PMO Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Management Office Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 371 415
Rank change year-on-year +60 +44 +51
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Manager 23 23 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 29
10th Percentile £373 £395 £373
25th Percentile £452 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £614 £652
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £27.48 - -
25th Percentile £28.19 - -
Median hourly rate £29.38 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +14.60% -
75th Percentile £30.57 - -
90th Percentile £31.28 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.38 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -16.06% +14.60% -49.10%

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
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 £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

PMO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Manager in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Manager in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Manager in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Manager in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England +14 9 £463 -11.90% 4
North West +15 6 £439 -
South East +36 5 £450 +0.25% 1
Midlands +20 4 £550 +4.76% 1
West Midlands +14 3 £518 -1.43% 1
Yorkshire +7 3 £463 -15.91% 3
South West +27 2 £650 +13.04%
Scotland +12 2 £513 - 5
East of England +35 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £563 -
PMO Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, PMO Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) PMO
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 8 (34.78%) Project Management
4 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
4 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
5 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (21.74%) Change Management
6 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
7 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (13.04%) Power BI
7 3 (13.04%) Business Case
7 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
7 3 (13.04%) VB
7 3 (13.04%) Agile
7 3 (13.04%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (13.04%) Dashboard Development
7 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
7 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
8 2 (8.70%) JIRA
8 2 (8.70%) Time Management
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) Portfolio Management
8 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.70%) Project Governance

PMO Manager 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 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Japanese Language
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
1 1 (4.35%) PMI
1 1 (4.35%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Project Management
2 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) Change Management
3 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) Business Case
5 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.04%) Dashboard Development
5 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
6 2 (8.70%) Project Governance
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ISEB
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PMP
2 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Google
2 1 (4.35%) Sitecore
2 1 (4.35%) Workday