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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 188 168
Rank change year-on-year +31 -20 -30
Contract jobs citing PMO 808 419 498
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.51% 1.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.82% 8.76% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 296 293
10th Percentile £300 £268 £287
25th Percentile £380 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £605 £588 £580
90th Percentile £725 £709 £685
UK median daily rate £495 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 17
10th Percentile £20.63 £18.36 £26.68
25th Percentile £24.19 £18.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £52.67 £23.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.11% -34.72% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67.89 £37.02 £62.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £55.75 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £52.67 £21.93 £36.00
% change year-on-year +140.15% -39.08% +9.09%

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 8,227 4,784 4,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.73% 17.20% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,184 3,121 2,609
10th Percentile £331 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 226 219
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.60 £31.82 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% +9.72% -17.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.11 £63.59
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.98 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £26.68
% change year-on-year +10.00% +12.44% -22.67%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +29 366 £525 +5.00% 121
South East +26 148 £525 +31.25% 67
North of England -18 107 £400 +8.11% 30
Midlands -31 86 £413 -2.37% 22
North West +9 64 £389 +8.59% 19
West Midlands -46 60 £395 -7.06% 15
South West -40 48 £472 -13.29% 23
Yorkshire -32 40 £450 +14.07% 8
East of England -10 35 £500 -13.04% 16
East Midlands +4 26 £475 +35.71% 7
North East -49 3 £388 +55.00% 3
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 80 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 54 (6.68%) Confluence
3 10 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
5 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 194 (24.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (14.48%) Microsoft Project
3 114 (14.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.36%) Primavera
3 10 (1.24%) Adobe Campaign
3 10 (1.24%) SAP CO
3 10 (1.24%) SAP FI
3 10 (1.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.87%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.50%) CA PPM
7 4 (0.50%) Changepoint
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.50%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.12%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 82 (10.15%) Power Platform
2 52 (6.44%) Azure
3 32 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.09%) Smartsheet
6 16 (1.98%) AWS
6 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.49%) SaaS
9 8 (0.99%) Google Workspace
10 7 (0.87%) OCI
10 7 (0.87%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.62%) Miro
11 5 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.50%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.37%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.37%) iPaaS
13 3 (0.37%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.87%) WAN
2 3 (0.37%) LAN
2 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.37%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.25%) Firewall
3 2 (0.25%) Intranet
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
3 2 (0.25%) TCAP
3 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.12%) Broadband
4 1 (0.12%) MPLS
4 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (9.53%) Power BI
2 10 (1.24%) Power Query
2 10 (1.24%) Tableau
3 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.25%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) QlikView
5 1 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 126 (15.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.12%) Git
2 1 (0.12%) Hudson
2 1 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 331 (40.97%) Finance
2 321 (39.73%) Social Skills
3 178 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (15.59%) Organisational Skills
5 79 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 60 (7.43%) Banking
7 32 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.22%) Legal
9 25 (3.09%) Local Government
9 25 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.97%) Retail
11 19 (2.35%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.86%) Marketing
13 14 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.73%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.11%) Military
15 8 (0.99%) Aviation
16 7 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.74%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (19.55%) Analyst
2 118 (14.60%) Project Manager
3 116 (14.36%) PMO Analyst
4 110 (13.61%) Lead
5 77 (9.53%) PMO Manager
6 65 (8.04%) Senior
7 47 (5.82%) PMO Lead
8 39 (4.83%) Coordinator
9 34 (4.21%) Project Officer
10 32 (3.96%) Senior PMO
11 31 (3.84%) Project Coordinator
12 28 (3.47%) Support Officer
13 27 (3.34%) Programme Manager
14 23 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (2.72%) Consultant
16 21 (2.60%) PMO Specialist
16 21 (2.60%) Project Support Officer
17 20 (2.48%) Senior Manager
18 19 (2.35%) Change Manager
18 19 (2.35%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.87%) ADO
1 7 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (0.74%) Middleware
3 4 (0.50%) REST
4 3 (0.37%) DAO
4 3 (0.37%) SOAP
5 1 (0.12%) HTML
5 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 16 (1.98%) Product Ownership
3 16 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (1.86%) Data Centre
5 14 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.49%) PMI
8 11 (1.36%) Virtual Team
9 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (0.74%) FMCG
10 6 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.50%) NHS
13 3 (0.37%) Life Science
13 3 (0.37%) Online Banking
13 3 (0.37%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 2 (0.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.99%) Windows
2 1 (0.12%) Linux
2 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.12%) SUSE
2 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.12%) VMS
2 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (40.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 230 (28.47%) Agile
3 229 (28.34%) Project Management
4 211 (26.11%) Project Delivery
5 205 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 178 (22.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 154 (19.06%) Decision-Making
8 123 (15.22%) PRINCE2
9 103 (12.75%) Programme Governance
10 98 (12.13%) Waterfall
11 94 (11.63%) Change Management
12 90 (11.14%) Programme Management
13 88 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
15 80 (9.90%) Programme Delivery
15 80 (9.90%) Project Governance
16 75 (9.28%) Migration
17 72 (8.91%) Portfolio Management
18 69 (8.54%) Change Control
19 65 (8.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (1.61%) SQL
2 9 (1.11%) VBA
3 7 (0.87%) Korn
4 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (0.50%) Python
5 1 (0.12%) COBOL
5 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 221 (27.35%) Security Cleared
2 139 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.02%) Degree
4 80 (9.90%) DV Cleared
5 56 (6.93%) PMP
6 51 (6.31%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.11%) APMG
10 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.50%) CAPM
12 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.37%) APMP
13 3 (0.37%) CISSP
13 3 (0.37%) MAPM
13 3 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.59%) QA
3 27 (3.34%) P3O
4 12 (1.49%) GDPR
4 12 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.74%) NIST
6 5 (0.62%) SLA
7 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.37%) GRC
8 3 (0.37%) MiFID
8 3 (0.37%) SEPA
9 2 (0.25%) ITGC
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) TARGET2
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Ansible
2 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 178 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 88 (10.89%) SAP
3 45 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 28 (3.47%) Oracle
5 24 (2.97%) Planview
6 20 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.24%) Adobe
7 10 (1.24%) Workday
8 8 (0.99%) Google
9 5 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.37%) Computacenter
11 2 (0.25%) Ariba
11 2 (0.25%) IBM
11 2 (0.25%) IFS
11 2 (0.25%) JD Edwards
12 1 (0.12%) Concur
12 1 (0.12%) Databricks
12 1 (0.12%) Informatica
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.12%) Sage