P3O Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring P3O skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 347 383
Rank change year-on-year -44 +36 +123
Contract jobs citing P3O 6 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.038% 0.037% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £400 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £813 £475 -
90th Percentile £895 - -
England median daily rate £475 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +5.56% -16.28% +5.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,006 1,960 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.93% 14.59% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,007 1,236 1,790
10th Percentile £350 £308 £363
25th Percentile £419 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £793 £788
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 61
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.72 £23.23 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +35.65% -17.86%
75th Percentile £57.81 £80.80 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.45 £94.25 £61.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £26.66
% change year-on-year -18.86% +19.13% -23.83%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

P3O job vacancy trend in London

P3O
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing P3O.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing P3O

P3O
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing P3O in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for P3O in London

P3O
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 27 February 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
South London - 1 £400 -
P3O
England

P3O
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Lead
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Director
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) QA Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Document Management
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Korn
1 1 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) APMP
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 31000
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Planview