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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 187 143
Rank change year-on-year +12 -44 -15
Contract jobs citing PMO 540 352 643
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.37% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.95% 9.20% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 210 459
10th Percentile £290 £299 £313
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +2.09%
75th Percentile £588 £541 £581
90th Percentile £688 £650 £712
UK median daily rate £488 £451 £475
% change year-on-year +8.21% -5.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 19
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £23.67
Median hourly rate £20.56 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.19% +13.64% -24.76%
75th Percentile £38.15 £58.30 £58.50
90th Percentile £80.35 £65.75 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £24.13 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -38.14% +18.18% -5.71%

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 6,031 3,827 5,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.38% 14.91% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,896 2,285 3,533
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 148 321
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.43 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.20 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £31.76 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +19.13% -21.05%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.01 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £30.00 £25.06
% change year-on-year -12.97% +19.72% -22.90%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +23 222 £503 +18.24% 28
South East +50 146 £496 +10.10% 21
Midlands -38 67 £410 -13.68% 24
West Midlands -43 54 £410 -16.75% 23
North of England -43 49 £423 -15.44% 29
Yorkshire -44 28 £438 +6.18% 10
South West -33 24 £410 -16.96% 9
East of England -21 19 £510 +2.00% 4
North West -35 19 £350 -30.35% 19
East Midlands -24 14 £309 -25.36% 1
North East -15 2 £450 -25.00% 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 81 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 39 (7.22%) Confluence
3 3 (0.56%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 179 (33.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (23.52%) Microsoft Project
3 99 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 92 (17.04%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (3.33%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.04%) Primavera
3 7 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.19%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 91 (16.85%) Power Platform
2 35 (6.48%) Azure
3 22 (4.07%) AWS
4 15 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.48%) OCI
5 8 (1.48%) Smartsheet
6 6 (1.11%) SaaS
7 5 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.93%) OpenShift
7 5 (0.93%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
8 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.74%) Serverless
8 4 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.22%) Firewall
2 11 (2.04%) Wireless
3 4 (0.74%) LAN
3 4 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.74%) WAN
4 3 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) Internet
5 1 (0.19%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (16.30%) Power BI
2 13 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (2.22%) Power Query
4 9 (1.67%) Tableau
5 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.74%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) Metadata
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.19%) QlikView
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 113 (20.93%) JIRA
2 10 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.85%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.19%) LSMW
General
1 267 (49.44%) Finance
2 239 (44.26%) Social Skills
3 112 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.41%) Organisational Skills
5 55 (10.19%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.67%) Banking
7 26 (4.81%) Legal
8 24 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (4.44%) Retail
9 23 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (3.89%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.33%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (2.78%) Marketing
14 12 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.85%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.30%) Electronics
17 6 (1.11%) Local Government
17 6 (1.11%) Military
18 5 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 121 (22.41%) Analyst
2 95 (17.59%) PMO Analyst
3 94 (17.41%) Project Manager
4 73 (13.52%) Lead
5 56 (10.37%) PMO Lead
6 46 (8.52%) PMO Manager
7 34 (6.30%) Senior
8 27 (5.00%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.70%) Programme Manager
9 20 (3.70%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.15%) Support Officer
11 15 (2.78%) IT Manager
11 15 (2.78%) SAP Manager
12 14 (2.59%) Project Coordinator
13 13 (2.41%) PMO Coordinator
13 13 (2.41%) SAP Project Manager
13 13 (2.41%) Senior PMO
14 12 (2.22%) IT Project Manager
14 12 (2.22%) PMO Specialist
14 12 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.11%) ADO
3 2 (0.37%) Middleware
3 2 (0.37%) React
3 2 (0.37%) Web Services
4 1 (0.19%) FHIR
4 1 (0.19%) JDO
4 1 (0.19%) Kafka
4 1 (0.19%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.37%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 19 (3.52%) PMI
3 19 (3.52%) Virtual Team
4 12 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.04%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.11%) NHS
9 5 (0.93%) FMCG
10 3 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.56%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.56%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.37%) CMDB
11 2 (0.37%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (36.67%) Project Management
2 163 (30.19%) Agile
3 143 (26.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 132 (24.44%) Project Delivery
5 109 (20.19%) PRINCE2
6 98 (18.15%) Decision-Making
7 96 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
8 92 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 82 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (13.15%) Risk Management
12 67 (12.41%) Project Governance
13 63 (11.67%) Waterfall
14 61 (11.30%) Change Management
15 57 (10.56%) Portfolio Management
16 55 (10.19%) Programme Management
17 54 (10.00%) Change Control
18 44 (8.15%) ERP
19 41 (7.59%) Budget Management
20 40 (7.41%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 21 (3.89%) SQL
2 7 (1.30%) Python
2 7 (1.30%) VBA
3 6 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (1.11%) VB
4 3 (0.56%) Korn
5 1 (0.19%) Java
Qualifications
1 94 (17.41%) Degree
2 92 (17.04%) Security Cleared
3 63 (11.67%) PMI Certification
4 61 (11.30%) SC Cleared
5 55 (10.19%) PMP
6 29 (5.37%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.04%) APMP
8 10 (1.85%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (1.85%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.85%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (1.85%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.48%) CISSP
10 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.74%) CISA
11 4 (0.74%) CISM
11 4 (0.74%) MAPM
12 3 (0.56%) CCA
12 3 (0.56%) CCNA
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.04%) QA
2 19 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.33%) GDPR
3 18 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.59%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.41%) P3O
6 10 (1.85%) NIST
6 10 (1.85%) SLA
7 6 (1.11%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.11%) GRC
8 3 (0.56%) ISO 31000
8 3 (0.56%) MiFID
8 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.85%) Nmap
2 1 (0.19%) logstash
2 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 57 (10.56%) SAP
3 37 (6.85%) Oracle
4 23 (4.26%) Planview
5 14 (2.59%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.41%) Cisco
7 5 (0.93%) IFS
8 4 (0.74%) Databricks
8 4 (0.74%) Workday
9 3 (0.56%) Ariba
9 3 (0.56%) Arista
9 3 (0.56%) BT
9 3 (0.56%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.56%) Dell
9 3 (0.56%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.56%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.37%) Concur
10 2 (0.37%) Juniper
11 1 (0.19%) Aderant