PMO Manager Contracts

Project Management Office Manager
UK

The median Project Management Office Manager daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 580 694
Rank change year-on-year +44 +114 -67
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Manager 64 133 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 106 108
10th Percentile £400 £403 £363
25th Percentile £449 £456 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £628 £630 £593
90th Percentile £700 £669 £642
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -1.44% +9.47% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.54 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% -49.10% +54.96%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £30.54 -
% change year-on-year +14.60% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

PMO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Manager in the UK

PMO Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Manager in the UK

PMO Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Manager over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Manager in the UK

PMO Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Manager in the UK

PMO Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 +41 62 £525 -4.55% 14
London +69 40 £549 -0.23% 5
Work from Home +93 24 £573 +4.09% 2
UK excluding London +45 21 £513 -1.44% 10
North of England +19 6 £525 +5.00% 3
South West +12 5 £575 +25.00%
Yorkshire +19 4 £550 -8.33%
East of England +13 4 £525 -22.22% 3
South East +10 4 £424 -19.16% 1
North East +22 3 £575 +43.75%
West Midlands +28 2 £525 -6.25% 1
Midlands +26 2 £525 -6.25% 1
North West +18 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, PMO Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 64 (100.00%) PMO
2 31 (48.44%) Finance
3 29 (45.31%) Project Management
4 21 (32.81%) Agile
5 15 (23.44%) Project Delivery
6 12 (18.75%) Risk Management
6 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (15.63%) Retail
7 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
8 9 (14.06%) Degree
9 7 (10.94%) Planview
9 7 (10.94%) Programme Management
9 7 (10.94%) Change Management
9 7 (10.94%) PRINCE2
9 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (10.94%) Change Control
10 6 (9.38%) Programme Delivery
10 6 (9.38%) Project Planning
11 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
11 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
12 4 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
12 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
12 4 (6.25%) Decision-Making
12 4 (6.25%) Marketing
12 4 (6.25%) JIRA
12 4 (6.25%) Banking
12 4 (6.25%) Quality Management
12 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
12 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Project

PMO Manager 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 3 (4.69%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.13%) Trello
4 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Changepoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.13%) Azure
1 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
1 2 (3.13%) SaaS
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 31 (48.44%) Finance
2 10 (15.63%) Retail
2 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.25%) Banking
3 4 (6.25%) Marketing
4 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Electronics
5 2 (3.13%) Local Government
5 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.56%) Aviation
6 1 (1.56%) Front Office
6 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.13%) NHS
2 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.56%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.56%) FMCG
3 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.56%) IoT
3 1 (1.56%) PMI
3 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.56%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (45.31%) Project Management
2 21 (32.81%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) Project Delivery
4 12 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (10.94%) Change Control
5 7 (10.94%) Change Management
5 7 (10.94%) PRINCE2
5 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.94%) Programme Management
6 6 (9.38%) Programme Delivery
6 6 (9.38%) Project Planning
7 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 4 (6.25%) Quality Management
8 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
9 3 (4.69%) Budget Management
9 3 (4.69%) ERP
9 3 (4.69%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.69%) PMP
4 1 (1.56%) APMG
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (100.00%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) P3O
3 1 (1.56%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Planview
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
3 3 (4.69%) Google
3 3 (4.69%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) Cadence
5 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.56%) Snow