PMO Contracts in London

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 153 135
Rank change year-on-year -42 -18 +23
Contract jobs citing PMO 162 281 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.29% 1.58% 1.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.13% 11.26% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 183 388
10th Percentile £313 £350 £362
25th Percentile £363 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £678
90th Percentile £800 £748 £850
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile £39.01 £21.86 -
25th Percentile £39.02 £25.00 -
Median hourly rate £39.04 £47.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +8.30% -1.44%
75th Percentile £45.15 £52.50 £81.31
90th Percentile £48.81 £65.75 £103.77
England median hourly rate £39.04 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,992 2,495 3,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.88% 13.99% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,770 2,546
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 62 36
10th Percentile £19.44 £12.70 £20.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.85 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.75 £24.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.40% -19.51% -30.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.37 £53.73 £81.25
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in London.

Hourly rate trend for PMO 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 PMO within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -26 28 £635 +23.60% 11
South London - 6 - - 1
West London +6 3 - - 4
East London +9 2 £500 -25.23% 2
PMO
England

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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 21 (12.96%) SharePoint
2 15 (9.26%) Confluence
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.62%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 33 (20.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 26 (16.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.85%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.62%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Endur
2 1 (0.62%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.62%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.09%) Azure
3 4 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.23%) SaaS
5 2 (1.23%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.62%) Asana
6 1 (0.62%) AWS
6 1 (0.62%) Datadog
6 1 (0.62%) GCP
6 1 (0.62%) IaaS
6 1 (0.62%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.62%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Firewall
1 1 (0.62%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.85%) IDMS
3 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.62%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.62%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.62%) Looker
4 1 (0.62%) Power Query
4 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (14.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (56.79%) Finance
2 73 (45.06%) Social Skills
3 40 (24.69%) Banking
4 23 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.17%) Financial Institution
5 10 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (4.94%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.94%) Marketing
6 8 (4.94%) Retail
7 6 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.09%) Legal
8 5 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.47%) Back Office
10 3 (1.85%) Front Office
10 3 (1.85%) Law
11 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) Military
11 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (29.01%) Analyst
2 40 (24.69%) PMO Analyst
3 34 (20.99%) Project Manager
4 26 (16.05%) PMO Manager
5 17 (10.49%) Lead
6 11 (6.79%) PMO Lead
6 11 (6.79%) Programme Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Business Manager
8 9 (5.56%) Senior
9 7 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (4.32%) Project Analyst
10 6 (3.70%) Senior PMO
11 5 (3.09%) Banking Analyst
11 5 (3.09%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.09%) Consultant
11 5 (3.09%) Coordinator
11 5 (3.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 5 (3.09%) IT Analyst
11 5 (3.09%) Junior
11 5 (3.09%) PMO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) ADO
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.02%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.47%) PMI
4 3 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.85%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.23%) Equities
5 2 (1.23%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.23%) IoT
5 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.23%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.23%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.62%) CMDB
6 1 (0.62%) Derivative
6 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.62%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.62%) NHS
6 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.83%) Project Management
2 43 (26.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (22.84%) Agile
4 30 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 22 (13.58%) Project Governance
7 21 (12.96%) Change Management
7 21 (12.96%) PRINCE2
8 20 (12.35%) Budget Management
8 20 (12.35%) Risk Management
9 18 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 14 (8.64%) Change Control
11 13 (8.02%) Decision-Making
11 13 (8.02%) Resource Management
11 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (7.41%) ERP
13 10 (6.17%) Migration
14 9 (5.56%) Business Case
14 9 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (5.56%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.62%) SQL
1 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (15.43%) Degree
2 17 (10.49%) PMI Certification
2 17 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.26%) PMP
3 15 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.47%) FFIEC
5 3 (1.85%) APMP
6 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.62%) CISSP
6 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.32%) QA
2 6 (3.70%) GDPR
3 4 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.85%) P3O
5 1 (0.62%) Basel III
5 1 (0.62%) GxP
5 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.79%) SAP
3 6 (3.70%) Planview
4 3 (1.85%) Oracle
4 3 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.23%) Ariba
5 2 (1.23%) Google
6 1 (0.62%) Adobe
6 1 (0.62%) Avaloq
6 1 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.62%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.62%) Dell
6 1 (0.62%) eFront
6 1 (0.62%) Pega
6 1 (0.62%) Progress
6 1 (0.62%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.62%) VMware
6 1 (0.62%) Workday