Senior PMO Contracts

Senior Project Management Office
UK

The median Senior Project Management Office daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 559 665
Rank change year-on-year +52 +106 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 13 39 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.090% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.097% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 36
10th Percentile - £414 £371
25th Percentile £475 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £569 £556
90th Percentile £650 £680 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £14.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Senior PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior PMO in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior PMO over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +31 13 £525 +5.00% 9
UK excluding London +46 7 £500 +11.11% 7
London +31 6 £538 -6.52% 5
Midlands +14 4 £500 +11.11%
West Midlands +11 4 £500 +11.11%
South West +44 3 £650 +44.44%
Work from Home +39 1 £650 - 5

Senior PMO Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior PMO contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior PMO in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) PMO
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Law
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
5 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Power BI
6 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
6 2 (15.38%) Investment Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
6 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (15.38%) Process Management
6 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills

Senior PMO Skill Set
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 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Law
4 2 (15.38%) Investment Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Process Management
4 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Business Case
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (7.69%) ETRM
5 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.69%) Time Management
5 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft