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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 198 186
Rank change year-on-year +22 -12 -39
Contract jobs citing PMO 771 404 448
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.43% 1.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.10% 8.09% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 281 253
10th Percentile £300 £271 £263
25th Percentile £380 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% +2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £624 £590 £556
90th Percentile £738 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 17
10th Percentile £22.82 - £24.51
25th Percentile £27.38 £15.60 £28.00
Median hourly rate £54.40 £20.36 £30.21
Median % change year-on-year +167.19% -32.61% -8.45%
75th Percentile £66.92 £25.00 £62.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £44.37 £63.95
UK median hourly rate £54.40 £21.93 £29.11
% change year-on-year +148.06% -24.65% -11.80%

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 8,472 4,995 4,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.10% 17.71% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,280 3,251 2,441
10th Percentile £325 £300 £291
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -5.09%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £720 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 245 197
10th Percentile £13.74 £15.13 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.60 £17.69 £18.13
Median hourly rate £31.46 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.40 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.32 £81.80 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.67
% change year-on-year - +8.42% -23.14%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +18 327 £540 +8.00% 22
South East +20 144 £533 +18.44% 26
North of England -11 108 £450 +20.97% 9
Midlands -28 86 £413 -2.94% 14
North West -2 61 £407 +13.69% 6
South West -16 59 £488 -13.18% 4
West Midlands -45 55 £395 -7.06% 11
Yorkshire -19 43 £450 +7.14% 3
East of England -12 34 £510 -7.27% 7
East Midlands +16 31 £475 +35.71% 3
North East -39 4 £600 +140.00%
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 (10.25%) SharePoint
2 52 (6.74%) Confluence
3 14 (1.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 195 (25.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (14.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 104 (13.49%) Microsoft Project
4 62 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.56%) Primavera
3 10 (1.30%) Adobe Campaign
4 7 (0.91%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.91%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.52%) Changepoint
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.39%) CA PPM
6 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.39%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 81 (10.51%) Power Platform
2 49 (6.36%) Azure
3 32 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (2.33%) Smartsheet
6 17 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.43%) SaaS
8 9 (1.17%) AWS
9 8 (1.04%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.04%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.91%) OCI
11 5 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.52%) Miro
13 3 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (0.39%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.39%) iPaaS
13 3 (0.39%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.39%) PaaS
13 3 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.78%) WAN
2 3 (0.39%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.39%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 2 (0.26%) LAN
3 2 (0.26%) TCAP
3 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
4 1 (0.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (9.86%) 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%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.13%) Metadata
6 1 (0.13%) QlikView
6 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 121 (15.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.13%) Hudson
3 1 (0.13%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 329 (42.67%) Finance
2 320 (41.50%) Social Skills
3 172 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (16.86%) Organisational Skills
5 76 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 49 (6.36%) Banking
7 40 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
8 34 (4.41%) Legal
9 28 (3.63%) Local Government
10 24 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.85%) Retail
12 20 (2.59%) Marketing
13 15 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.04%) Aviation
16 8 (1.04%) Military
17 5 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 146 (18.94%) Analyst
2 109 (14.14%) PMO Analyst
3 108 (14.01%) Lead
4 106 (13.75%) Project Manager
5 66 (8.56%) PMO Manager
6 62 (8.04%) Senior
7 48 (6.23%) PMO Lead
8 41 (5.32%) Coordinator
8 41 (5.32%) Project Officer
9 34 (4.41%) Project Coordinator
10 30 (3.89%) Programme Manager
11 29 (3.76%) Support Officer
12 28 (3.63%) Senior PMO
13 27 (3.50%) Consultant
14 22 (2.85%) PMO Specialist
14 22 (2.85%) Project Support Officer
15 20 (2.59%) Senior Manager
16 19 (2.46%) Transformation Manager
17 17 (2.20%) Delivery Manager
17 17 (2.20%) PMO Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.17%) ADO
2 7 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.78%) Middleware
3 6 (0.78%) REST
4 4 (0.52%) SOAP
5 3 (0.39%) DAO
6 1 (0.13%) HTML
6 1 (0.13%) JSON
6 1 (0.13%) OAuth
6 1 (0.13%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.13%) Terraform
6 1 (0.13%) Web Services
6 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.46%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.30%) PMI
9 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.78%) NHS
12 4 (0.52%) FMCG
12 4 (0.52%) Life Science
12 4 (0.52%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 2 (0.26%) Mobile App
14 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
1 341 (44.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 225 (29.18%) Project Management
3 219 (28.40%) Agile
4 204 (26.46%) Project Delivery
5 199 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 171 (22.18%) Decision-Making
7 163 (21.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 121 (15.69%) PRINCE2
9 104 (13.49%) Programme Governance
10 102 (13.23%) Programme Management
11 97 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (11.54%) Waterfall
13 86 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
14 85 (11.02%) Project Governance
15 83 (10.77%) Portfolio Management
16 78 (10.12%) Programme Delivery
17 73 (9.47%) AI
18 70 (9.08%) Change Management
19 67 (8.69%) Migration
19 67 (8.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (0.91%) SQL
1 7 (0.91%) VBA
2 6 (0.78%) Korn
2 6 (0.78%) Python
3 4 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.13%) C
4 1 (0.13%) COBOL
4 1 (0.13%) Groovy
4 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 213 (27.63%) Security Cleared
2 124 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 88 (11.41%) DV Cleared
4 66 (8.56%) Degree
5 50 (6.49%) PMP
6 46 (5.97%) PMI Certification
7 22 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.52%) CAPM
12 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.26%) APMG
13 2 (0.26%) CISSP
13 2 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.26%) MBA
13 2 (0.26%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.26%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.37%) P3O
2 26 (3.37%) QA
3 11 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.91%) GDPR
5 7 (0.91%) SLA
6 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.65%) GRC
8 4 (0.52%) NIST
9 3 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.39%) SEPA
10 2 (0.26%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) MiFID
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
1 198 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.12%) SAP
3 37 (4.80%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.37%) Oracle
5 21 (2.72%) Planview
6 15 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.82%) Adobe
8 8 (1.04%) Google
8 8 (1.04%) Workday
9 6 (0.78%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.39%) IBM
11 2 (0.26%) Ariba
11 2 (0.26%) IFS
11 2 (0.26%) JD Edwards
12 1 (0.13%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.13%) Databricks
12 1 (0.13%) eFront
12 1 (0.13%) Genesys
12 1 (0.13%) Remedy
12 1 (0.13%) Sage