PMO Manager Contracts

Project Management Office Manager
UK

The median Project Management Office Manager daily rate in the UK is £500, 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 468 518 585
Rank change year-on-year +50 +67 +109
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Manager 52 64 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.16% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 106
10th Percentile £313 £400 £403
25th Percentile £400 £449 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £563 £628 £630
90th Percentile £650 £700 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.95% -1.44% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £27.48 - -
25th Percentile £28.19 - -
Median hourly rate £29.38 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +14.60% -49.10%
75th Percentile £30.57 - -
90th Percentile £31.28 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.38 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -16.06% +14.60% -

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 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 1 May 2025.

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 14 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 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 +43 48 £474 -9.76% 16
London +24 26 £425 -22.55% 9
UK excluding London +65 23 £503 -1.95% 12
Work from Home +30 13 £525 -8.30% 7
North of England +22 9 £463 -11.90% 4
North West +22 6 £439 -
South East +47 5 £450 +6.02% 1
Midlands +24 4 £550 +4.76% 1
West Midlands +15 3 £518 -1.43% 1
Yorkshire +7 3 £463 -15.91% 3
South West +43 2 £650 +13.04%
Scotland - 2 £513 - 5
East of England +27 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £563 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 52 (100.00%) PMO
2 27 (51.92%) Finance
3 21 (40.38%) Project Management
4 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 19 (36.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (19.23%) PRINCE2
6 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.31%) Project Delivery
7 9 (17.31%) Project Governance
7 9 (17.31%) Banking
8 8 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
9 7 (13.46%) Resource Management
9 7 (13.46%) Budget Management
10 6 (11.54%) Business Case
10 6 (11.54%) JIRA
10 6 (11.54%) Investment Management
10 6 (11.54%) Risk Management
10 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
10 6 (11.54%) Financial Institution
11 5 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (9.62%) Change Management
11 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
11 5 (9.62%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (7.69%) Degree
12 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
12 4 (7.69%) Process Improvement

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 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) SAP EWM
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.92%) Asana
2 1 (1.92%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 27 (51.92%) Finance
2 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Banking
4 6 (11.54%) Financial Institution
5 5 (9.62%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Retail
8 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Marketing
8 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.92%) Automotive
9 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.92%) Japanese Language
9 1 (1.92%) Legal
9 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.92%) Market Risk
2 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.92%) PMI
2 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.92%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Project Management
2 19 (36.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (19.23%) PRINCE2
3 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (17.31%) Project Delivery
4 9 (17.31%) Project Governance
5 8 (15.38%) Agile
6 7 (13.46%) Budget Management
6 7 (13.46%) Resource Management
7 6 (11.54%) Business Case
7 6 (11.54%) Investment Management
7 6 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 5 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.62%) Change Management
9 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (7.69%) Data Analysis
9 4 (7.69%) Process Improvement
9 4 (7.69%) Programme Management
10 3 (5.77%) Decision-Making
10 3 (5.77%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.69%) Degree
2 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.85%) PMP
4 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.92%) ISEB
4 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (100.00%) PMO
2 2 (3.85%) P3O
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.92%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) Planview
2 3 (5.77%) SAP
3 1 (1.92%) Google
3 1 (1.92%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.92%) Workday