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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 182 140
Rank change year-on-year -6 -42 -19
Contract jobs citing PMO 479 395 643
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.40% 1.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.79% 9.87% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 238 465
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £451 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% -7.11% -3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £588
90th Percentile £650 £638 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £464 £475
% change year-on-year +2.43% -2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 20
10th Percentile £15.60 £21.25 £27.97
25th Percentile £16.79 £28.61 £33.00
Median hourly rate £22.13 £39.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.27% +14.71% -6.01%
75th Percentile £27.06 £64.08 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.80 £64.73 £71.43
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £50.35 £34.00
% change year-on-year -51.84% +48.10% -2.86%

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 5,447 4,004 5,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.27% 14.18% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,542 2,327 3,530
10th Percentile £313 £265 £325
25th Percentile £406 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 160 217
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.70 £14.11
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.27 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% -11.12% +45.16%
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.73 £61.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.17
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +43.48%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +36 202 £500 +14.29% 101
South East +34 109 £475 -3.06% 121
Midlands -43 68 £425 -15.00% 68
West Midlands -25 60 £425 -15.00% 36
North of England -59 44 £438 -5.30% 80
South West -15 30 £450 +12.99% 38
Yorkshire -37 28 £439 -5.08% 42
East of England -12 19 £515 +3.00% 50
North West -39 16 £425 -5.56% 31
East Midlands -23 9 £360 -16.18% 26
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 81 (16.91%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.05%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 140 (29.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 105 (21.92%) Microsoft Project
3 91 (19.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (17.12%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (3.13%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.84%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.67%) Primavera
3 7 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.42%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) Remedy AR System
7 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 72 (15.03%) Power Platform
2 25 (5.22%) Azure
3 17 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.71%) AWS
5 12 (2.51%) Smartsheet
6 10 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.67%) OCI
8 7 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.25%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.25%) SaaS
10 5 (1.04%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.63%) Slack
12 3 (0.63%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.42%) Lucidchart
13 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.88%) Firewall
2 8 (1.67%) Wireless
3 4 (0.84%) LAN
3 4 (0.84%) WAN
4 3 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.42%) Network Security
6 1 (0.21%) Intranet
6 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (14.20%) Power BI
2 11 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (2.09%) Power Query
4 6 (1.25%) Tableau
5 3 (0.63%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.21%) Metadata
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 101 (21.09%) JIRA
2 7 (1.46%) Burp Suite
2 7 (1.46%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.21%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) LSMW
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 234 (48.85%) Finance
2 218 (45.51%) Social Skills
3 78 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.69%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (9.81%) Banking
6 44 (9.19%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.18%) Legal
9 16 (3.34%) Retail
10 14 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (2.51%) Marketing
13 11 (2.30%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.30%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.09%) Local Government
15 7 (1.46%) Front Office
16 5 (1.04%) Back Office
16 5 (1.04%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 104 (21.71%) Analyst
2 84 (17.54%) PMO Analyst
3 72 (15.03%) Project Manager
4 67 (13.99%) Lead
5 57 (11.90%) PMO Lead
6 39 (8.14%) PMO Manager
7 32 (6.68%) Senior
8 21 (4.38%) Coordinator
9 18 (3.76%) Programme Manager
9 18 (3.76%) Senior PMO
10 15 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 14 (2.92%) Support Officer
12 13 (2.71%) Administrator
12 13 (2.71%) Project Planner
13 12 (2.51%) IT Project Manager
14 11 (2.30%) Consultant
14 11 (2.30%) PMO Coordinator
14 11 (2.30%) PMO Officer
15 10 (2.09%) PMO Specialist
15 10 (2.09%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.46%) ADO
3 3 (0.63%) Middleware
4 2 (0.42%) React
5 1 (0.21%) FHIR
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) OpenID
5 1 (0.21%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.26%) Onboarding
2 24 (5.01%) PMI
3 17 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.46%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.84%) FMCG
10 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.63%) NHS
11 3 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.42%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.42%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.42%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.21%) Algorithms
13 1 (0.21%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.21%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (37.37%) Project Management
2 152 (31.73%) Agile
3 124 (25.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (24.01%) Project Delivery
5 105 (21.92%) PRINCE2
6 92 (19.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 80 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (15.45%) Project Governance
9 73 (15.24%) Business Intelligence
10 71 (14.82%) Change Management
10 71 (14.82%) Programme Management
11 68 (14.20%) Decision-Making
12 64 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
12 64 (13.36%) Waterfall
13 62 (12.94%) Risk Management
14 54 (11.27%) Change Control
15 46 (9.60%) Portfolio Management
16 38 (7.93%) ERP
17 36 (7.52%) Process Improvement
18 32 (6.68%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.30%) SQL
2 7 (1.46%) Python
3 4 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.84%) VBA
4 3 (0.63%) Korn
4 3 (0.63%) VB
5 1 (0.21%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (15.45%) Degree
2 69 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 63 (13.15%) PMI Certification
4 54 (11.27%) PMP
5 47 (9.81%) SC Cleared
6 18 (3.76%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.09%) APMP
8 8 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.46%) CHECK Team Member
9 7 (1.46%) CREST Certified
9 7 (1.46%) Cyber Scheme
9 7 (1.46%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.84%) CISM
10 4 (0.84%) CISSP
10 4 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.84%) MAPM
10 4 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.42%) CCNA
12 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.72%) QA
2 21 (4.38%) P3O
3 13 (2.71%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.51%) GDPR
4 12 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.04%) NIST
7 5 (1.04%) SLA
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.42%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) MiFID
9 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.21%) HL7
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.21%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.46%) Nmap
2 1 (0.21%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 86 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.39%) SAP
3 37 (7.72%) Oracle
4 29 (6.05%) Planview
5 16 (3.34%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.09%) Cisco
8 4 (0.84%) IFS
9 3 (0.63%) Arista
9 3 (0.63%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.63%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.63%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.63%) Workday
10 2 (0.42%) Ariba
10 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.42%) BT
10 2 (0.42%) Concur
10 2 (0.42%) Juniper
10 2 (0.42%) VMware
11 1 (0.21%) Zscaler