PMO Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management Office (PMO)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 82 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +28
Contract jobs citing PMO 55 66 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.09% 2.32% 3.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.59% 15.79% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 41 67
10th Percentile £208 £304 £304
25th Percentile £342 £363 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% - +21.62%
75th Percentile £508 £550 £556
90th Percentile £550 £800 £600
South East median daily rate £423 £450 £458
% change year-on-year -6.11% -1.64% +14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
South East median hourly rate £26.68 £23.77 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.25% -26.87% +18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 437 418 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.60% 14.71% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 250 333
10th Percentile £184 £252 £220
25th Percentile £316 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.06% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 15
10th Percentile £18.20 £17.88 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.25 £12.31
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.76% -0.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £34.50 £21.28
90th Percentile £69.11 £63.67 £25.30
South East median hourly rate £26.68 £24.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +11.17% +14.29% -23.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Berkshire +3 44 £400 -10.11% 3
Buckinghamshire +9 9 £449 +8.82% 4
Oxfordshire +5 2 £300 -45.45% 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Power BI
General
1 20 (36.36%) Finance
2 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Mandarin Language
3 9 (16.36%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.91%) Legal
6 4 (7.27%) Retail
7 2 (3.64%) Billing
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Aviation
8 1 (1.82%) Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Electronics
8 1 (1.82%) Local Government
8 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.82%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Analyst
2 10 (18.18%) Lead
3 8 (14.55%) PMO Analyst
4 6 (10.91%) PMO Lead
5 5 (9.09%) Portfolio Analyst
6 4 (7.27%) PMO Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (5.45%) PMO Officer
7 3 (5.45%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (5.45%) Senior
7 3 (5.45%) Support Officer
7 3 (5.45%) Telecoms Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Finance Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
9 1 (1.82%) SAP Financial Project Manager
9 1 (1.82%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.82%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (56.36%) Project Management
2 18 (32.73%) Project Delivery
3 16 (29.09%) Risk Management
4 10 (18.18%) Workflow
5 9 (16.36%) Time Management
6 8 (14.55%) Agile
7 7 (12.73%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (12.73%) Data Analysis
7 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
7 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (10.91%) Change Management
8 6 (10.91%) DevOps
8 6 (10.91%) Programme Management
9 5 (9.09%) Project Planning
9 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (7.27%) Customer-Centricity
10 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.27%) Kanban
10 4 (7.27%) Logistics
10 4 (7.27%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) Degree
3 4 (7.27%) PMP
4 3 (5.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) ITGC
2 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) Citrix
2 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.82%) Ceridian
4 1 (1.82%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.82%) Concur
4 1 (1.82%) Workday