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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 175 150
Rank change year-on-year -9 -25 -23
Contract jobs citing PMO 456 430 682
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 1.41% 1.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.41% 10.35% 12.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 263 507
10th Percentile £295 £301 £310
25th Percentile £368 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £579
90th Percentile £675 £638 £743
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 18
10th Percentile - £22.98 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £33.11 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% +0.32% -18.87%
75th Percentile £27.75 £56.67 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.24 £64.34 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -24.48% +0.32% -11.65%

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 5,421 4,154 5,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.54% 13.64% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,514 2,417 3,679
10th Percentile £313 £287 £325
25th Percentile £404 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 176 220
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.26 £15.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.41 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -21.09% +59.78%
75th Percentile £56.94 £63.51 £67.63
90th Percentile £75.58 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £26.75 £35.63
% change year-on-year -5.98% -24.92% +48.46%

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 3 December 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 3 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in England

PMO
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 3 December 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 +20 189 £500 +11.11% 53
South East +7 82 £478 +6.11% 48
Midlands -31 75 £409 -18.25% 28
West Midlands -29 64 £425 -19.05% 18
North of England -58 46 £440 +12.39% 25
South West -2 36 £538 +40.98% 14
Yorkshire -27 28 £440 -4.86% 9
East of England -10 20 £520 +4.00% 8
North West -41 17 £358 -1.24% 12
East Midlands -18 11 £350 - 10
North East -6 1 £450 -25.00% 4
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 71 (15.57%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 126 (27.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (18.64%) Microsoft Project
3 83 (18.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 72 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.97%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.54%) Primavera
4 6 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.44%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.82%) Power Platform
2 15 (3.29%) Azure
2 15 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (2.85%) Smartsheet
4 9 (1.97%) AWS
4 9 (1.97%) OCI
5 8 (1.75%) SaaS
6 6 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.32%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (0.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.66%) PaaS
9 3 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.66%) Slack
9 3 (0.66%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.44%) Asana
10 2 (0.44%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.88%) Firewall
1 4 (0.88%) LAN
1 4 (0.88%) WAN
1 4 (0.88%) Wireless
2 3 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.22%) Intranet
4 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.94%) Power BI
2 9 (1.97%) Power Query
3 8 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.32%) Tableau
5 2 (0.44%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (17.54%) JIRA
2 3 (0.66%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.66%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.22%) Git
3 1 (0.22%) LSMW
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 231 (50.66%) Finance
2 206 (45.18%) Social Skills
3 69 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.18%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (9.87%) Banking
6 43 (9.43%) Public Sector
7 25 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (4.39%) Legal
10 14 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.41%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.19%) Local Government
13 10 (2.19%) Marketing
14 9 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.54%) Front Office
15 7 (1.54%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.54%) Retail
16 6 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 99 (21.71%) Analyst
2 82 (17.98%) PMO Analyst
3 71 (15.57%) Project Manager
4 68 (14.91%) Lead
5 59 (12.94%) PMO Lead
6 36 (7.89%) PMO Manager
7 30 (6.58%) Senior
8 22 (4.82%) Coordinator
9 21 (4.61%) IT Manager
10 19 (4.17%) Programme Manager
11 18 (3.95%) IT Project Manager
12 16 (3.51%) Senior PMO
13 13 (2.85%) PMO Coordinator
13 13 (2.85%) Support Officer
14 12 (2.63%) Administrator
14 12 (2.63%) Project Analyst
14 12 (2.63%) Project Coordinator
15 11 (2.41%) PMO Officer
16 10 (2.19%) Senior Manager
17 9 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.10%) ADO
3 2 (0.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.44%) React
4 1 (0.22%) FHIR
4 1 (0.22%) OAuth
4 1 (0.22%) OpenID
4 1 (0.22%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.14%) Onboarding
2 23 (5.04%) PMI
3 18 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.88%) FMCG
11 4 (0.88%) NHS
11 4 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.66%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.66%) Derivative
12 3 (0.66%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.44%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.44%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.44%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (37.50%) Project Management
2 141 (30.92%) Agile
3 121 (26.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (21.71%) Project Delivery
4 99 (21.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 92 (20.18%) PRINCE2
6 70 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (15.35%) Project Governance
7 67 (14.69%) Change Management
8 65 (14.25%) Business Intelligence
9 64 (14.04%) Programme Management
10 63 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (12.72%) Decision-Making
12 57 (12.50%) Risk Management
13 56 (12.28%) Waterfall
14 46 (10.09%) Portfolio Management
15 40 (8.77%) Change Control
16 38 (8.33%) ERP
17 35 (7.68%) Business Case
18 31 (6.80%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.97%) SQL
2 7 (1.54%) Python
3 5 (1.10%) VB
4 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.66%) Korn
4 3 (0.66%) VBA
5 2 (0.44%) C#
5 2 (0.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 61 (13.38%) Degree
1 61 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 55 (12.06%) PMI Certification
3 47 (10.31%) PMP
4 40 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.75%) APMP
7 7 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.10%) CISM
8 5 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.88%) CISSP
9 4 (0.88%) MAPM
9 4 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.66%) CHECK Team Member
10 3 (0.66%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.66%) Cyber Scheme
10 3 (0.66%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.44%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.70%) QA
2 21 (4.61%) P3O
3 10 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.75%) GDPR
4 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.32%) NIST
5 6 (1.32%) SLA
6 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) Basel III
9 1 (0.22%) COSO
9 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (0.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.66%) Nmap
2 1 (0.22%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 94 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.87%) SAP
3 34 (7.46%) Oracle
4 23 (5.04%) Planview
5 16 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.85%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.97%) Cisco
8 3 (0.66%) Arista
8 3 (0.66%) GoldenSource
8 3 (0.66%) IFS
8 3 (0.66%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.66%) Workday
9 2 (0.44%) Ariba
9 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.44%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.44%) Google
9 2 (0.44%) Juniper
9 2 (0.44%) Temenos
9 2 (0.44%) VMware
10 1 (0.22%) Aruba