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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 191 141
Rank change year-on-year +24 -50 -14
Contract jobs citing PMO 561 359 637
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 1.40% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.06% 9.31% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 219 456
10th Percentile £294 £305 £314
25th Percentile £375 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £494
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -6.84% +1.80%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £581
90th Percentile £688 £657 £712
UK median daily rate £494 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +6.42% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 19
10th Percentile - £26.43 £13.50
25th Percentile £15.60 £30.60 £23.67
Median hourly rate £20.75 £37.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.67% +13.64% -24.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £58.30 £58.50
90th Percentile £76.69 £65.75 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.49% +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 6,194 3,854 5,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.48% 14.99% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,011 2,331 3,515
10th Percentile £331 £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 £605 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 149 327
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.50 £12.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £14.56
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -18.86% +19.13% -23.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £78.37 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £30.11 £25.57
% change year-on-year -8.02% +17.72% -21.32%

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 27 February 2026.

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 27 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 27 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 +19 236 £505 +18.82% 16
South East +36 144 £500 +2.04% 10
Midlands -40 65 £405 -14.83% 20
North of England -50 56 £408 -18.47% 22
West Midlands -36 52 £410 -18.00% 19
Yorkshire -50 32 £438 -2.67% 9
South West -36 27 £411 -17.85% 9
North West -29 22 £375 -25.37% 13
East of England -24 18 £493 -1.50% 3
East Midlands -22 14 £309 -25.36% 1
North East -16 2 £450 -15.49% 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 85 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 39 (6.95%) Confluence
3 3 (0.53%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 183 (32.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 130 (23.17%) Microsoft Project
3 99 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 93 (16.58%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (3.21%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.14%) Primavera
3 7 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.36%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 96 (17.11%) Power Platform
2 40 (7.13%) Azure
3 22 (3.92%) AWS
4 16 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.43%) OCI
6 8 (1.43%) Smartsheet
7 6 (1.07%) SaaS
8 5 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.89%) OpenShift
8 5 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.71%) Serverless
9 4 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.53%) GCP
10 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.14%) Firewall
2 11 (1.96%) Wireless
3 4 (0.71%) LAN
3 4 (0.71%) Network Security
3 4 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (0.71%) WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) Internet
4 1 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (16.58%) Power BI
2 14 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (2.14%) Power Query
4 9 (1.60%) Tableau
5 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.71%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Metadata
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) QlikView
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 116 (20.68%) JIRA
2 10 (1.78%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.78%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.18%) LSMW
General
1 279 (49.73%) Finance
2 246 (43.85%) Social Skills
3 114 (20.32%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (13.01%) Organisational Skills
5 58 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.42%) Banking
7 26 (4.63%) Legal
7 26 (4.63%) Retail
8 24 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (4.10%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (3.21%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.50%) Marketing
13 12 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.78%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.25%) Electronics
15 7 (1.25%) Local Government
16 6 (1.07%) Military
17 5 (0.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 122 (21.75%) Analyst
2 102 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 95 (16.93%) PMO Analyst
4 78 (13.90%) Lead
5 58 (10.34%) PMO Lead
6 46 (8.20%) PMO Manager
7 36 (6.42%) Senior
8 27 (4.81%) Coordinator
9 20 (3.57%) Programme Manager
9 20 (3.57%) Project Planner
10 17 (3.03%) SAP Manager
10 17 (3.03%) Support Officer
11 16 (2.85%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.67%) SAP Project Manager
13 14 (2.50%) Consultant
13 14 (2.50%) Project Coordinator
14 13 (2.32%) IT Project Manager
14 13 (2.32%) PMO Coordinator
14 13 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.32%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.07%) ADO
3 2 (0.36%) Middleware
3 2 (0.36%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) FHIR
4 1 (0.18%) JDO
4 1 (0.18%) Kafka
4 1 (0.18%) React
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.35%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 21 (3.74%) Virtual Team
4 19 (3.39%) PMI
5 11 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.96%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.78%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.07%) NHS
8 5 (0.89%) FMCG
8 5 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.89%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.53%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.53%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.36%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.36%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (36.90%) Project Management
2 171 (30.48%) Agile
3 152 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 138 (24.60%) Project Delivery
5 114 (20.32%) PRINCE2
6 107 (19.07%) Decision-Making
7 101 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
8 93 (16.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 82 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (13.37%) Risk Management
12 68 (12.12%) Project Governance
13 67 (11.94%) Waterfall
14 61 (10.87%) Change Management
15 59 (10.52%) Portfolio Management
16 55 (9.80%) Programme Management
17 54 (9.63%) Change Control
18 46 (8.20%) ERP
19 42 (7.49%) Budget Management
20 41 (7.31%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.10%) SQL
2 7 (1.25%) Python
2 7 (1.25%) VBA
3 6 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (1.07%) VB
4 3 (0.53%) Java
4 3 (0.53%) Korn
5 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 98 (17.47%) Degree
2 96 (17.11%) Security Cleared
3 67 (11.94%) PMI Certification
4 63 (11.23%) SC Cleared
5 60 (10.70%) PMP
6 30 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.14%) APMP
8 11 (1.96%) Postgraduate
9 10 (1.78%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (1.78%) CREST Certified
9 10 (1.78%) Cyber Scheme
10 9 (1.60%) CISSP
11 6 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.71%) CISA
12 4 (0.71%) CISM
12 4 (0.71%) MAPM
13 3 (0.53%) CCA
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.95%) QA
2 20 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.39%) GDPR
4 18 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.50%) P3O
5 14 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.96%) NIST
7 10 (1.78%) SLA
8 6 (1.07%) GRC
9 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.53%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.53%) MiFID
10 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.36%) COBIT
11 2 (0.36%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.78%) Nmap
2 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.18%) logstash
3 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 108 (19.25%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.23%) SAP
3 38 (6.77%) Oracle
4 24 (4.28%) Planview
5 15 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.50%) Cisco
6 14 (2.50%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.89%) Dell
7 5 (0.89%) IFS
8 4 (0.71%) Databricks
8 4 (0.71%) Workday
9 3 (0.53%) Ariba
9 3 (0.53%) Arista
9 3 (0.53%) BT
9 3 (0.53%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.53%) GoldenSource
10 2 (0.36%) Concur
10 2 (0.36%) Juniper
10 2 (0.36%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palo Alto