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 £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 336 388
Rank change year-on-year -6 +52 +80
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a PMO Manager 22 33 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 25
10th Percentile £321 £419 £325
25th Percentile £466 £469 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £634 £631 £644
UK median daily rate £525 £561 £520
% change year-on-year -6.46% +7.93% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £40.17 -
25th Percentile - £47.93 -
Median hourly rate - £61.71 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year - +102.05% -30.59%
75th Percentile - £62.99 £31.77
90th Percentile - £63.26 £32.51
UK median hourly rate - £61.71 £30.54
% change year-on-year - +102.05% -30.59%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,834 16,773 20,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.27% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,454 10,091 13,819
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,264 1,650 1,165
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.20 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.58% +68.04%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Manager job vacancies 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 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Manager in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

PMO Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 25 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -18 6 £475 -9.52% 3
Scotland -2 5 £494 - 4
Yorkshire -10 5 £475 -9.52%
Midlands -15 4 £588 +6.82% 4
West Midlands -17 4 £588 +6.82% 4
South West +26 2 £675 +17.39%
South East +20 2 £538 +19.44% 17
East of England - 2 - -
Wales - 1 - -
North West - 1 - - 3
PMO Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 22 (100.00%) PMO
2 13 (59.09%) Finance
3 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (36.36%) Project Management
5 7 (31.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
6 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
7 5 (22.73%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (22.73%) Agile
8 4 (18.18%) Programme Management
8 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
8 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 4 (18.18%) VB
8 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) JIRA
8 4 (18.18%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (18.18%) Business Case
8 4 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
9 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
9 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
9 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence

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 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
1 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Billing
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
5 4 (18.18%) Business Case
5 4 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (18.18%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 4 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Resource Management
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
7 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.09%) Coaching
7 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (4.55%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) PMO
2 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) P3O
3 1 (4.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.09%) BMC
3 2 (9.09%) Remedy
4 1 (4.55%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Sitecore