PMO Contracts

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 155 135
Rank change year-on-year -40 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing PMO 439 672 1,072
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.55% 1.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.46% 11.33% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 430 794
10th Percentile £263 £275 £281
25th Percentile £346 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +2.83%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £616
90th Percentile £675 £650 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £449 £450
% change year-on-year -5.32% -0.25% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 22
10th Percentile - £13.50 £21.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.60 £30.54
Median hourly rate £31.76 £28.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -15.15% -25.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £51.56 £51.28
90th Percentile - £63.31 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.66 £28.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year +48.79% -14.50% -12.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,188 5,931 7,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.31% 13.68% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,324 3,676 5,262
10th Percentile £280 £282 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 430 256
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -36.53% +38.89%
75th Percentile £62.25 £49.69 £62.68
90th Percentile £83.05 £70.00 £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.59 £21.69 £35.50
% change year-on-year +27.21% -38.92% +61.36%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

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Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 -43 368 £463 -2.63% 638
UK excluding London -48 229 £425 -5.32% 301
London -8 168 £496 -0.75% 393
Work from Home -23 151 £438 -1.69% 277
Midlands -5 55 £425 -15.00% 44
West Midlands +4 47 £450 -2.70% 33
North of England -12 47 £370 -17.78% 71
South East -16 47 £450 +8.76% 106
South West -17 34 £563 +12.50% 22
Yorkshire +8 25 £392 -7.76% 26
Scotland -24 24 £363 +18.37% 17
North West -12 15 £360 -12.20% 44
East of England +17 12 £580 +76.70% 18
Northern Ireland - 10 £343 - 4
East Midlands -8 8 £300 -47.83% 10
North East -6 7 £250 -50.00% 2
Wales - 5 £500 - 20

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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 56 (12.76%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.19%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.23%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 92 (20.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 56 (12.76%) Microsoft Project
4 55 (12.53%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.91%) Primavera
3 3 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.46%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.46%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.23%) Epicor iScala
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 36 (8.20%) Power Platform
2 25 (5.69%) Azure
3 13 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.59%) Asana
5 7 (1.59%) SaaS
6 6 (1.37%) Smartsheet
7 5 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.91%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.91%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.68%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.46%) Datadog
10 2 (0.46%) IaaS
11 1 (0.23%) GCP
11 1 (0.23%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.23%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) Firewall
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.23%) 802.11
2 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.74%) Power BI
2 6 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.46%) Power Query
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.46%) Tableau
5 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.23%) IDMS
5 1 (0.23%) Looker
5 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 52 (11.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 226 (51.48%) Finance
2 188 (42.82%) Social Skills
3 58 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (7.74%) Banking
6 31 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (6.83%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.42%) Retail
9 13 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.73%) Marketing
11 11 (2.51%) Legal
11 11 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.28%) Law
12 10 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (2.05%) Front Office
14 7 (1.59%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.37%) Automotive
15 6 (1.37%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (23.01%) Analyst
2 88 (20.05%) PMO Analyst
3 82 (18.68%) Project Manager
4 52 (11.85%) Lead
5 43 (9.79%) PMO Manager
6 40 (9.11%) PMO Lead
7 24 (5.47%) Senior
8 19 (4.33%) IT Manager
8 19 (4.33%) Programme Manager
9 17 (3.87%) Coordinator
9 17 (3.87%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (3.19%) Project Analyst
11 13 (2.96%) Project Coordinator
11 13 (2.96%) Senior PMO
12 11 (2.51%) Administrator
12 11 (2.51%) Junior
13 10 (2.28%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (2.05%) Consultant
14 9 (2.05%) SAP Manager
14 9 (2.05%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.68%) ADO
1 3 (0.68%) Middleware
1 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.46%) LDAP
3 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.23%) ActiveX
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.56%) Onboarding
2 14 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.28%) PMI
5 9 (2.05%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.37%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.14%) Life Science
8 5 (1.14%) NHS
9 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.68%) Derivative
10 3 (0.68%) FMCG
10 3 (0.68%) IoT
10 3 (0.68%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.46%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.51%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (40.32%) Project Management
2 127 (28.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (23.46%) Agile
4 77 (17.54%) Project Delivery
5 72 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (12.98%) PRINCE2
7 51 (11.62%) Programme Management
8 49 (11.16%) Change Management
9 47 (10.71%) Risk Management
10 46 (10.48%) Project Governance
11 45 (10.25%) Decision-Making
11 45 (10.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (8.66%) Business Case
14 36 (8.20%) Portfolio Management
15 34 (7.74%) Change Control
16 33 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
17 31 (7.06%) Resource Management
17 31 (7.06%) Waterfall
18 28 (6.38%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.82%) VB
2 3 (0.68%) Python
3 2 (0.46%) C#
3 2 (0.46%) Java
3 2 (0.46%) SQL
4 1 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (12.30%) Degree
2 50 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.15%) PMI Certification
5 22 (5.01%) PMP
6 10 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.28%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.46%) APMP
10 2 (0.46%) CISM
10 2 (0.46%) CRISC
10 2 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.23%) CISSP
11 1 (0.23%) ISEB
11 1 (0.23%) MBA
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.10%) QA
2 9 (2.05%) P3O
3 8 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.68%) GDPR
4 3 (0.68%) NIST
4 3 (0.68%) SLA
5 2 (0.46%) Basel III
5 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.46%) GRC
5 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.23%) COSO
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.23%) GxP
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (19.36%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.11%) SAP
3 15 (3.42%) Oracle
4 8 (1.82%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.59%) Google
6 6 (1.37%) Ariba
6 6 (1.37%) Planview
7 5 (1.14%) Workday
8 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.46%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.46%) Apple
9 2 (0.46%) Databricks
9 2 (0.46%) Dell
9 2 (0.46%) Hitachi
9 2 (0.46%) Hyperion
9 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.46%) Temenos
9 2 (0.46%) VMware
10 1 (0.23%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.23%) Snow