PMO Contract Job Trends

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 195 160
Rank change year-on-year +33 -35 -23
Contract jobs citing PMO 808 411 662
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.63% 1.40% 1.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.69% 8.73% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 261 424
10th Percentile £300 £263 £280
25th Percentile £375 £335 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £575
90th Percentile £699 £688 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £442 £450
% change year-on-year +1.75% -1.72% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 20
10th Percentile £20.30 - £13.50
25th Percentile £29.19 £18.50 £24.34
Median hourly rate £64.00 £34.39 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +86.10% +9.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £83.75 £46.30 £52.50
90th Percentile - £49.77 £63.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £46.30 £28.00
% change year-on-year +78.19% +65.36% -12.85%

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 8,337 4,708 5,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.78% 16.08% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,346 2,995 3,719
10th Percentile £343 £268 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 191 422
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.75 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +41.03% -39.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +71.05% -50.71%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PMO job vacancy trend in the UK

PMO
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMO

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMO

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Top 17 Contract Job 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 9 June 2026. 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 +42 730 £488 +4.84% 158
UK excluding London +17 429 £450 +1.75% 121
London +44 315 £500 +5.54% 60
Work from Home +25 251 £450 +5.88% 80
South East +20 142 £530 +28.48% 38
North of England -20 105 £408 -5.47% 25
Midlands -23 90 £350 -27.08% 33
West Midlands -31 70 £350 -28.93% 26
North West 0 55 £380 -24.75% 10
Yorkshire -36 45 £444 +20.00% 15
Scotland -2 31 £425 +21.43% 4
South West -29 31 £410 -21.90% 5
East of England -20 22 £510 -12.07% 7
East Midlands -14 21 £376 -0.33% 7
Northern Ireland -3 7 £170 -54.36% 4
North East -26 5 £450 +80.00%
Wales -12 3 £400 -18.99% 6

PMO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 86 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 58 (7.18%) Confluence
3 4 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.37%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 186 (23.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 127 (15.72%) Microsoft Project
3 93 (11.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 73 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (2.23%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 46 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.73%) Primavera
3 13 (1.61%) SAP CO
3 13 (1.61%) SAP FI
3 13 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.74%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) CA PPM
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) Workfront
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 93 (11.51%) Power Platform
2 48 (5.94%) Azure
3 27 (3.34%) AWS
4 22 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (2.35%) Smartsheet
6 8 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (0.87%) Amazon S3
7 7 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (0.87%) Serverless
7 7 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (0.62%) OpenShift
9 5 (0.62%) SaaS
9 5 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.50%) ClickUp
10 4 (0.50%) GCP
10 4 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.36%) Firewall
2 6 (0.74%) Wireless
3 4 (0.50%) Network Security
3 4 (0.50%) WAN
4 3 (0.37%) Broadband
4 3 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.25%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.12%) MPLS
6 1 (0.12%) PABX
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.39%) Power BI
2 15 (1.86%) Tableau
3 9 (1.11%) Power Query
4 7 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.50%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.25%) EDMS
8 2 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.25%) QlikView
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.12%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.12%) Metadata
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 121 (14.98%) JIRA
2 6 (0.74%) Burp Suite
2 6 (0.74%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.25%) Hudson
4 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.12%) Git
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
4 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 318 (39.36%) Finance
2 301 (37.25%) Social Skills
3 163 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
5 79 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.93%) Banking
7 39 (4.83%) Legal
8 35 (4.33%) Retail
9 23 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.48%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.10%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.73%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.61%) Marketing
16 9 (1.11%) Military
17 8 (0.99%) Local Government
18 7 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
19 6 (0.74%) Front Office
19 6 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 183 (22.65%) Analyst
2 159 (19.68%) Project Manager
3 123 (15.22%) PMO Analyst
4 111 (13.74%) Lead
5 68 (8.42%) PMO Manager
6 58 (7.18%) Senior
7 50 (6.19%) PMO Lead
8 35 (4.33%) SAP Manager
9 28 (3.47%) SAP Project Manager
10 27 (3.34%) Coordinator
11 25 (3.09%) Project Officer
12 24 (2.97%) Senior Manager
12 24 (2.97%) Support Officer
13 22 (2.72%) PMO Project Manager
14 21 (2.60%) Change Manager
14 21 (2.60%) Transformation Manager
15 20 (2.48%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.48%) Senior Project Manager
16 19 (2.35%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.36%) ADO
2 6 (0.74%) Middleware
2 6 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.50%) REST
4 3 (0.37%) SOAP
5 2 (0.25%) FHIR
5 2 (0.25%) Web Services
6 1 (0.12%) JDO
6 1 (0.12%) JSON
6 1 (0.12%) JWT
6 1 (0.12%) Kafka
6 1 (0.12%) OAuth
6 1 (0.12%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.12%) SAP TM
6 1 (0.12%) XML
6 1 (0.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.31%) Onboarding
2 22 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.23%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (2.10%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.10%) Virtual Team
5 14 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.61%) PMI
7 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (0.99%) Security Posture
8 7 (0.87%) NHS
9 6 (0.74%) FMCG
9 6 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.50%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.50%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.37%) Online Banking
11 3 (0.37%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.37%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.37%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.12%) Linux
2 1 (0.12%) pSOS
2 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.12%) SUSE
2 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (32.55%) Project Management
2 255 (31.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 213 (26.36%) Project Delivery
4 208 (25.74%) Agile
5 172 (21.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 152 (18.81%) Decision-Making
7 146 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 131 (16.21%) PRINCE2
9 95 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 93 (11.51%) Waterfall
11 87 (10.77%) Change Management
12 84 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (9.41%) Programme Management
13 76 (9.41%) Risk Management
14 74 (9.16%) Change Control
15 70 (8.66%) Portfolio Management
16 66 (8.17%) Programme Governance
17 64 (7.92%) Migration
17 64 (7.92%) Project Governance
18 53 (6.56%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (2.97%) SQL
2 7 (0.87%) VBA
3 6 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (0.74%) VB
4 5 (0.62%) Python
5 3 (0.37%) Java
5 3 (0.37%) Korn
6 1 (0.12%) ABAP
6 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 166 (20.54%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 105 (13.00%) Degree
4 71 (8.79%) PMP
5 64 (7.92%) PMI Certification
6 49 (6.06%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.99%) APMG
9 7 (0.87%) APMP
9 7 (0.87%) CISSP
9 7 (0.87%) Postgraduate
10 6 (0.74%) CHECK Team Member
10 6 (0.74%) CREST Certified
10 6 (0.74%) Cyber Scheme
10 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.62%) CISA
12 4 (0.50%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.07%) QA
2 39 (4.83%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.97%) GDPR
4 14 (1.73%) P3O
4 14 (1.73%) SLA
5 12 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.24%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.11%) NIST
8 7 (0.87%) GRC
9 6 (0.74%) MiFID
10 5 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.37%) ITGC
12 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.25%) COBIT
13 2 (0.25%) HL7
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.74%) Nmap
1 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.12%) logstash
Vendors
1 105 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (12.00%) SAP
3 29 (3.59%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.72%) Oracle
5 17 (2.10%) Planview
6 13 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.24%) Cisco
8 9 (1.11%) Dell
8 9 (1.11%) Workday
9 6 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.74%) Databricks
10 5 (0.62%) Adobe
11 4 (0.50%) Ariba
11 4 (0.50%) IFS
12 3 (0.37%) BT
12 3 (0.37%) Computacenter
13 2 (0.25%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.25%) OpenText
13 2 (0.25%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.25%) Remedy