PMO Planning Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Management Office Planning Manager
England > London

The median Project Management Office Planning Manager daily rate in London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 - 390
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Planning Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £443 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 18,714 12,320 15,154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 92.91% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,113 8,282 10,383
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 209 190
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.06 £17.84
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -10.95% -8.67%
75th Percentile £62.13 £50.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £80.50 £65.11 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%

PMO Planning Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PMO Planning Manager job vacancy trend in London

PMO Planning Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Planning Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Planning Manager job vacancies in London

PMO Planning Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, PMO Planning Manager 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 London region featuring PMO Planning Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) ADO
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) WFM
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

PMO Planning Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power Query
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) WFM
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft