PMO Contracts in the Midlands

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 59 83
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 -4
Contract jobs citing PMO 62 73 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.54% 2.64% 2.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.19% 17.63% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 63 45
10th Percentile £281 £216 £275
25th Percentile £342 £375 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £541 £604 £565
90th Percentile £620 £625 £627
England median daily rate £450 £475 £520
% change year-on-year -5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £37.02 - £31.76
England median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.26% - +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 437 414 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.92% 14.99% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 275 288
10th Percentile £235 £244 £275
25th Percentile £350 £355 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £575
90th Percentile £629 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 38 19
10th Percentile £15.21 £12.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.65 £13.18 £19.13
Median hourly rate £25.08 £15.90 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.70% -42.18% +39.84%
75th Percentile £33.35 £34.73 £30.88
90th Percentile £40.12 £58.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £31.64 £25.77 £42.50
% change year-on-year +22.80% -39.38% +72.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands -4 52 £425 -12.82% 29
East Midlands -11 10 £334 -42.91% 14
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.84%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
2 5 (8.06%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) Azure App Service
4 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.61%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 43 (69.35%) Finance
2 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Law
3 7 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.23%) Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Billing
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Publishing
7 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (33.87%) Analyst
2 17 (27.42%) PMO Analyst
3 7 (11.29%) Senior
4 5 (8.06%) Coordinator
4 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (8.06%) Senior PMO
4 5 (8.06%) Senior PMO Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Engagement Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Lead
5 4 (6.45%) PMO Coordinator
5 4 (6.45%) PMO Lead
5 4 (6.45%) PMO Manager
5 4 (6.45%) PMO Planner
5 4 (6.45%) Project Officer
5 4 (6.45%) Support Officer
6 3 (4.84%) Project Support Coordinator
6 3 (4.84%) Project Support Officer
6 3 (4.84%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) LDAP
2 1 (1.61%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (43.55%) Project Management
2 21 (33.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.97%) Project Delivery
4 12 (19.35%) Programme Management
5 11 (17.74%) Agile
5 11 (17.74%) Change Control
6 10 (16.13%) Resource Management
7 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.90%) Project Planning
8 7 (11.29%) Waterfall
9 6 (9.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 6 (9.68%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.68%) Project Governance
10 5 (8.06%) Change Management
10 5 (8.06%) Contract Management
10 5 (8.06%) Migration
10 5 (8.06%) Risk Management
11 4 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (6.45%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.61%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) P3O
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.35%) SAP
3 2 (3.23%) Apple
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle