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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 179 148
Rank change year-on-year -12 -31 -21
Contract jobs citing PMO 444 432 686
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 1.39% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.22% 10.33% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 261 508
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £686 £642 £743
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 18
10th Percentile - £23.55 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.93 £30.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% -8.45% -25.00%
75th Percentile £36.09 £50.78 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.68 £64.21 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £30.21 £33.00
% change year-on-year -19.73% -8.45% -18.87%

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 5,404 4,183 5,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.62% 13.48% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,497 2,429 3,698
10th Percentile £312 £290 £320
25th Percentile £404 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £541
Median % change year-on-year - -7.62% +3.10%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 185 222
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.26 £15.34
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.13 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.00 £40.77
Median % change year-on-year -12.97% -26.42% +73.49%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £69.50
90th Percentile £79.94 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £27.43 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.79% -31.44% +70.21%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 26 November 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 +25 183 £500 +7.53% 61
South East -1 77 £492 +9.33% 56
Midlands -33 75 £425 -15.00% 33
West Midlands -23 64 £450 -10.00% 24
North of England -58 46 £439 +2.69% 26
South West -9 36 £538 +38.71% 16
Yorkshire -28 29 £440 -7.37% 10
East of England -9 20 £520 +4.00% 16
North West -38 16 £358 -3.31% 14
East Midlands -14 11 £350 - 9
North East -7 1 £450 -25.00% 2
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 69 (15.54%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.50%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 119 (26.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (18.02%) Microsoft Project
3 78 (17.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 69 (15.54%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.25%) MS Visio
6 9 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.80%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.58%) Primavera
4 6 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.45%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.23%) Epicor iScala
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.51%) Power Platform
2 14 (3.15%) Azure
2 14 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (2.93%) Smartsheet
4 9 (2.03%) OCI
5 8 (1.80%) AWS
5 8 (1.80%) SaaS
6 6 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) PaaS
9 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) Slack
9 3 (0.68%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.45%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.45%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.90%) WAN
2 3 (0.68%) Firewall
2 3 (0.68%) LAN
2 3 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (0.68%) Wireless
3 2 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (12.61%) Power BI
2 9 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (2.03%) Power Query
3 4 (0.90%) Tableau
4 2 (0.45%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.23%) Metadata
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 74 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.45%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.23%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 227 (51.13%) Finance
2 193 (43.47%) Social Skills
3 65 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
5 44 (9.91%) Banking
6 42 (9.46%) Public Sector
7 26 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (4.50%) Legal
10 13 (2.93%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.48%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.25%) Local Government
13 10 (2.25%) Marketing
14 9 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.58%) Front Office
15 7 (1.58%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.58%) Retail
16 6 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 97 (21.85%) Analyst
2 77 (17.34%) PMO Analyst
3 69 (15.54%) Lead
4 65 (14.64%) Project Manager
5 59 (13.29%) PMO Lead
6 34 (7.66%) PMO Manager
7 29 (6.53%) Senior
8 19 (4.28%) Coordinator
8 19 (4.28%) IT Manager
8 19 (4.28%) Programme Manager
9 16 (3.60%) IT Project Manager
10 15 (3.38%) Senior PMO
11 12 (2.70%) Administrator
11 12 (2.70%) PMO Coordinator
11 12 (2.70%) Project Analyst
12 11 (2.48%) Support Officer
13 10 (2.25%) PMO Officer
13 10 (2.25%) Project Coordinator
13 10 (2.25%) Senior Manager
14 9 (2.03%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.13%) ADO
3 2 (0.45%) Middleware
3 2 (0.45%) React
4 1 (0.23%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.23%) FHIR
4 1 (0.23%) OAuth
4 1 (0.23%) OpenID
4 1 (0.23%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.08%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.95%) PMI
3 17 (3.83%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.90%) FMCG
10 4 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.90%) NHS
10 4 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.68%) Derivative
12 2 (0.45%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.45%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.45%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.45%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (38.29%) Project Management
2 137 (30.86%) Agile
3 120 (27.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 98 (22.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 97 (21.85%) Project Delivery
6 89 (20.05%) PRINCE2
7 71 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (15.77%) Project Governance
9 67 (15.09%) Change Management
10 65 (14.64%) Programme Management
11 63 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (12.84%) Decision-Making
14 56 (12.61%) Risk Management
14 56 (12.61%) Waterfall
15 46 (10.36%) Portfolio Management
16 39 (8.78%) Change Control
17 38 (8.56%) ERP
18 35 (7.88%) Business Case
19 31 (6.98%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.03%) SQL
2 7 (1.58%) Python
3 5 (1.13%) VB
4 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.68%) VBA
5 2 (0.45%) C#
5 2 (0.45%) Java
5 2 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 59 (13.29%) Degree
1 59 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 54 (12.16%) PMI Certification
3 47 (10.59%) PMP
4 38 (8.56%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.28%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.58%) APMP
6 7 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.35%) CISM
8 5 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.90%) CISSP
9 4 (0.90%) MAPM
9 4 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.45%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.45%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.45%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.45%) CRISC
11 2 (0.45%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.86%) QA
2 21 (4.73%) P3O
3 9 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.58%) GDPR
4 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.35%) NIST
5 6 (1.35%) SLA
6 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) COSO
8 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.23%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.45%) Nmap
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 94 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.14%) SAP
3 34 (7.66%) Oracle
4 22 (4.95%) Planview
5 16 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.80%) Cisco
8 4 (0.90%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.68%) Arista
9 3 (0.68%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.68%) IFS
9 3 (0.68%) Workday
10 2 (0.45%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.45%) Google
10 2 (0.45%) Temenos
10 2 (0.45%) VMware
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe
11 1 (0.23%) Ariba
11 1 (0.23%) BT
11 1 (0.23%) Juniper