P3O Contracts in London

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for P3O skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited P3O over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 493 591
Rank change year-on-year +111 +98 -118
Contract jobs citing P3O 6 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.030% 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.23% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 11
10th Percentile - £381 £331
25th Percentile - £460 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +38.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £566 £413
90th Percentile - £640 £450
England median daily rate £525 £503 £400
% change year-on-year +4.48% +25.63% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.50
Median hourly rate - - £41.00
75th Percentile - - £41.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £41.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

P3O is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,486 3,503 5,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.05% 13.10% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,765 2,533 3,531
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £799 £797 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 36 85
10th Percentile £13.29 £20.25 £20.93
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £25.75
Median hourly rate £24.50 £30.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.33% -30.90% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £81.25 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.34 £36.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -38.37% +31.82% +30.95%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for P3O in London

P3O
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing P3O in London.

Daily rate trend for P3O in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Central London +39 1 - -
P3O
England

P3O
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) PMO Lead
1 2 (33.33%) PMO Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (50.00%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Change Management
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching
6 1 (16.67%) Document Management
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
6 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) APMP
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Planview
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) iManage