Senior PMO Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Project Management Office
UK > England

The median Senior Project Management Office daily rate in England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 480 553
Rank change year-on-year -41 +73 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 13 30 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.044% 0.097% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.10% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 24
10th Percentile £425 £393 £485
25th Percentile £436 £413 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -21.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £488 £738
90th Percentile - £500 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +13.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 26,836 28,684 37,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.99% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,222 17,524 25,976
10th Percentile £281 £300 £293
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,596 1,072 1,433
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.19 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £51.71 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.86 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +53.98%

Senior PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior PMO' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior PMO job vacancy trend in England

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in England

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior PMO in England over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior PMO in England

Senior PMO
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in England

Senior 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 Senior PMO within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -30 5 £625 +46.20% 6
Midlands -28 4 £525 +23.53% 1
West Midlands -30 4 £525 +23.53%
North West -10 3 £625 +38.89% 5
Yorkshire -27 2 £448 +14.74% 1
London -8 1 £575 +21.05% 1
East of England -14 1 - -
South East - 1 £400 - 1
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior PMO
UK

Senior PMO Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Senior PMO contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior PMO in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) PMO
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) PRINCE2
3 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
3 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (38.46%) JIRA
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (38.46%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (30.77%) Change Control
5 4 (30.77%) P3O
5 4 (30.77%) Planview
5 4 (30.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (30.77%) Smartsheet
5 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
6 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
6 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
6 3 (23.08%) PMP
6 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
6 3 (23.08%) Project Governance
6 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
7 2 (15.38%) Dependency Management
7 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
8 1 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (7.69%) ADO

Senior PMO Skill Set
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 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Smartsheet
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Banking
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Billing
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Law
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) PMI
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) PRINCE2
2 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (30.77%) Change Control
4 4 (30.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Project Governance
6 2 (15.38%) Dependency Management
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.69%) Content Management
7 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
1 3 (23.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) PMO
2 4 (30.77%) P3O
3 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Planview
2 1 (7.69%) FNZ
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft