PMO Contracts in the North of England

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 116 116 97
Rank change year-on-year 0 -19 +30
Contract jobs citing PMO 50 70 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.52% 1.47% 2.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.62% 9.40% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 39 100
10th Percentile £236 £271 £281
25th Percentile £361 £370 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +5.26% +19.50%
75th Percentile £527 £559 £575
90th Percentile £580 £593 £600
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £28.57
25th Percentile - £62.96 £30.54
Median hourly rate £31.76 £65.92 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year -51.82% +101.16% +31.08%
75th Percentile - £68.88 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £48.50
England median hourly rate £39.04 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 471 745 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.29% 15.63% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 418 493
10th Percentile £235 £320 £288
25th Percentile £371 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £698 £672 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 85 40
10th Percentile £14.27 - £13.47
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £29.30
Median hourly rate £24.67 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +92.15% -66.69% +106.15%
75th Percentile £39.69 £26.66 £49.08
90th Percentile £79.39 £48.75 £58.45
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
Yorkshire +6 24 £438 - 40
North West +8 22 £505 +1.00% 39
North East -12 4 £250 -50.00% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (12.00%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.00%) Azure
3 3 (6.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) Power BI
2 3 (6.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 23 (46.00%) Finance
2 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.00%) Retail
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.00%) Banking
6 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.00%) Legal
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Publishing
8 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Lead
2 9 (18.00%) PMO Manager
3 8 (16.00%) Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.00%) Change Manager
5 5 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) Operational Change Manager
6 4 (8.00%) PMO Project Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Programme Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Governance Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) PMO Lead
8 2 (4.00%) Data Analytics Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) Implementation Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Information Assurance Leader
8 2 (4.00%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Programme Planner
8 2 (4.00%) SAP Financial Specialist
9 1 (2.00%) Junior PMO Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) PMI
2 4 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.00%) NHS
4 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) Life Science
4 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Tandem
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (52.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (34.00%) Project Management
3 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (28.00%) Programme Management
4 13 (26.00%) Change Management
5 12 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
6 11 (22.00%) Portfolio Management
7 10 (20.00%) Agile
8 9 (18.00%) Matrix Organization
9 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
9 7 (14.00%) Matrix Management
10 6 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
10 6 (12.00%) Fintech
10 6 (12.00%) Project Delivery
10 6 (12.00%) Project Governance
10 6 (12.00%) Risk Management
10 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 6 (12.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) VB
2 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 8 (16.00%) Degree
3 5 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.00%) PMP
4 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) GRC
3 1 (2.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) SAP
3 2 (4.00%) Anaplan
3 2 (4.00%) Ariba
3 2 (4.00%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Snow
4 1 (2.00%) Veeam
4 1 (2.00%) Workday