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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 174 140
Rank change year-on-year -7 -34 -15
Contract jobs citing PMO 415 468 814
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.49% 1.43% 1.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.66% 10.97% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 270 610
10th Percentile £269 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £710 £688 £743
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £498
% change year-on-year - -9.55% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 20
10th Percentile £18.29 £26.68 £29.59
25th Percentile £18.50 £28.00 £31.46
Median hourly rate £21.93 £36.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.08% +9.09% +1.54%
75th Percentile £28.01 £62.56 £35.25
90th Percentile £48.04 £63.95 £43.97
UK median hourly rate £20.36 £36.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -43.44% +9.09% -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 4,794 4,268 5,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.27% 13.05% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,128 2,545 4,037
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £539
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.60% +2.67%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £657
90th Percentile £725 £756 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 216 227
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £15.20 £19.47
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.56 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% -18.51% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.78 £70.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.09 £35.63
% change year-on-year +10.74% -23.97% +54.91%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMO 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +33 185 £500 - 161
Midlands -28 66 £425 -19.05% 28
West Midlands -19 57 £438 -14.63% 17
North of England -19 48 £370 -14.20% 30
South East +5 47 £400 -5.88% 119
South West -1 41 £544 +40.32% 19
Yorkshire -4 29 £414 -15.51% 7
East of England +11 16 £568 +13.50% 17
North West -34 13 £358 -8.44% 15
East Midlands -11 9 £350 -39.13% 11
North East +2 6 £250 -58.33% 8
PMO
UK

PMO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 61 (14.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.17%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 99 (23.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (16.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 56 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
4 53 (12.77%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.93%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.72%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.48%) Primavera
5 2 (0.48%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.24%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.16%) Power Platform
2 13 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (2.89%) Smartsheet
4 10 (2.41%) Azure
5 6 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (1.20%) Power Automate
6 5 (1.20%) SaaS
7 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.72%) Slack
8 2 (0.48%) Asana
8 2 (0.48%) AWS
8 2 (0.48%) Contentstack
8 2 (0.48%) Lucidchart
8 2 (0.48%) OCI
8 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.24%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) 802.11
2 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.92%) Power BI
2 6 (1.45%) Power Query
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.72%) Tableau
5 2 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 51 (12.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 208 (50.12%) Finance
2 181 (43.61%) Social Skills
3 55 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.12%) Banking
5 39 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (7.71%) Public Sector
7 28 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.10%) Legal
10 12 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.17%) Front Office
11 9 (2.17%) Retail
12 7 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.69%) Law
12 7 (1.69%) Marketing
13 6 (1.45%) Back Office
13 6 (1.45%) Local Government
13 6 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (23.86%) Analyst
2 84 (20.24%) PMO Analyst
3 58 (13.98%) Project Manager
4 54 (13.01%) Lead
5 41 (9.88%) PMO Lead
6 31 (7.47%) PMO Manager
7 25 (6.02%) Senior
8 18 (4.34%) Programme Manager
9 17 (4.10%) Senior PMO
10 16 (3.86%) Coordinator
11 13 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 13 (3.13%) Project Analyst
12 12 (2.89%) Project Coordinator
13 11 (2.65%) IT Project Manager
14 8 (1.93%) PMO Officer
14 8 (1.93%) PMO Specialist
14 8 (1.93%) Programme Controller
14 8 (1.93%) Support Analyst
15 7 (1.69%) PMO Support Analyst
15 7 (1.69%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) ADO
2 3 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.48%) React
4 1 (0.24%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.24%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.24%) Middleware
4 1 (0.24%) OAuth
4 1 (0.24%) OpenID
4 1 (0.24%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.47%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.10%) PMI
3 13 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.72%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.72%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.72%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.48%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.48%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.48%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.48%) FMCG
10 2 (0.48%) IoT
10 2 (0.48%) Mobile Banking
10 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (38.55%) Project Management
2 127 (30.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (27.95%) Agile
4 83 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 73 (17.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 68 (16.39%) PRINCE2
7 67 (16.14%) Programme Management
8 65 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (15.42%) Project Governance
10 54 (13.01%) Change Management
11 48 (11.57%) Waterfall
12 46 (11.08%) Decision-Making
13 45 (10.84%) Risk Management
14 40 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
15 38 (9.16%) Business Case
16 35 (8.43%) Change Control
17 31 (7.47%) Portfolio Management
18 29 (6.99%) Budget Management
19 28 (6.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.17%) VB
2 4 (0.96%) Python
3 3 (0.72%) SQL
4 2 (0.48%) C#
4 2 (0.48%) Java
4 2 (0.48%) VBA
5 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (10.12%) Degree
2 40 (9.64%) PMI Certification
2 40 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.43%) PMP
4 27 (6.51%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.48%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.48%) CISM
8 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.48%) CRISC
8 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.24%) APMG
9 1 (0.24%) APMP
9 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.24%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.24%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.06%) QA
2 16 (3.86%) P3O
3 9 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.20%) SLA
6 4 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.72%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) GRC
8 2 (0.48%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) COSO
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.24%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 82 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.16%) SAP
3 18 (4.34%) Oracle
4 17 (4.10%) Planview
5 13 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.96%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (0.96%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.96%) Workday
7 3 (0.72%) IFS
7 3 (0.72%) VMware
8 2 (0.48%) Apple
8 2 (0.48%) Ariba
8 2 (0.48%) Temenos
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe
9 1 (0.24%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco
9 1 (0.24%) Dell
9 1 (0.24%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.24%) Niku
9 1 (0.24%) Progress