PMO Lead Contracts

Project Management Office Leader
UK

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 525 611
Rank change year-on-year +40 +86 +116
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 35 57 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 75
10th Percentile £328 £408 £304
25th Percentile £477 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% -5.55%
75th Percentile £577 £575 £581
90th Percentile £663 £653 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £449 £463
% change year-on-year +16.81% -2.82% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead.

Hourly rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Top 13 Contract 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 1 May 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
England +37 29 £525 +5.00% 18
UK excluding London +67 23 £525 +16.81% 10
London +19 11 £580 +5.45% 9
South East +43 6 £525 +16.96% 4
Work from Home +24 6 £488 -11.36% 10
West Midlands - 6 £500 - 1
Midlands - 6 £500 - 1
Scotland - 5 £486 -
North of England +17 3 £428 -4.89% 2
South West +43 2 £650 +30.00% 3
Yorkshire +6 2 £500 +14.29%
East of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 £356 - 2

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) PMO
2 14 (40.00%) Finance
3 13 (37.14%) Project Management
4 11 (31.43%) Project Delivery
5 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (28.57%) Agile
6 8 (22.86%) Programme Management
7 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 7 (20.00%) Change Control
8 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
9 5 (14.29%) PMI Certification
9 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (14.29%) JIRA
9 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (11.43%) Budgeting
10 4 (11.43%) Programme Governance
10 4 (11.43%) Coaching
10 4 (11.43%) Project Governance
10 4 (11.43%) Resource Management
10 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (11.43%) Waterfall
10 4 (11.43%) Portfolio Management
10 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
10 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared

PMO Lead Skill Set
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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.71%) Banking
6 2 (5.71%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) French Language
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Publishing
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) OLE
2 1 (2.86%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.57%) PMI
2 2 (5.71%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Project Management
2 11 (31.43%) Project Delivery
3 10 (28.57%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (22.86%) Programme Management
5 7 (20.00%) Change Control
5 7 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.43%) Budgeting
7 4 (11.43%) Coaching
7 4 (11.43%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) Programme Governance
7 4 (11.43%) Project Governance
7 4 (11.43%) Resource Management
7 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (11.43%) Waterfall
8 3 (8.57%) Logistics
8 3 (8.57%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 2 (5.71%) PMP
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) Pega
3 1 (2.86%) Sitecore