PMO Lead Contract Job Trends in the South West

Project Management Office Leader
England > South West

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the South West is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 143 155
Rank change year-on-year +31 +12 +11
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.21% 0.038% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.041% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £561 - £508
25th Percentile £567 £325 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +66.07% -36.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £592 £375 £622
90th Percentile £597 - £706
England median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £33.00
England median hourly rate - - £33.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,739 2,437 3,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.27% 92.56% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,472 2,132
10th Percentile £224 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £713
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 253 282
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £18.39
25th Percentile £18.13 £42.50 £41.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +5.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £72.54
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the South West

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the South West

PMO Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Lead job vacancies in the South West

PMO Lead
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Wiltshire - 3 £581 - 1
Bristol - 1 - - 1
PMO Lead
England

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
3 2 (50.00%) Private Cloud
3 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PMO