PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in Reading

Project Management Office Leader
Berkshire > Reading

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in Reading is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 94 80
Rank change year-on-year +30 -14 +7
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.092% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.10% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £494
25th Percentile - £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -17.05% -5.65%
75th Percentile - £475 £548
90th Percentile - - £560
Berkshire median daily rate £400 £450 £543
% change year-on-year -11.11% -17.05% -5.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 550 972 1,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 89.17% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 541 686
10th Percentile £325 £334 £250
25th Percentile £450 £463 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £538 £501
% change year-on-year -5.58% +7.29% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 14
10th Percentile - £48.18 £50.88
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.88 £61.04
Median hourly rate £28.00 £61.60 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -4.22% +16.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £98.75 £73.03
90th Percentile £71.03 £100.00 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £29.31 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -52.18% -0.83% +23.58%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PMO Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in Reading

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in Reading

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO