P3O Contracts

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring P3O skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited P3O over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 565 670
Rank change year-on-year +46 +105 +168
Contract jobs citing P3O 17 26 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.060% 0.022%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.44% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 10
10th Percentile £338 £419 £348
25th Percentile £375 £475 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £525 £524
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% +0.24% +26.97%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £655
90th Percentile - £603 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -11.00% +2.56% +16.42%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

P3O 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,022 5,909 7,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 13.69% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,222 3,664 5,184
10th Percentile £279 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -1.16% -4.04% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 431 254
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -36.95% +37.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.38 £63.23
90th Percentile £83.41 £70.00 £79.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.18 £20.46 £37.50
% change year-on-year +37.73% -45.44% +66.67%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing P3O.

Daily rate trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing P3O over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for P3O in the UK

P3O
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +40 16 £445 -11.00% 5
England +51 15 £550 +4.76% 9
Work from Home +42 9 £550 +15.79% 5
South East +59 8 - - 2
South West +32 3 £550 +4.76%
Scotland +1 2 £350 -26.32%
London +37 1 - - 4
Midlands +14 1 - -
North of England +9 1 £445 -17.21% 3
West Midlands +7 1 - -
Yorkshire +1 1 £445 +9.88% 2
East of England - 1 - -

P3O
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.88%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
5 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) PMO Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) Project Planner
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Change Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Planner
4 1 (5.88%) Excel Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Finance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Governance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior PMO
4 1 (5.88%) Senior PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) PRINCE2
2 9 (52.94%) Portfolio Management
2 9 (52.94%) Project Management
3 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (35.29%) Agile
4 6 (35.29%) Project Delivery
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Change Control
5 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
5 5 (29.41%) Waterfall
6 4 (23.53%) Change Management
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) Critical Path Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) Dependency Management
7 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
7 3 (17.65%) Quality Management
7 3 (17.65%) Resource Management
7 3 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) APMP
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) PMO
2 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) IFS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Planview