PMO Contracts in the North West

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 110 87
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 +27
Contract jobs citing PMO 21 29 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 1.09% 2.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.64% 6.36% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 52
10th Percentile £357 £206 £264
25th Percentile £378 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +13.89% +15.38%
75th Percentile £566 £581 £525
90th Percentile £598 £593 £586
England median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +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% -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 275 456 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.02% 17.13% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 253 289
10th Percentile £311 £325 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +2.43%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £694 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 71 34
10th Percentile £13.50 - £22.06
25th Percentile £17.93 £10.95 £29.61
Median hourly rate £31.88 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +148.29% -66.69% +27.92%
75th Percentile £68.44 £26.66 £47.75
90th Percentile £84.70 £43.75 £76.10
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.42 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.11% -40.21% +28.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Cheshire +4 11 £505 +9.08% 9
Manchester +10 7 £513 +127.78% 16
Cumbria - 2 - -
Merseyside - 1 £200 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 3 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 3 (14.29%) Data Lake
2 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Publishing
6 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) PMO Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Change Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Operational Change Manager
3 4 (19.05%) PMO Project Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics Specialist
5 2 (9.52%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Planner
5 2 (9.52%) SAP Financial Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Junior PMO Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Junior Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) PMO Lead
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Programme Planner
6 1 (4.76%) Service Transition Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Life Science
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) PMI
2 1 (4.76%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (38.10%) Matrix Organization
3 7 (33.33%) Matrix Management
4 6 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 6 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Project Management
7 3 (14.29%) Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) Logistics
7 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
8 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
8 2 (9.52%) Profit Centre Accounting
8 2 (9.52%) Record to Report
8 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
1 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) GRC
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) Anaplan
3 2 (9.52%) Ariba
3 2 (9.52%) Hyperion
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) OneTrust
4 1 (4.76%) Workday