PMO Lead Contract Job Trends

Project Management Office Leader
UK

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the UK is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 503 506
Rank change year-on-year -126 +3 +60
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 56 55 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 36 34
10th Percentile £375 £363 £408
25th Percentile £435 £449 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £556 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +5.95% -3.45%
75th Percentile £591 £653 £634
90th Percentile £654 £813 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.15
25th Percentile - - £23.49
Median hourly rate - - £26.36
75th Percentile - - £28.60
90th Percentile - - £29.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £26.36
% change year-on-year - - -20.14%

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 50,176 30,117 35,319
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 90.80% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,458 18,999 21,350
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,042 1,639 1,491
10th Percentile £14.32 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.96
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.80% -3.47%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PMO Lead job vacancy trend in the UK

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

PMO Lead
Top 15 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 Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 9 October 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 -112 47 £515 -11.16% 78
UK excluding London -89 28 £525 +7.69% 47
London -97 25 £513 -14.50% 29
Work from Home -57 19 £475 -13.64% 29
South East -55 7 £529 +14.38% 17
Scotland -24 5 £554 +5.47% 3
South West -30 5 £525 -9.68% 1
Midlands -44 4 £525 +31.25% 8
North of England -62 4 £459 -3.42% 15
West Midlands -45 3 £575 +21.05% 6
North West - 3 £400 - 9
East of England -29 2 £388 -13.89% 1
East Midlands -19 1 £475 +38.89% 2
Yorkshire -35 1 £518 +8.95% 5
Wales - 1 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 2026, PMO Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 56 (100.00%) PMO
2 33 (58.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (33.93%) Project Delivery
5 18 (32.14%) PRINCE2
6 17 (30.36%) Security Cleared
7 16 (28.57%) Project Management
8 14 (25.00%) Agile
8 14 (25.00%) Decision-Making
9 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
9 13 (23.21%) SC Cleared
10 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
11 11 (19.64%) Programme Management
12 9 (16.07%) Budget Management
12 9 (16.07%) P3O
12 9 (16.07%) Portfolio Management
13 8 (14.29%) JIRA
13 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
13 8 (14.29%) Programme Governance
13 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
13 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
14 7 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
14 7 (12.50%) Project Governance
14 7 (12.50%) Waterfall
15 6 (10.71%) Azure
15 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
15 6 (10.71%) PMP
16 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (8.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting

PMO Lead 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.93%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.79%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.79%) Changepoint
2 1 (1.79%) Primavera
2 1 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.79%) SystmOne
2 1 (1.79%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.57%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.79%) AWS
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Gigabit Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.07%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.36%) Local Government
7 2 (3.57%) Banking
7 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Legal
8 1 (1.79%) Military
8 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.57%) NHS
2 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.79%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (33.93%) Project Delivery
4 18 (32.14%) PRINCE2
5 16 (28.57%) Project Management
6 14 (25.00%) Agile
6 14 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 11 (19.64%) Programme Management
8 9 (16.07%) Budget Management
8 9 (16.07%) Portfolio Management
9 8 (14.29%) Programme Governance
9 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
10 7 (12.50%) Project Governance
10 7 (12.50%) Waterfall
11 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
12 5 (8.93%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 5 (8.93%) Change Control
12 5 (8.93%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Security Cleared
2 13 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) PMP
4 5 (8.93%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.57%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) Degree
7 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (100.00%) PMO
2 9 (16.07%) P3O
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) Planview
4 1 (1.79%) IBM
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Salesforce