PMO Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Project Management Office (PMO)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +11
Contract jobs citing PMO 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.74% 0.30% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.68% 1.69% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £307 - £252
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £435 - £788
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £393 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.00 -
Wales median hourly rate - £24.00 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 62 59 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 17.97% 17.61% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 37 33
10th Percentile £214 £162 £164
25th Percentile £306 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £521 £544 £588
90th Percentile £608 £550 £650
Wales median daily rate £440 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +3.53% +21.43% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.14 £12.96
25th Percentile £28.56 £19.93 £15.51
Median hourly rate £80.00 £24.68 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year +224.15% +3.20% +64.36%
75th Percentile £85.00 £26.50 £26.88
90th Percentile £86.25 £33.18 £34.87
Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £24.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year +233.33% +0.36% +18.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

PMO job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMO

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PMO

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cardiff +5 6 £393 - 3
PMO
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Burndown Charts
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Epics
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) SAP