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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 199 177
Rank change year-on-year +30 -22 -40
Contract jobs citing PMO 772 406 458
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.45% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.31% 8.37% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 283 257
10th Percentile £298 £270 £269
25th Percentile £380 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £610 £589 £575
90th Percentile £726 £698 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -7.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 17
10th Percentile £21.57 £15.60 £24.51
25th Percentile £25.31 £17.24 £28.00
Median hourly rate £53.70 £21.93 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.87% -37.34% +6.06%
75th Percentile £63.50 £28.01 £62.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £48.04 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £53.70 £20.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year +163.75% -41.83% +6.06%

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 8,296 4,853 4,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.82% 17.34% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,196 3,159 2,493
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £715 £759
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.40% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 631 235 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £16.23
Median hourly rate £32.40 £32.74 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -3.52% -13.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.25 £82.90 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £31.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +2.87% +14.51% -22.54%

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 2 October 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 October 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 2 October 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 +24 337 £525 +5.00% 300
South East +16 141 £533 +22.25% 137
North of England -20 100 £425 +13.40% 90
Midlands -34 85 £413 -2.94% 88
South West -17 59 £488 -13.18% 56
North West -6 57 £400 +11.73% 55
West Midlands -39 57 £395 -7.06% 61
Yorkshire -21 41 £450 +8.70% 25
East of England -7 36 £505 -9.01% 24
East Midlands +5 28 £475 +35.71% 27
North East -45 2 £325 +30.00% 10
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 72 (9.33%) SharePoint
2 49 (6.35%) Confluence
3 14 (1.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 188 (24.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (14.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 104 (13.47%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.42%) Primavera
3 10 (1.30%) Adobe Campaign
3 10 (1.30%) SAP CO
3 10 (1.30%) SAP FI
3 10 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.52%) Changepoint
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.39%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.39%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 78 (10.10%) Power Platform
2 47 (6.09%) Azure
3 30 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.33%) Smartsheet
6 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (1.55%) SaaS
8 11 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.30%) AWS
10 8 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.04%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.91%) OCI
12 5 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.52%) Miro
13 4 (0.52%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
14 3 (0.39%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.39%) iPaaS
14 3 (0.39%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.91%) WAN
2 3 (0.39%) LAN
2 3 (0.39%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.39%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.26%) Firewall
3 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 2 (0.26%) TCAP
3 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) MPLS
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.46%) Power BI
2 9 (1.17%) Power Query
3 5 (0.65%) Tableau
4 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.13%) QlikView
6 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 119 (15.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Hudson
2 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 320 (41.45%) Finance
2 313 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 166 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (16.32%) Organisational Skills
5 76 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 51 (6.61%) Banking
7 36 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
8 33 (4.27%) Legal
9 28 (3.63%) Local Government
10 23 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.85%) Retail
12 21 (2.72%) Marketing
13 16 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.94%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.04%) Aviation
16 8 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.04%) Military
17 6 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 145 (18.78%) Analyst
2 109 (14.12%) PMO Analyst
3 106 (13.73%) Lead
3 106 (13.73%) Project Manager
4 73 (9.46%) PMO Manager
5 59 (7.64%) Senior
6 46 (5.96%) PMO Lead
7 41 (5.31%) Coordinator
8 38 (4.92%) Project Officer
9 33 (4.27%) Project Coordinator
10 29 (3.76%) Support Officer
11 28 (3.63%) Senior PMO
12 27 (3.50%) Programme Manager
13 25 (3.24%) Consultant
14 22 (2.85%) PMO Specialist
14 22 (2.85%) Project Support Officer
15 18 (2.33%) Senior Manager
15 18 (2.33%) Transformation Manager
16 17 (2.20%) SAP Manager
16 17 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.91%) ADO
2 6 (0.78%) Middleware
2 6 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.52%) REST
3 4 (0.52%) SOAP
4 3 (0.39%) DAO
5 1 (0.13%) HTML
5 1 (0.13%) JSON
5 1 (0.13%) OAuth
5 1 (0.13%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.13%) Terraform
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
5 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.22%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.07%) Product Ownership
3 16 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (2.07%) Virtual Team
4 13 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 12 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.30%) PMI
7 9 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.78%) FMCG
9 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.52%) Life Science
10 4 (0.52%) NHS
11 3 (0.39%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.26%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Linux
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
2 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (42.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 224 (29.02%) Project Management
3 211 (27.33%) Agile
4 201 (26.04%) Project Delivery
5 194 (25.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (20.85%) Decision-Making
6 161 (20.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 120 (15.54%) PRINCE2
8 98 (12.69%) Programme Governance
9 94 (12.18%) Programme Management
10 88 (11.40%) Waterfall
11 87 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (10.88%) Project Governance
13 80 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
14 78 (10.10%) Programme Delivery
15 74 (9.59%) Change Management
16 73 (9.46%) Portfolio Management
17 67 (8.68%) AI
18 66 (8.55%) Risk Management
19 64 (8.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.04%) SQL
2 7 (0.91%) Korn
2 7 (0.91%) VBA
3 4 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.52%) Python
4 1 (0.13%) COBOL
4 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 217 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 132 (17.10%) SC Cleared
3 83 (10.75%) DV Cleared
4 72 (9.33%) Degree
5 52 (6.74%) PMP
6 47 (6.09%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.52%) CAPM
11 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.39%) APMG
12 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.26%) APMP
13 2 (0.26%) MAPM
13 2 (0.26%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.26%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.66%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.50%) P3O
2 27 (3.50%) QA
3 11 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.04%) GDPR
5 7 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.78%) GRC
7 5 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.65%) SLA
8 4 (0.52%) NIST
9 3 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.39%) MiFID
9 3 (0.39%) SEPA
10 2 (0.26%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 2 (0.26%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 187 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.49%) SAP
3 38 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 24 (3.11%) Oracle
5 20 (2.59%) Planview
6 15 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.81%) Adobe
8 8 (1.04%) Google
8 8 (1.04%) Workday
9 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.39%) Ariba
11 2 (0.26%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.26%) IBM
11 2 (0.26%) JD Edwards
12 1 (0.13%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.13%) Databricks
12 1 (0.13%) NEC
12 1 (0.13%) Orchard
12 1 (0.13%) Remedy
12 1 (0.13%) Sage