P3O Contract Job Trends in Essex

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring P3O skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing P3O 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.32% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £400 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex

P3O 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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 54 23 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 17.48% 20.18% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 11
10th Percentile £356 £185 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +58.23%
75th Percentile £519 £520 £550
90th Percentile £588 £550 £638
East of England median daily rate £515 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +3.00% +25.00% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 3
10th Percentile £12.85 - £16.78
25th Percentile £15.25 £65.00 £17.99
Median hourly rate £17.64 £70.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.81% +250.00% -73.33%
75th Percentile £19.83 £75.00 £46.63
90th Percentile £64.80 - £62.60
East of England median hourly rate £27.94 £31.64 £24.00
% change year-on-year -11.69% +31.83% +34.57%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3O relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

P3O job vacancy trend in Essex

P3O
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the Essex region over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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
Basildon - 1 £400 -
P3O
East of England

P3O
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft