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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 183 144
Rank change year-on-year -8 -39 +7
Contract jobs citing PMO 164 238 464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.28% 1.36% 1.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.79% 9.89% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 153 367
10th Percentile £283 £314 £375
25th Percentile £400 £395 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £675
90th Percentile £771 £725 £835
England median daily rate £463 £475 £520
% change year-on-year -2.63% -8.65% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £39.91 £21.37 £50.10
25th Percentile £41.22 £24.51 £59.46
Median hourly rate £44.27 £47.50 £78.18
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -39.24% +75.69%
75th Percentile £48.20 £56.25 £100.03
90th Percentile £50.03 £71.50 £111.26
England median hourly rate £38.03 £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.82% -20.00% -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 2,105 2,406 3,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.41% 13.77% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 1,680 2,499
10th Percentile £325 £350 £360
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £759 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 61 34
10th Percentile £22.60 £12.50 £19.10
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.96% -6.67% -42.70%
75th Percentile £51.25 £43.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £57.50 £81.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £24.18 £41.04
% change year-on-year +34.41% -41.08% +52.00%

PMO
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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -18 30 £550 +10.00% 46
West London +7 4 - - 5
East London +15 3 £400 -51.52% 24
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 14 (8.54%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.49%) Confluence
3 2 (1.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 27 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (15.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (10.98%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.22%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.61%) Epicor iScala
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.61%) Primavera
2 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.61%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.27%) Azure
4 5 (3.05%) SaaS
5 4 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.83%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.83%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.61%) Asana
8 1 (0.61%) Datadog
8 1 (0.61%) GCP
8 1 (0.61%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.61%) IaaS
8 1 (0.61%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.61%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.61%) OCI
8 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.61%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.88%) Power BI
2 2 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.22%) Power Query
3 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.61%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.61%) IDMS
3 1 (0.61%) Looker
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (12.20%) JIRA
General
1 88 (53.66%) Finance
2 74 (45.12%) Social Skills
3 26 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.20%) Banking
5 8 (4.88%) Marketing
5 8 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.66%) Legal
7 6 (3.66%) Retail
8 5 (3.05%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.44%) Back Office
9 4 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.83%) Front Office
10 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.83%) Law
11 2 (1.22%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.22%) Local Government
11 2 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (25.61%) Project Manager
2 41 (25.00%) Analyst
3 34 (20.73%) PMO Analyst
4 19 (11.59%) Lead
5 17 (10.37%) PMO Manager
6 12 (7.32%) PMO Lead
7 11 (6.71%) Programme Manager
8 9 (5.49%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (4.88%) Project Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.66%) Junior
10 6 (3.66%) SAP Manager
11 5 (3.05%) IT Project Manager
11 5 (3.05%) Junior PMO
11 5 (3.05%) Senior
12 4 (2.44%) Business Manager
12 4 (2.44%) Consultant
12 4 (2.44%) Coordinator
12 4 (2.44%) PMO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.22%) ADO
1 2 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.61%) ActiveX
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.54%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.44%) Market Risk
4 4 (2.44%) PMI
5 3 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.83%) Derivative
5 3 (1.83%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.22%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.22%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.22%) Equities
6 2 (1.22%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.22%) FMCG
6 2 (1.22%) NHS
6 2 (1.22%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (0.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (45.12%) Project Management
2 44 (26.83%) Agile
3 36 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.02%) PRINCE2
6 21 (12.80%) Change Management
7 20 (12.20%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (10.37%) ERP
9 17 (10.37%) Programme Management
10 16 (9.76%) Decision-Making
11 15 (9.15%) Budget Management
11 15 (9.15%) Budgeting
11 15 (9.15%) Business Case
12 13 (7.93%) Migration
12 13 (7.93%) Risk Management
13 12 (7.32%) Change Control
13 12 (7.32%) Programme Governance
13 12 (7.32%) Waterfall
14 11 (6.71%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.22%) SQL
2 1 (0.61%) C#
2 1 (0.61%) Java
2 1 (0.61%) Python
2 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (17.07%) Degree
2 19 (11.59%) PMI Certification
3 17 (10.37%) PMP
4 16 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 14 (8.54%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.22%) APMP
7 2 (1.22%) CISM
7 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.22%) CRISC
8 1 (0.61%) CISSP
8 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.61%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.66%) QA
2 3 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.22%) Basel III
3 2 (1.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.61%) COSO
4 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) GxP
4 1 (0.61%) NIST
4 1 (0.61%) P3O
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.71%) SAP
3 6 (3.66%) Oracle
4 5 (3.05%) Planview
5 4 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.83%) Google
6 3 (1.83%) Workday
7 2 (1.22%) Ariba
8 1 (0.61%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.61%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.61%) Dell
8 1 (0.61%) eFront
8 1 (0.61%) Pega
8 1 (0.61%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.61%) Progress
8 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.61%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.61%) Temenos
8 1 (0.61%) VMware