PMO Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Project Management Office Project Manager
England > London

The median Project Management Office Project Manager daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 342 380
Rank change year-on-year -53 +38 +124
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Project Manager 7 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.024% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.025% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £501 - £384
25th Percentile £503 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year +57.69% -31.58% -4.52%
75th Percentile £528 £495 £500
90th Percentile £534 £590 £525
England median daily rate £510 £377 £500
% change year-on-year +35.46% -24.70% +0.50%

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 15,374 11,878 16,878
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.73% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,298 8,100 12,185
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 144 339
10th Percentile £18.20 £21.06 £15.99
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.36 £35.45 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +26.59% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.00 £52.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £69.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.57% +7.69% -23.53%

PMO Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PMO Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

PMO Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

PMO Project Manager
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 PMO Project Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Central London -7 1 - - 2
PMO Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, PMO Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) PMO
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cost Management
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (28.57%) PMP
5 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) SAP
5 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) AI
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Change Control
6 1 (14.29%) Change Management
6 1 (14.29%) Confluence
6 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
6 1 (14.29%) JIRA
6 1 (14.29%) Logistics
6 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization

PMO Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cost Management
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 1 (14.29%) Logistics
5 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
1 2 (28.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Workday