PMO Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Project Management Office (PMO)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 40 44
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +27
Contract jobs citing PMO 13 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.19% 0.95% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.57% 3.57% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £463 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £375 £355
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% +5.63% -2.07%
75th Percentile £610 £388 £547
90th Percentile £638 - £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £530 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +17.78% +20.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 56 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.14% 26.54% 15.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 46 58
10th Percentile £223 £248 £213
25th Percentile £314 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £558
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% -9.31% +23.89%
75th Percentile £543 £621 £625
90th Percentile £610 £663 £1,019
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £421 £514 £570
% change year-on-year -18.10% -9.76% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £16.45
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £27.22
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -55.91% -
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £27.22
% change year-on-year +200.00% -55.91% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

PMO job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PMO

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing PMO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Lead
1 6 (46.15%) PMO Lead
2 4 (30.77%) PMO Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Fibre Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Project Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Project Management
2 9 (69.23%) Project Delivery
3 7 (53.85%) Programme Governance
4 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Budgeting
5 3 (23.08%) Change Control
5 3 (23.08%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Business Process Mapping
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Cost Management
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Project Governance
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
6 2 (15.38%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) BT
3 1 (7.69%) Openreach
3 1 (7.69%) Planview