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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 191 143
Rank change year-on-year -2 -48 -10
Contract jobs citing PMO 595 427 772
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 1.39% 1.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.62% 9.52% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 249 539
10th Percentile £287 £305 £290
25th Percentile £375 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 20
10th Percentile £15.60 £22.60 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.98 £30.21 £24.34
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% +18.18% -5.71%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.73 £55.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.77 £71.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.56 £36.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -42.90% +9.09% +1.48%

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 6,902 4,484 6,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.30% 14.62% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,448 2,664 4,260
10th Percentile £325 £260 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.63% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 166 339
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.23 £20.47 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £27.68 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +10.70% -23.08%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £51.17
90th Percentile £69.65 £76.68 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.75 £27.68 £24.50
% change year-on-year -25.02% +12.96% -16.38%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

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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 16 February 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 +14 528 £488 +8.33% 126
UK excluding London -18 332 £450 -5.26% 108
London +16 213 £500 +17.65% 38
Work from Home +14 175 £478 +1.87% 65
South East +49 149 £486 +7.88% 32
Midlands -45 62 £400 -15.79% 27
West Midlands -38 50 £405 -16.49% 26
North of England -54 49 £408 -16.38% 29
Yorkshire -45 28 £438 +6.18% 11
Scotland -1 23 £438 -6.42% 2
South West -41 21 £412 -8.20% 8
East of England -15 19 £510 +2.00% 6
North West -36 19 £325 -35.00% 15
East Midlands -20 13 £313 -24.40% 1
Northern Ireland -1 7 £525 +16.67% 2
Wales +1 4 £435 - 3
North East -11 2 £450 -25.00% 4

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 87 (14.62%) SharePoint
2 37 (6.22%) Confluence
3 3 (0.50%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 187 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (22.02%) Microsoft Project
3 104 (17.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 96 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (3.36%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (4.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.85%) Primavera
3 7 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.34%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 96 (16.13%) Power Platform
2 40 (6.72%) Azure
3 24 (4.03%) AWS
4 21 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.85%) Smartsheet
7 8 (1.34%) OCI
8 7 (1.18%) SaaS
9 6 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.01%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.01%) Serverless
9 6 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.84%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.50%) GCP
11 3 (0.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.52%) Firewall
2 11 (1.85%) Wireless
3 5 (0.84%) LAN
3 5 (0.84%) WAN
4 3 (0.50%) DNS
4 3 (0.50%) Network Security
4 3 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) Broadband
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) Intranet
6 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (15.63%) Power BI
2 14 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (1.85%) Power Query
4 10 (1.68%) Tableau
5 4 (0.67%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.17%) Metadata
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 114 (19.16%) JIRA
2 10 (1.68%) Burp Suite
2 10 (1.68%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.17%) LSMW
General
1 291 (48.91%) Finance
2 259 (43.53%) Social Skills
3 120 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (12.61%) Organisational Skills
5 60 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.23%) Banking
7 26 (4.37%) Legal
8 23 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (3.70%) Retail
10 21 (3.53%) Manufacturing
11 20 (3.36%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.69%) Marketing
13 14 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.18%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.51%) Local Government
16 7 (1.18%) Electronics
17 6 (1.01%) Military
18 5 (0.84%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 134 (22.52%) Analyst
2 109 (18.32%) Project Manager
3 107 (17.98%) PMO Analyst
4 82 (13.78%) Lead
5 66 (11.09%) PMO Lead
6 49 (8.24%) PMO Manager
7 31 (5.21%) Senior
8 27 (4.54%) Coordinator
9 21 (3.53%) Project Planner
10 18 (3.03%) Programme Manager
10 18 (3.03%) Support Officer
11 16 (2.69%) Consultant
12 15 (2.52%) SAP Manager
13 14 (2.35%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.35%) Junior
13 14 (2.35%) Project Coordinator
14 13 (2.18%) Administrator
14 13 (2.18%) PMO Coordinator
15 12 (2.02%) PMO Specialist
15 12 (2.02%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.18%) ADO
3 3 (0.50%) Node.js
4 2 (0.34%) Middleware
4 2 (0.34%) React
4 2 (0.34%) Web Services
5 1 (0.17%) FHIR
5 1 (0.17%) JDO
5 1 (0.17%) Kafka
5 1 (0.17%) REST
5 1 (0.17%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.20%) Data Centre
3 22 (3.70%) Virtual Team
4 21 (3.53%) PMI
5 13 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.85%) Security Posture
6 11 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.51%) NHS
8 6 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.84%) FMCG
10 4 (0.67%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.50%) IVR
11 3 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.50%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.50%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.34%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.35%) Windows
2 1 (0.17%) pSOS
2 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (36.81%) Project Management
2 183 (30.76%) Agile
3 161 (27.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 140 (23.53%) Project Delivery
5 122 (20.50%) PRINCE2
6 102 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 100 (16.81%) Decision-Making
8 99 (16.64%) Business Intelligence
9 87 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 83 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (12.77%) Risk Management
12 74 (12.44%) Project Governance
13 70 (11.76%) Change Management
14 69 (11.60%) Waterfall
15 63 (10.59%) Change Control
15 63 (10.59%) Programme Management
16 61 (10.25%) Portfolio Management
17 51 (8.57%) Project Planning
18 48 (8.07%) ERP
19 43 (7.23%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.19%) SQL
2 10 (1.68%) Python
3 7 (1.18%) VBA
4 6 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.01%) VB
5 3 (0.50%) Korn
6 1 (0.17%) ABAP
6 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (16.47%) Degree
2 92 (15.46%) Security Cleared
3 71 (11.93%) PMI Certification
4 66 (11.09%) PMP
5 62 (10.42%) SC Cleared
6 30 (5.04%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.18%) APMP
8 10 (1.68%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (1.68%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.68%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (1.68%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.34%) CISSP
10 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.67%) CISA
12 4 (0.67%) CISM
12 4 (0.67%) MAPM
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.89%) QA
2 21 (3.53%) GDPR
3 20 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.86%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.18%) P3O
6 10 (1.68%) SLA
7 9 (1.51%) NIST
8 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (1.01%) GRC
9 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.50%) MiFID
9 3 (0.50%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.34%) COBIT
10 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.68%) Nmap
2 3 (0.50%) Terraform
3 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 115 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.25%) SAP
3 38 (6.39%) Oracle
4 26 (4.37%) Planview
5 19 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.19%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.69%) Cisco
7 5 (0.84%) IFS
8 4 (0.67%) Ariba
8 4 (0.67%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.67%) Pega
9 3 (0.50%) Arista
9 3 (0.50%) Avaya
9 3 (0.50%) BT
9 3 (0.50%) Databricks
9 3 (0.50%) Dell
9 3 (0.50%) Genesys
9 3 (0.50%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.50%) Workday
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