PMO Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Management Office Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 385 -
Rank change year-on-year +57 - -
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Specialist 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £299 - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £403 - -
UK median daily rate £388 £350 -
% change year-on-year +10.71% - -

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 11,791 19,029 22,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.56% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 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 £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,244 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £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 £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

PMO Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Specialist in the UK excluding London

PMO Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Specialist in the UK excluding London

PMO Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for PMO Specialist in the UK excluding London

PMO Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Specialist in the UK excluding London

PMO Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +40 6 £325 -
Midlands +20 1 £393 -
West Midlands +16 1 £393 -
East of England - 1 £406 -
PMO Specialist
UK

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

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

1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
3 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (50.00%) Project Governance
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (37.50%) PMP
5 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Project Management
5 3 (37.50%) Quality Management
5 3 (37.50%) Change Management
5 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
5 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (37.50%) JIRA
5 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) P3O
5 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (25.00%) Planview
6 2 (25.00%) Degree
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment

PMO Specialist 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Quality Management
3 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) PMP
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (37.50%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Planview
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft