Senior PMO Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior Project Management Office
England > South East

The median Senior Project Management Office daily rate in the South East is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £517
25th Percentile - - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £539
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.76%
75th Percentile - - £547
90th Percentile - - £549
England median daily rate £513 £450 £563
% change year-on-year +13.89% -20.00% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,919 3,167 4,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.58% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 1,983 2,997
10th Percentile £227 £238 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £615 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 113 274
10th Percentile £13.88 £18.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -25.45% +37.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.71
90th Percentile £84.68 £67.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -21.35% +27.14%

Senior PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior PMO job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior PMO job vacancies in the South East

Senior PMO
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 Senior PMO within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Berkshire - 3 £400 - 1
Thames Valley - 3 £400 - 1
Hampshire - 1 £400 -
Senior PMO
England

Senior PMO Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Senior PMO 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 South East region featuring Senior PMO in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ADO
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management

Senior PMO Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO