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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 188 144
Rank change year-on-year -10 -44 -19
Contract jobs citing PMO 435 425 708
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 1.37% 1.80%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.05% 10.35% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 259 525
10th Percentile £292 £300 £313
25th Percentile £368 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £688 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 18
10th Percentile - £23.95 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £36.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.44% +9.09% -25.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.63 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.24 £64.21 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £33.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% +0.32% -25.00%

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 5,401 4,105 5,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.68% 13.22% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,497 2,390 3,748
10th Percentile £312 £287 £320
25th Percentile £404 £399 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 177 228
10th Percentile £15.14 £12.74 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.13 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.63 £30.21 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -22.54% +73.33%
75th Percentile £57.38 £63.43 £67.63
90th Percentile £79.99 £70.00 £83.30
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -8.55% -23.61% +58.70%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +11 178 £500 +8.11% 110
Midlands -35 73 £425 -15.00% 36
South East -1 71 £490 +8.89% 66
West Midlands -27 63 £450 -14.29% 27
North of England -48 49 £432 -4.11% 37
South West -4 37 £538 +38.71% 21
Yorkshire -30 31 £439 -9.02% 18
East of England -4 20 £520 +0.24% 14
North West -30 17 £358 +0.49% 17
East Midlands -14 10 £350 +13.64% 9
North East -8 1 £450 -25.00% 3
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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 66 (15.17%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.37%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 114 (26.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (17.70%) Microsoft Project
3 72 (16.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 66 (15.17%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.30%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.61%) Primavera
4 6 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Epicor iScala
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 58 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (2.99%) Smartsheet
4 12 (2.76%) Azure
5 8 (1.84%) OCI
6 7 (1.61%) SaaS
7 6 (1.38%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.15%) AWS
8 5 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.69%) PaaS
10 3 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.69%) Slack
10 3 (0.69%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.46%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.69%) LAN
1 3 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (0.69%) WAN
2 2 (0.46%) Wireless
3 1 (0.23%) 802.11
3 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.41%) Power BI
2 9 (2.07%) Power Query
3 7 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.92%) Tableau
5 2 (0.46%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 73 (16.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Git
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 228 (52.41%) Finance
2 187 (42.99%) Social Skills
3 61 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.11%) Banking
4 44 (10.11%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (4.60%) Legal
9 13 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.30%) Marketing
12 9 (2.07%) Local Government
13 8 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.61%) Front Office
14 7 (1.61%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.38%) Retail
16 5 (1.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 98 (22.53%) Analyst
2 78 (17.93%) PMO Analyst
3 68 (15.63%) Lead
4 62 (14.25%) Project Manager
5 58 (13.33%) PMO Lead
6 32 (7.36%) PMO Manager
7 28 (6.44%) Senior
8 19 (4.37%) Programme Manager
9 18 (4.14%) Coordinator
10 17 (3.91%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.45%) Senior PMO
12 14 (3.22%) IT Project Manager
13 13 (2.99%) Project Analyst
14 12 (2.76%) Administrator
15 11 (2.53%) PMO Coordinator
15 11 (2.53%) Support Officer
16 10 (2.30%) PMO Officer
17 9 (2.07%) Project Coordinator
17 9 (2.07%) Project Planner
17 9 (2.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.15%) ADO
3 2 (0.46%) Middleware
3 2 (0.46%) React
4 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.23%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.23%) FHIR
4 1 (0.23%) OAuth
4 1 (0.23%) OpenID
4 1 (0.23%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.06%) PMI
3 17 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.92%) FMCG
9 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.92%) NHS
10 3 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.69%) Derivative
10 3 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.46%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.46%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.46%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.46%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (38.62%) Project Management
2 135 (31.03%) Agile
3 120 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 94 (21.61%) Project Delivery
5 93 (21.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 87 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 71 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (15.17%) Project Governance
9 65 (14.94%) Programme Management
10 64 (14.71%) Change Management
11 62 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
13 54 (12.41%) Decision-Making
13 54 (12.41%) Waterfall
14 53 (12.18%) Risk Management
15 45 (10.34%) Portfolio Management
16 38 (8.74%) Change Control
17 37 (8.51%) ERP
18 36 (8.28%) Business Case
19 30 (6.90%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.07%) SQL
2 7 (1.61%) Python
2 7 (1.61%) VB
3 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.69%) VBA
4 2 (0.46%) C#
4 2 (0.46%) Java
4 2 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 57 (13.10%) Degree
2 52 (11.95%) Security Cleared
3 51 (11.72%) PMI Certification
4 44 (10.11%) PMP
5 34 (7.82%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.45%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.61%) APMP
7 7 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.38%) CISM
9 5 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.92%) CISSP
10 4 (0.92%) MAPM
11 3 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.46%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.46%) CRISC
12 2 (0.46%) RIBA
12 2 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.29%) QA
2 21 (4.83%) P3O
3 9 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.61%) NIST
5 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.15%) GDPR
6 5 (1.15%) SLA
7 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.46%) GRC
9 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) COSO
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.23%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 94 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.34%) SAP
3 31 (7.13%) Oracle
4 22 (5.06%) Planview
5 16 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.84%) Cisco
8 4 (0.92%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.69%) Arista
9 3 (0.69%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.69%) IFS
9 3 (0.69%) Workday
10 2 (0.46%) Apple
10 2 (0.46%) Google
10 2 (0.46%) Temenos
10 2 (0.46%) VMware
11 1 (0.23%) Ariba
11 1 (0.23%) BT
11 1 (0.23%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.23%) JD Edwards
272 PMO jobs in England