PMO Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 107 109
Rank change year-on-year -54 +2 0
Contract jobs citing PMO 241 400 516
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.62% 1.93% 2.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.64% 13.55% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 260 358
10th Percentile £255 £250 £262
25th Percentile £316 £337 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% -2.67% +4.65%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £626 £600 £663
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 19
10th Percentile £21.22 £13.50 £22.20
25th Percentile £27.63 £27.34 £30.54
Median hourly rate £37.02 £28.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.21% -15.15% -11.74%
75th Percentile £46.30 £49.65 £35.00
90th Percentile - £63.14 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £27.63 £28.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -1.32% -15.15% -11.84%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,500 2,952 3,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.76% 14.23% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,581 1,671 2,205
10th Percentile £235 £232 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +7.24%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £669 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 354 209
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.06 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.06 £13.36 £18.09
Median hourly rate £27.35 £24.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% -30.91% +59.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.08 £70.00 £79.80
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.18 £38.00
% change year-on-year +24.07% -36.37% +46.15%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

PMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

PMO
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Midlands -11 58 £425 -14.14% 30
North of England -8 51 £370 -17.78% 28
West Midlands +9 50 £438 -2.78% 20
South East -3 47 £450 +9.09% 69
South West -13 37 £581 +16.25% 16
Yorkshire +10 29 £417 -1.88% 8
Scotland -27 25 £363 +18.37% 8
North West -11 15 £360 -10.11% 17
East of England +9 12 £580 +76.70% 10
Northern Ireland - 11 £373 - 3
East Midlands -14 8 £300 -47.83% 10
North East -9 7 £250 -50.00% 3
Wales - 6 £494 - 15
PMO
UK

PMO
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 38 (15.77%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.07%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 61 (25.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (16.18%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (15.35%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (14.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.90%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.83%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.41%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.13%) Power Platform
2 16 (6.64%) Azure
3 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.66%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.24%) Asana
5 3 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (1.24%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.24%) Power Automate
5 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.83%) SaaS
7 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) 802.11
1 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.41%) Firewall
1 1 (0.41%) Internet
1 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.13%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.41%) Power Query
4 1 (0.41%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (10.79%) JIRA
General
1 125 (51.87%) Finance
2 97 (40.25%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.20%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.47%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.39%) Banking
7 10 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.90%) Law
8 7 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.90%) Retail
9 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.66%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.66%) Local Government
11 4 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 57 (23.65%) Analyst
2 49 (20.33%) PMO Analyst
3 33 (13.69%) Project Manager
4 29 (12.03%) Lead
5 24 (9.96%) PMO Lead
6 23 (9.54%) PMO Manager
7 17 (7.05%) Senior
8 11 (4.56%) Senior PMO
9 10 (4.15%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.73%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.32%) IT Project Manager
11 8 (3.32%) Programme Controller
11 8 (3.32%) Project Coordinator
11 8 (3.32%) Project Officer
11 8 (3.32%) Support Officer
12 7 (2.90%) Programme Manager
13 6 (2.49%) Project Analyst
13 6 (2.49%) Project Support Officer
13 6 (2.49%) Senior Manager
14 5 (2.07%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.83%) LDAP
2 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.41%) ADO
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (3.32%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.49%) PMI
4 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.66%) Life Science
5 4 (1.66%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.24%) NHS
6 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.83%) IoT
7 2 (0.83%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.41%) PKI
8 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (38.59%) Project Management
2 83 (34.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (22.41%) Agile
3 54 (22.41%) Project Delivery
4 35 (14.52%) Project Governance
5 32 (13.28%) PRINCE2
6 30 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (12.45%) Programme Management
6 30 (12.45%) Risk Management
7 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (11.20%) Decision-Making
8 25 (10.37%) Portfolio Management
9 24 (9.96%) Resource Management
10 23 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (9.13%) Change Control
12 21 (8.71%) Change Management
13 19 (7.88%) Business Case
13 19 (7.88%) Waterfall
14 18 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (7.05%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.90%) VB
2 1 (0.41%) Python
2 1 (0.41%) SQL
2 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.71%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.88%) Degree
4 11 (4.56%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.73%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.49%) PMP
7 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.83%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) ISEB
9 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.73%) QA
2 8 (3.32%) P3O
3 6 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) GRC
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.54%) SAP
3 9 (3.73%) Oracle
4 4 (1.66%) Google
4 4 (1.66%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.83%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.83%) Apple
6 2 (0.83%) Ariba
6 2 (0.83%) Hitachi
6 2 (0.83%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.41%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.41%) Planview
7 1 (0.41%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.41%) Snow
7 1 (0.41%) Workday