Senior PMO Contracts

Senior Project Management Office
UK

The median Senior Project Management Office daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 654 762
Rank change year-on-year +107 +108 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 39 44 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.076% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.080% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 81
10th Percentile £416 £370 £306
25th Percentile £425 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £592 £550 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.50 - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

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 12 May 2024.

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 11 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 12 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 +110 37 £500 +5.26% 4
UK excluding London +68 20 £450 +5.88% 3
London +88 18 £588 +28.42%
Work from Home +108 9 £675 +56.79% 2
Midlands +38 9 £450 -13.46%
West Midlands +24 8 £450 -13.46%
North of England +26 6 £500 +37.93% 2
North East +20 6 £500 +25.00%
South East +18 2 £488 +2.63%
South West +13 2 £450 -31.82% 1
Scotland +39 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 39 (100.00%) PMO
2 19 (48.72%) Finance
3 16 (41.03%) Project Management
4 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (28.21%) Project Delivery
5 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
6 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (15.38%) Data Management
7 6 (15.38%) Data Analytics
7 6 (15.38%) Analytics
7 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
8 5 (12.82%) People Management
8 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (12.82%) Waterfall
8 5 (12.82%) Agile
8 5 (12.82%) SAP
9 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (10.26%) Banking
9 4 (10.26%) Programme Management
9 4 (10.26%) Law
9 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
9 4 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (10.26%) Line Management
9 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (10.26%) Power BI
9 4 (10.26%) Power Platform

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 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (48.72%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Law
5 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.69%) Electronics
6 3 (7.69%) Legal
6 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.69%) Marketing
7 2 (5.13%) Local Government
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Automotive
8 1 (2.56%) Front Office
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Project Management
2 11 (28.21%) Project Delivery
2 11 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
4 6 (15.38%) Analytics
4 6 (15.38%) Data Analytics
4 6 (15.38%) Data Management
5 5 (12.82%) Agile
5 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (12.82%) People Management
5 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (12.82%) Waterfall
6 4 (10.26%) Line Management
6 4 (10.26%) Programme Management
7 3 (7.69%) Change Management
7 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Data Strategy
7 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (7.69%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) P3O
2 1 (2.56%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) SAP
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) Planview