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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 185 148
Rank change year-on-year -23 -37 -22
Contract jobs citing PMO 422 421 721
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 1.35% 1.80%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.97% 10.30% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 255 538
10th Percentile £282 £296 £313
25th Percentile £364 £363 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £486
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.46% -2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £673 £650 £743
UK median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 18
10th Percentile - £23.95 £28.30
25th Percentile £15.60 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.36 £36.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.44% +9.09% -25.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.63 £44.72
90th Percentile £70.24 £64.21 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £33.11 £33.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% +0.32% -18.95%

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 5,298 4,087 5,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 13.13% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,419 2,379 3,818
10th Percentile £309 £288 £319
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £739 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 176 236
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.30 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.19 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% -16.56% +56.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.88 £65.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £35.82
% change year-on-year -8.55% -23.22% +49.23%

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 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 16 November 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 16 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 +14 176 £500 +5.26% 105
Midlands -38 73 £425 -15.00% 41
West Midlands -29 63 £450 -14.29% 32
South East -7 61 £475 +8.57% 68
North of England -42 48 £432 +6.54% 38
South West +5 38 £549 +41.68% 19
Yorkshire -28 30 £439 -5.08% 18
East of England -9 19 £520 +0.24% 13
North West -40 17 £358 -4.98% 20
East Midlands -10 10 £350 +13.64% 9
North East -10 1 £450 -25.00%
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 63 (14.93%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 109 (25.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (17.30%) Microsoft Project
3 69 (16.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (15.17%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.37%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.66%) Oracle Financials
2 7 (1.66%) Primavera
3 6 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.47%) 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 Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.03%) Power Platform
2 15 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (2.84%) Smartsheet
4 11 (2.61%) Azure
5 8 (1.90%) OCI
6 6 (1.42%) Power Automate
6 6 (1.42%) SaaS
7 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (0.95%) AWS
8 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) Slack
9 3 (0.71%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.47%) Contentstack
10 2 (0.47%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.71%) LAN
1 3 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (0.71%) WAN
2 2 (0.47%) Wireless
3 1 (0.24%) 802.11
3 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.24%) Firewall
3 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.09%) Power BI
2 8 (1.90%) Power Query
3 7 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.95%) Tableau
5 2 (0.47%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 70 (16.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
General
1 221 (52.37%) Finance
2 175 (41.47%) Social Skills
3 53 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.95%) Banking
5 40 (9.48%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.03%) Legal
10 14 (3.32%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.61%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.37%) Marketing
13 9 (2.13%) Local Government
14 8 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.66%) Front Office
15 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.18%) Electronics
17 5 (1.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 94 (22.27%) Analyst
2 74 (17.54%) PMO Analyst
3 65 (15.40%) Lead
4 61 (14.45%) Project Manager
5 55 (13.03%) PMO Lead
6 33 (7.82%) PMO Manager
7 26 (6.16%) Senior
8 17 (4.03%) Coordinator
9 15 (3.55%) IT Manager
9 15 (3.55%) Programme Manager
10 14 (3.32%) Senior PMO
11 13 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
11 13 (3.08%) Project Analyst
12 12 (2.84%) Administrator
12 12 (2.84%) Support Officer
13 11 (2.61%) PMO Coordinator
13 11 (2.61%) PMO Officer
14 8 (1.90%) Consultant
14 8 (1.90%) PMO Specialist
14 8 (1.90%) PMO Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.71%) ADO
3 2 (0.47%) Middleware
3 2 (0.47%) React
4 1 (0.24%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.24%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.24%) FHIR
4 1 (0.24%) OAuth
4 1 (0.24%) OpenID
4 1 (0.24%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.16%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.03%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.03%) PMI
3 12 (2.84%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.95%) FMCG
7 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.95%) NHS
7 4 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.71%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.71%) Derivative
8 3 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.47%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.47%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (37.68%) Project Management
2 131 (31.04%) Agile
3 121 (28.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (21.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 84 (19.91%) Project Delivery
6 83 (19.67%) PRINCE2
7 70 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (15.40%) Project Governance
9 63 (14.93%) Programme Management
10 61 (14.45%) Change Management
10 61 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
12 53 (12.56%) Waterfall
13 52 (12.32%) Risk Management
14 49 (11.61%) Decision-Making
15 40 (9.48%) Portfolio Management
16 37 (8.77%) Business Case
17 36 (8.53%) Change Control
18 35 (8.29%) ERP
19 31 (7.35%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.13%) VB
2 8 (1.90%) SQL
3 6 (1.42%) Python
4 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.47%) C#
5 2 (0.47%) Java
5 2 (0.47%) Korn
5 2 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (12.32%) Degree
2 46 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 42 (9.95%) PMI Certification
4 35 (8.29%) PMP
5 29 (6.87%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.42%) CISM
9 4 (0.95%) CISSP
9 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.71%) APMP
10 3 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.47%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.47%) CRISC
11 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.47%) RIBA
11 2 (0.47%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.24%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.45%) QA
2 21 (4.98%) P3O
3 9 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.66%) NIST
5 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.18%) GDPR
5 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.18%) SLA
6 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) COSO
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.24%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 92 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.19%) SAP
3 29 (6.87%) Oracle
4 22 (5.21%) Planview
5 16 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.08%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.90%) Cisco
8 4 (0.95%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.71%) Arista
9 3 (0.71%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.71%) IFS
10 2 (0.47%) Apple
10 2 (0.47%) Google
10 2 (0.47%) Temenos
10 2 (0.47%) VMware
10 2 (0.47%) Workday
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe
11 1 (0.24%) BT
11 1 (0.24%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.24%) JD Edwards