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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 200 159
Rank change year-on-year +37 -41 -25
Contract jobs citing PMO 810 416 669
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.40% 1.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.65% 8.70% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 265 433
10th Percentile £296 £263 £275
25th Percentile £365 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £587 £580 £569
90th Percentile £700 £688 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £449 £449
% change year-on-year +0.33% -0.21% -0.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 21
10th Percentile £21.88 - £13.50
25th Percentile £28.50 £18.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £31.76 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.79% +13.43% -20.00%
75th Percentile £83.75 £46.30 £52.50
90th Percentile - - £62.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.89 £41.66 £28.00
% change year-on-year +62.96% +48.79% -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 8,391 4,783 6,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.72% 16.15% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,374 3,043 3,746
10th Percentile £344 £275 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £717 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 198 433
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.14 £21.21 £13.19
Median hourly rate £36.04 £31.76 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +33.45% -36.53%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.26 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.25 £19.18
% change year-on-year +24.03% +68.19% -48.87%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +48 731 £488 +2.63% 184
UK excluding London +9 430 £450 +0.33% 132
London +43 315 £500 +2.56% 72
Work from Home +31 251 £450 +3.75% 87
South East +13 138 £550 +33.33% 43
North of England -19 108 £408 -11.86% 30
Midlands -13 93 £350 -27.08% 25
West Midlands -31 72 £335 -31.98% 20
North West -3 58 £380 -24.75% 14
Yorkshire -29 45 £438 +5.80% 15
South West -31 31 £410 -26.85% 15
Scotland -12 30 £425 +21.43% 6
East Midlands -7 22 £413 +9.27% 5
East of England -19 22 £510 -12.07% 6
Northern Ireland -2 7 £170 -50.36% 1
Wales -14 5 £488 -1.27% 6
North East -34 5 £450 +80.00% 1

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 83 (10.25%) SharePoint
2 53 (6.54%) Confluence
3 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.37%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 185 (22.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (15.56%) Microsoft Project
3 94 (11.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 71 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (2.10%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 45 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.98%) Primavera
3 13 (1.60%) SAP CO
3 13 (1.60%) SAP FI
3 13 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.74%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.49%) 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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 93 (11.48%) Power Platform
2 45 (5.56%) Azure
3 26 (3.21%) AWS
4 22 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.47%) Smartsheet
6 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon S3
8 7 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (0.86%) Serverless
8 7 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (0.62%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.49%) GCP
11 4 (0.49%) OCI
11 4 (0.49%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.11%) Firewall
2 5 (0.62%) Wireless
3 4 (0.49%) Network Security
3 4 (0.49%) 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 (11.36%) Power BI
2 16 (1.98%) Tableau
3 8 (0.99%) Power Query
4 7 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.49%) 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%) Metadata
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%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 115 (14.20%) JIRA
2 5 (0.62%) Burp Suite
2 5 (0.62%) 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
1 321 (39.63%) Finance
2 305 (37.65%) Social Skills
3 168 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.73%) Organisational Skills
5 84 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.91%) Banking
7 39 (4.81%) Legal
8 32 (3.95%) Retail
9 22 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.60%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.60%) Marketing
13 12 (1.48%) Local Government
14 10 (1.23%) Military
15 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 184 (22.72%) Analyst
2 153 (18.89%) Project Manager
3 126 (15.56%) PMO Analyst
4 116 (14.32%) Lead
5 66 (8.15%) PMO Manager
6 58 (7.16%) Senior
7 51 (6.30%) PMO Lead
8 34 (4.20%) SAP Manager
9 28 (3.46%) Coordinator
9 28 (3.46%) Project Officer
10 27 (3.33%) SAP Project Manager
11 26 (3.21%) Support Officer
12 24 (2.96%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.59%) Change Manager
13 21 (2.59%) Project Support Officer
13 21 (2.59%) Transformation Manager
14 20 (2.47%) IT Manager
14 20 (2.47%) PMO Project Manager
14 20 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (2.47%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.11%) ADO
2 6 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.62%) Middleware
4 4 (0.49%) REST
5 3 (0.37%) SOAP
6 2 (0.25%) FHIR
7 1 (0.12%) JDO
7 1 (0.12%) JSON
7 1 (0.12%) JWT
7 1 (0.12%) Kafka
7 1 (0.12%) OAuth
7 1 (0.12%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.12%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.12%) Web Services
7 1 (0.12%) XML
7 1 (0.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.79%) Onboarding
2 22 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 21 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.10%) Virtual Team
6 16 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.73%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.60%) PMI
9 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (0.99%) NHS
10 7 (0.86%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.74%) FMCG
11 6 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.49%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.37%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.37%) Online Banking
13 3 (0.37%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.37%) Private Cloud
14 2 (0.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.48%) 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
1 262 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 261 (32.22%) Project Management
3 208 (25.68%) Project Delivery
4 206 (25.43%) Agile
5 175 (21.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 155 (19.14%) Decision-Making
7 149 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (16.05%) PRINCE2
9 95 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (11.23%) Change Management
11 88 (10.86%) Waterfall
12 82 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
13 77 (9.51%) Programme Management
14 76 (9.38%) Risk Management
15 74 (9.14%) Portfolio Management
16 73 (9.01%) Change Control
17 68 (8.40%) Programme Governance
18 64 (7.90%) Project Governance
19 62 (7.65%) Migration
20 57 (7.04%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (2.96%) SQL
2 7 (0.86%) VBA
3 6 (0.74%) VB
4 5 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
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
1 172 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 121 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 106 (13.09%) Degree
4 71 (8.77%) PMP
5 64 (7.90%) PMI Certification
6 52 (6.42%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.11%) APMG
9 8 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.86%) APMP
10 7 (0.86%) CISSP
11 6 (0.74%) Postgraduate
11 6 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.62%) CHECK Team Member
12 5 (0.62%) CISA
12 5 (0.62%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.62%) Cyber Scheme
13 4 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.94%) QA
2 39 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.84%) GDPR
4 14 (1.73%) P3O
4 14 (1.73%) SLA
5 11 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.11%) NIST
6 9 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.86%) GRC
8 5 (0.62%) MiFID
8 5 (0.62%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.37%) ITGC
9 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.25%) COBIT
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.62%) Nmap
3 2 (0.25%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.12%) logstash
Vendors
1 109 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 98 (12.10%) SAP
3 30 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.72%) Oracle
5 16 (1.98%) Planview
6 14 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.11%) Cisco
7 9 (1.11%) Dell
7 9 (1.11%) Workday
8 6 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.74%) Databricks
9 5 (0.62%) Adobe
10 4 (0.49%) Ariba
10 4 (0.49%) IFS
11 3 (0.37%) BT
11 3 (0.37%) Computacenter
12 2 (0.25%) Google
12 2 (0.25%) Huawei
12 2 (0.25%) OpenText
12 2 (0.25%) Red Hat