PMO Contract Job Trends in the North East

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 43 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 -24 +43
Contract jobs citing PMO 2 2 18
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.40% 0.63% 5.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.06% 4.88% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 14
10th Percentile - - £381
25th Percentile - £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile - £473 £556
90th Percentile - - £588
England median daily rate £495 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +6.74% -7.25% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 97 41 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 19.17% 12.89% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 27 29
10th Percentile £350 £331 £336
25th Percentile £425 £358 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £631 £503
90th Percentile £575 £690 £588
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 7
10th Percentile £17.00 - £13.70
25th Percentile £46.19 - £16.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £23.00
75th Percentile £65.63 - £48.75
90th Percentile £69.83 - -
England median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £24.47
% change year-on-year -19.66% +32.84% -41.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the North East

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Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing PMO

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing PMO

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Tyne and Wear -16 2 £450 - 3
PMO
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft