PMO Contracts in the South West

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 110 114
Rank change year-on-year +42 +4 -17
Contract jobs citing PMO 93 64 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.94% 1.76% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.52% 15.35% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 56 48
10th Percentile £317 £225 £191
25th Percentile £405 £304 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £448
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +0.56% -10.50%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £539
90th Percentile £600 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +14.29% -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% -21.35% +178.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

PMO is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 563 417 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.78% 11.45% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 301 296
10th Percentile £263 £200 £193
25th Percentile £410 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £479
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +8.15% -4.30%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 44 22
10th Percentile £12.40 £17.65 £47.56
25th Percentile £14.00 £49.75 £55.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £64.57 £68.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.31% -6.17% +37.63%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.81 £70.81
90th Percentile £73.16 £83.40 £81.01
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the South West

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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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Gloucestershire +25 26 £500 +17.65% 6
Bristol +12 23 £500 +8.70% 9
Wiltshire +10 23 £513 -6.82% 2
Devon +5 8 £392 -0.56% 5
Somerset -4 6 £525 +53.62% 6
Dorset +8 2 £344 -6.78%
Cornwall - 1 - -
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (29.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (29.03%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (21.51%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) 4G
1 1 (1.08%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (25.81%) JIRA
General
1 45 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 42 (45.16%) Finance
3 26 (27.96%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (24.73%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.23%) Marketing
7 2 (2.15%) Advertising
7 2 (2.15%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.15%) Aviation
7 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.15%) Military
7 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.08%) Electronics
8 1 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (26.88%) Lead
2 20 (21.51%) Project Leader
3 10 (10.75%) Analyst
3 10 (10.75%) Project Manager
4 8 (8.60%) Support Officer
5 6 (6.45%) PMO Analyst
5 6 (6.45%) Project Officer
6 5 (5.38%) PMO Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Project Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) Senior
7 4 (4.30%) Compliance Officer
7 4 (4.30%) PMO Lead
7 4 (4.30%) Security Compliance Officer
7 4 (4.30%) Security Officer
8 3 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.23%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Project Support Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.75%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.15%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (58.06%) Project Management
2 36 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (33.33%) Agile
3 31 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 29 (31.18%) PRINCE2
5 27 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (25.81%) Project Planning
7 20 (21.51%) Commercial Awareness
7 20 (21.51%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 20 (21.51%) Data Management
7 20 (21.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 20 (21.51%) Workshop Facilitation
8 19 (20.43%) Change Management
9 11 (11.83%) Programme Management
10 9 (9.68%) Decision-Making
10 9 (9.68%) Dependency Management
10 9 (9.68%) Programme Delivery
11 8 (8.60%) Budget Management
11 8 (8.60%) Risk Management
12 7 (7.53%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 63 (67.74%) Security Cleared
2 38 (40.86%) DV Cleared
3 24 (25.81%) SC Cleared
4 20 (21.51%) APMP
5 5 (5.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (3.23%) APMG
7 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.15%) Degree
7 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.53%) P3O
2 4 (4.30%) Def Stans
2 4 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) MOM
Vendors
1 33 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.15%) SAP
3 1 (1.08%) BT
3 1 (1.08%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.08%) Planview