (28.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 185 (26.43%) Agile
4 173 (24.71%) Project Delivery
5 139 (19.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (19.43%) Decision-Making
7 128 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 117 (16.71%) PRINCE2
9 92 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
10 80 (11.43%) Risk Management
11 79 (11.29%) Waterfall
12 78 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
13 74 (10.57%) Change Management
14 66 (9.43%) Change Control
15 58 (8.29%) Programme Management
15 58 (8.29%) Project Governance
16 55 (7.86%) Portfolio Management
17 54 (7.71%) Programme Governance
18 50 (7.14%) Migration
19 49 (7.00%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.43%) SQL
2 7 (1.00%) VBA
3 5 (0.71%) Python
4 4 (0.57%) Korn
4 4 (0.57%) VB
5 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.43%) Java
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 158 (22.57%) Security Cleared
2 111 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 103 (14.71%) Degree
4 69 (9.86%) PMP
5 64 (9.14%) PMI Certification
6 46 (6.57%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.57%) APMP
8 11 (1.57%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.43%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.43%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.43%) Cyber Scheme
10 8 (1.14%) APMG
11 6 (0.86%) CISSP
11 6 (0.86%) MAPM
12 5 (0.71%) CISA
12 5 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.29%) QA
2 25 (3.57%) GDPR
3 24 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.00%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.00%) SLA
6 12 (1.71%) P3O
7 9 (1.29%) NIST
8 6 (0.86%) GRC
9 5 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.57%) MiFID
11 3 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.43%) ITGC
11 3 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.29%) COBIT
12 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.43%) Nmap
2 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.29%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 91 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 84 (12.00%) SAP
3 26 (3.71%) Oracle
4 18 (2.57%) Planview
5 17 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.29%) Cisco
6 9 (1.29%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.14%) Dell
8 7 (1.00%) Workday
9 5 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.71%) Databricks
10 4 (0.57%) Adobe
10 4 (0.57%) Ariba
10 4 (0.57%) IFS
11 3 (0.43%) BT
11 3 (0.43%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.43%) Computacenter
11 3 (0.43%) Concur
12 2 (0.29%) Juniper
13 1 (0.14%) Avaya