PMO Contract Job Trends in the South West

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PMO skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 67 94
Rank change year-on-year -12 +27 +2
Contract jobs citing PMO 37 74 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.92% 2.73% 2.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.45% 19.95% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 33 44
10th Percentile £384 £301 £216
25th Percentile £398 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% +5.88% -8.60%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £528
90th Percentile £600 £575 £618
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £18.36 - -
25th Percentile £19.22 - -
Median hourly rate £20.65 £28.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% -15.15% -11.65%
75th Percentile £22.07 - £34.50
90th Percentile £22.93 £32.20 £43.10
England median hourly rate £24.25 £35.58 £33.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +7.83% +1.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 354 371 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.40% 13.68% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 209 287
10th Percentile £235 £263 £350
25th Percentile £363 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £669
90th Percentile £706 £690 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 60 42
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.24 £33.00
25th Percentile £25.57 £13.70 £49.24
Median hourly rate £62.50 £68.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £76.72 £70.13 -
England median hourly rate £31.64 £27.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year +15.05% -21.99% +56.67%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PMO

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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 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PMO

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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 29 August 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
Bristol +19 27 £431 +39.11% 7
Wiltshire +9 8 £590 +18.00% 2
Gloucestershire -10 1 - - 2
Devon - 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 17 (45.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (16.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.11%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) 802.11
1 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) JIRA
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Finance
3 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Billing
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Local Government
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Lead
2 8 (21.62%) Programme Controller
3 4 (10.81%) PMO Lead
3 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) PMO Officer
4 3 (8.11%) Project Officer
5 2 (5.41%) PMO Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Administrator
6 1 (2.70%) Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) PMO Administrator
6 1 (2.70%) PMO Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Project Leader
6 1 (2.70%) Project Planner
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Finance Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Project Management
2 11 (29.73%) Project Delivery
3 10 (27.03%) Risk Management
4 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (21.62%) Agile
5 8 (21.62%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
6 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.51%) Project Governance
8 4 (10.81%) Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
8 4 (10.81%) Records Management
8 4 (10.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Waterfall
9 3 (8.11%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (8.11%) Customer Service
9 3 (8.11%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.70%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto