PMO Lead Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 367 393
Rank change year-on-year +52 +26 +70
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 22 21 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.10% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.11% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 40
10th Percentile £293 £396 £300
25th Percentile £454 £413 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £547 £528 £556
90th Percentile £589 £612 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,687 19,029 22,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.56% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,486 11,618 15,791
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 840 2,244 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.58 £15.75 £17.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the UK excluding London

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK excluding London

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK excluding London

PMO Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK excluding London

PMO Lead
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South East +39 6 £525 +16.96% 3
Midlands +24 6 £500 -4.76% 1
West Midlands +23 6 £500 -4.76% 1
Scotland - 4 £447 -
North of England +21 3 £428 -4.89% 1
South West +32 2 £650 +30.00% 2
Yorkshire +14 2 £500 +14.29%
East of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 £356 - 1
PMO Lead
UK

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) PMO
2 10 (45.45%) Project Management
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 7 (31.82%) Project Delivery
4 7 (31.82%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) PRINCE2
6 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
6 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (18.18%) Change Control
7 4 (18.18%) Coaching
7 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
8 3 (13.64%) PMI
8 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
8 3 (13.64%) JIRA
8 3 (13.64%) Matrix Management
9 2 (9.09%) Time Management
9 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (9.09%) Waterfall

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) OLE
2 1 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) PMI
2 2 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Project Management
2 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Project Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
6 4 (18.18%) Change Control
6 4 (18.18%) Coaching
6 4 (18.18%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (13.64%) Matrix Management
7 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
8 2 (9.09%) Business Continuity
8 2 (9.09%) PRINCE
8 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Sitecore