PMO Contracts in the South East

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 101 101
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -6
Contract jobs citing PMO 48 97 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.60% 1.76% 2.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.36% 12.36% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 69 85
10th Percentile £256 £310 £263
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £541 £500 £550
90th Percentile £569 £594 £795
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £19.13
25th Percentile - - £21.23
Median hourly rate £46.30 £26.68 £23.77
Median % change year-on-year +73.54% +12.25% -26.87%
75th Percentile - - £27.13
90th Percentile - - £29.70
England median hourly rate £42.67 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.91% - -21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 513 785 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.08% 14.23% 15.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 429 540
10th Percentile £200 £250 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £486
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.31% +2.37%
75th Percentile £599 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £643 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 66 45
10th Percentile £21.00 £10.82 £16.49
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.82 £18.25
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.09 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% +12.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £62.24 £48.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.27 £65.00 £64.04
England median hourly rate £37.02 £22.50 £38.55
% change year-on-year +64.53% -41.63% +35.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +7 22 £413 +1.99% 13
Hampshire +27 17 £500 +21.21% 18
Berkshire +1 17 £325 -18.75% 10
Oxfordshire +5 4 £550 +83.33% 5
West Sussex +10 3 £525 +10.53% 5
Surrey +6 2 £650 +50.72% 10
East Sussex -3 2 £281 -46.43% 5
Buckinghamshire +7 1 - - 1
Kent +4 1 £300 -40.00% 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) SAP IBP
1 2 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.08%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.08%) Maximo
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Google Workspace
1 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.08%) SaaS
2 1 (2.08%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.17%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Local Government
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) Lead
2 7 (14.58%) Project Manager
3 6 (12.50%) PMO Lead
3 6 (12.50%) PMO Specialist
4 5 (10.42%) Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) PMO Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Coordinator
5 4 (8.33%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
5 4 (8.33%) Project Planner
6 3 (6.25%) Digital Transformation
6 3 (6.25%) Senior
7 2 (4.17%) Product Lead
8 1 (2.08%) Data Business Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Delivery Director
8 1 (2.08%) Maximo Project Manager
8 1 (2.08%) PMO Project Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Project Controller
8 1 (2.08%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (4.17%) IoT
1 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.08%) NHS
2 1 (2.08%) PMI
2 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (29.17%) Agile
3 12 (25.00%) Project Management
4 10 (20.83%) PRINCE2
5 8 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 8 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 5 (10.42%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (10.42%) Quality Management
9 4 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 4 (8.33%) Change Management
9 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.33%) Project Planning
9 4 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
9 4 (8.33%) Resource Management
9 4 (8.33%) SDLC
9 4 (8.33%) Time Management
10 3 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Strategy
10 3 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) APMP
4 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.17%) PMP
4 2 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.08%) ISEB
5 1 (2.08%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) P3O
2 2 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Google
2 3 (6.25%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) Adobe
4 1 (2.08%) NEC
4 1 (2.08%) Sitecore