PMO Contract Job Trends in Essex

Project Management Office (PMO)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing PMO 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.92% 2.17% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 13.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £527 -
25th Percentile £404 £539 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £569 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.35% - -
75th Percentile £411 £589 -
90th Percentile - £596 -
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +33.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 15 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 3.67% 16.30% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 10
10th Percentile £410 £315 £226
25th Percentile £420 £316 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £321 £443
Median % change year-on-year +36.81% -27.53% +161.48%
75th Percentile £455 £493 £646
90th Percentile £464 £561 £649
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £45.75 £15.79
% change year-on-year -59.56% +189.74% -10.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

PMO job vacancy trend in Essex

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Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PMO

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PMO

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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 PMO within the Essex region over the 6 months to 30 January 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 £408 - 1
PMO
East of England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification