PMO Project Manager Contracts

Project Management Office Project Manager
UK

The median Project Management Office Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 577 659
Rank change year-on-year +64 +82 +172
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Project Manager 8 13 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.030% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.032% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 13
10th Percentile - £394 £392
25th Percentile £313 £419 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £650
90th Percentile £627 £540 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -28.57% - +120.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +14.60% -49.10%
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -9.26% +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 27,038 40,304 52,860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.86% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,399 26,003 36,915
10th Percentile £287 £280 £313
25th Percentile £403 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 2,874 1,471
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.85% -16.67% +83.67%
75th Percentile £58.75 £61.60 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.31 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.73% -5.88% +112.50%

PMO Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Project Manager in the UK

PMO Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Project Manager in the UK

PMO Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Project Manager over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Project Manager in the UK

PMO Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Project Manager in the UK

PMO Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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 +70 6 £350 -30.00% 6
Work from Home +47 6 £450 -10.00% 1
London +51 3 £325 -35.00% 3
UK excluding London +37 3 £375 -28.57% 6
North of England +14 2 - - 1
North West - 2 - -
South East - 1 £375 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, PMO Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) ERP
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
6 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Workday
6 1 (12.50%) GDPR
6 1 (12.50%) Asana
6 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
6 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) JIRA
6 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
6 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

PMO Project 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Asana
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Market Risk
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) Workday