PMO Consultant Contract Job Trends

Project Management Office Consultant
UK

The median Project Management Office Consultant daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 532 585
Rank change year-on-year -60 +53 +164
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Consultant 9 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.016% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.018% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £358 £443 £380
25th Percentile £425 £448 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £413
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% +12.12% -17.91%
75th Percentile £609 £490 £525
90th Percentile £626 £496 £563
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 37,909 28,295 41,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.89% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,822 17,724 26,992
10th Percentile £306 £293 £275
25th Percentile £408 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,307 828 2,328
10th Percentile £14.61 £16.43 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -10.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £71.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.11 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.37% -7.14% -2.78%

PMO Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PMO Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

PMO Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PMO Consultant job vacancies in the UK

PMO Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Consultant over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Consultant in the UK

PMO Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PMO Consultant job vacancies in the UK

PMO Consultant
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. 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
England -72 7 £600 +30.43% 2
Work from Home -10 4 £600 +24.68%
London -48 4 £600 +30.43% 1
UK excluding London - 3 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

PMO Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, PMO Consultant 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 featuring PMO Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (22.22%) Behavioural Change
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
3 2 (22.22%) Emotional Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle

PMO Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (11.11%) Primavera
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Behavioural Change
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (22.22%) Change Management
1 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
1 2 (22.22%) Emotional Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Portfolio Management
1 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (11.11%) Business Case
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Planview
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow