Senior PMO Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Project Management Office
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Management Office daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 341 399
Rank change year-on-year -30 +58 +77
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 16 16 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.095% 0.097% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 9
10th Percentile £403 £401 £530
25th Percentile £433 £413 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% +26.15%
75th Percentile £638 £463 £575
90th Percentile - £515 £728
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +13.86%

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 15,133 15,266 19,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.64% 92.17% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,356 8,768 13,007
10th Percentile £206 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,481 1,045 1,278
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.59 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.44 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +53.98%

Senior PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior PMO' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior PMO job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior PMO in the UK excluding London

Senior PMO
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior PMO within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 -30 5 £625 +46.20% 6
Midlands -28 4 £525 +23.53% 1
West Midlands -30 4 £525 +23.53%
North West -10 3 £625 +38.89% 5
Scotland -2 2 £450 -9.32%
Yorkshire -27 2 £448 +14.74% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £313 -
East of England -14 1 - -
South East - 1 £400 - 1
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior PMO
UK

Senior PMO Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Senior PMO contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior PMO in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) PMO
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 8 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (43.75%) Project Management
4 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
5 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (37.50%) Waterfall
6 5 (31.25%) Change Control
6 5 (31.25%) JIRA
6 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (25.00%) P3O
7 4 (25.00%) Planview
7 4 (25.00%) PMP
7 4 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (25.00%) Smartsheet
7 4 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
8 3 (18.75%) Degree
8 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
8 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
8 3 (18.75%) Project Governance
8 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
9 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (12.50%) ADO
9 2 (12.50%) Coaching
9 2 (12.50%) Dependency Management

Senior PMO Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Tableau
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Billing
6 1 (6.25%) Front Office
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Law
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 8 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (43.75%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
4 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (37.50%) Waterfall
5 5 (31.25%) Change Control
6 4 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
7 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
7 3 (18.75%) Project Governance
8 2 (12.50%) Coaching
8 2 (12.50%) Dependency Management
8 2 (12.50%) DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) PMP
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) PMO
2 4 (25.00%) P3O
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Planview
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) FNZ