Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 142 137
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +67
Contract jobs citing PMO 694 1,077 1,735
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 1.89% 1.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.50% 14.16% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 779 1,236
10th Percentile £288 £274 £275
25th Percentile £375 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £580 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £750 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 25 57
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.38 £21.00
25th Percentile £22.34 £23.97 £32.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -26.97% +131.17%
75th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £63.55 £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.68 £30.91 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.67% -4.91% +66.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PMO is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,033 7,604 11,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 13.37% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,834 5,199 7,955
10th Percentile £281 £281 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.73% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 238 305
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £32.50 £22.29
% change year-on-year -43.78% +45.81% +6.14%

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 17 May 2024.

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

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Top 16 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 17 May 2024. 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 0 604 £500 - 210
UK excluding London +2 380 £450 - 159
London -19 269 £500 -9.09% 58
Work from Home +23 228 £478 +0.53% 72
South West +35 95 £500 +11.11% 18
South East -1 95 £449 -0.25% 45
North of England -24 59 £500 +6.10% 38
Midlands +9 57 £450 -5.26% 35
Scotland +33 53 £375 -7.41% 7
West Midlands +4 40 £425 -5.56% 19
North West -20 29 £513 +13.89% 23
East of England -23 22 £450 -21.74% 17
Yorkshire -14 18 £450 -18.18% 10
North East +21 15 £500 +29.03% 6
East Midlands +11 15 £595 +19.00% 16
Wales +15 2 £775 +138.46% 2

PMO
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 43 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.32%) Confluence
3 6 (0.86%) CMS
4 5 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 134 (19.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (11.82%) Microsoft Project
4 77 (11.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (5.04%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (3.03%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.01%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.43%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.29%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.29%) Temenos Globus
6 1 (0.14%) Changepoint
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 26 (3.75%) Azure
3 12 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (1.59%) Power Automate
5 10 (1.44%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 7 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (0.86%) SaaS
9 4 (0.58%) OCI
9 4 (0.58%) Slack
9 4 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.43%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.29%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.29%) Asana
11 2 (0.29%) AWS
11 2 (0.29%) Canva
11 2 (0.29%) ClickUp
11 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (0.29%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.86%) Intranet
2 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.29%) SAN
3 2 (0.29%) VoIP
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) LAN
4 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.61%) Power BI
2 6 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.29%) Big Data
5 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.29%) Tableau
6 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 90 (12.97%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 311 (44.81%) Finance
2 228 (32.85%) Social Skills
3 87 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.65%) Banking
5 66 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 59 (8.50%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (7.20%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (5.19%) Retail
9 31 (4.47%) Telecoms
10 29 (4.18%) Marketing
11 24 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.88%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.45%) Law
13 17 (2.45%) Mandarin Language
14 15 (2.16%) Legal
15 14 (2.02%) Local Government
16 13 (1.87%) Billing
16 13 (1.87%) Electronics
16 13 (1.87%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 154 (22.19%) Analyst
2 110 (15.85%) PMO Analyst
3 102 (14.70%) Lead
4 94 (13.54%) Project Manager
5 69 (9.94%) Senior
6 66 (9.51%) PMO Manager
7 63 (9.08%) PMO Lead
8 39 (5.62%) Senior PMO
9 27 (3.89%) Project Leader
9 27 (3.89%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.75%) Support Officer
11 22 (3.17%) Consultant
11 22 (3.17%) Coordinator
12 21 (3.03%) Project Officer
12 21 (3.03%) Senior Manager
13 20 (2.88%) Senior PMO Analyst
14 19 (2.74%) Junior
14 19 (2.74%) Programme Manager
15 18 (2.59%) Project Coordinator
16 16 (2.31%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.43%) ADO
3 2 (0.29%) HTML
3 2 (0.29%) JSON
3 2 (0.29%) XML
4 1 (0.14%) EDI
4 1 (0.14%) Middleware
4 1 (0.14%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (2.59%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.45%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
4 12 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.59%) PMI
6 7 (1.01%) Virtual Team
7 6 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.72%) NHS
9 4 (0.58%) Derivative
9 4 (0.58%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.43%) FMCG
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.29%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.29%) PACS
11 2 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.29%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.29%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.29%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.72%) Windows
2 3 (0.43%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (49.14%) Project Management
2 206 (29.68%) Agile
3 186 (26.80%) Project Delivery
4 159 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 105 (15.13%) Change Management
6 98 (14.12%) PRINCE2
7 93 (13.40%) Risk Management
8 83 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (9.94%) Programme Management
9 69 (9.94%) Project Planning
10 53 (7.64%) Waterfall
11 52 (7.49%) Decision-Making
12 51 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (6.92%) Budget Management
14 47 (6.77%) Change Control
15 46 (6.63%) Project Governance
15 46 (6.63%) Workshop Facilitation
16 44 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
17 42 (6.05%) Business Case
17 42 (6.05%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.30%) SQL
2 4 (0.58%) R
3 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.43%) Python
3 3 (0.43%) VBA
4 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 129 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 70 (10.09%) Degree
3 68 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 62 (8.93%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.04%) PMP
6 29 (4.18%) APMP
6 29 (4.18%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.86%) APMG
10 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.43%) CIMA
11 3 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.29%) ISEB
12 2 (0.29%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.31%) P3O
1 16 (2.31%) QA
2 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.43%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.29%) Basel III
6 2 (0.29%) COREP
6 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.29%) EMIR
6 2 (0.29%) FINREP
6 2 (0.29%) GDPR
6 2 (0.29%) NIST
7 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.14%) GxP
7 1 (0.14%) ITGC
7 1 (0.14%) MiFID
7 1 (0.14%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.30%) VMware NSX
3 6 (0.86%) vSphere
4 3 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.43%) MOM
2 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.14%) AppManager
3 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 143 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.49%) SAP
3 16 (2.31%) Oracle
4 12 (1.73%) VMware
5 11 (1.59%) Cisco
5 11 (1.59%) Planview
5 11 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.15%) Dell
7 7 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.72%) Adobe
9 4 (0.58%) Cadence
9 4 (0.58%) Google
10 3 (0.43%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.43%) Citrix
10 3 (0.43%) Snow
10 3 (0.43%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.29%) Ariba
11 2 (0.29%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.29%) Cerner