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 in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 542 637
Rank change year-on-year +10 +95 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Senior PMO 16 30 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.075% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.080% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 28
10th Percentile - £407 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £488 £681
90th Percentile £683 £523 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.28% +7.50%

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 30,026 37,336 51,168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 93.01% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,074 24,182 35,390
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,465 2,247 1,536
10th Percentile £13.71 £13.86 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.32 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £43.32
Median % change year-on-year -40.16% -2.97% +68.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -41.51% +8.59% +85.92%

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 28 July 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 13 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 28 July 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 +23 13 £500 +11.11% 7
UK excluding London +24 12 £473 +5.00% 6
Work from Home +21 5 £400 -11.11% 5
West Midlands -2 5 £450 - 3
Midlands -10 5 £450 - 3
North of England 0 3 £625 +38.89% 2
London -4 2 £675 +42.11% 1
North West -6 2 £625 +38.89% 1
South East +23 1 £400 -17.95% 1
Yorkshire -15 1 £445 +9.88% 1
East of England - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £313 -
South West - 1 £675 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 16 (100.00%) PMO
2 10 (62.50%) Finance
3 7 (43.75%) Project Management
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
4 6 (37.50%) Change Control
5 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
5 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
6 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 4 (25.00%) JIRA
6 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) Smartsheet
7 3 (18.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (18.75%) Planview
7 3 (18.75%) Resource Management
7 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
7 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (18.75%) P3O
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) PMI
8 2 (12.50%) PMP
8 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (12.50%) Ariba

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 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Smartsheet
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Spanish Language
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Front Office
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 2 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
1 7 (43.75%) Project Management
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Change Control
3 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (18.75%) Resource Management
5 3 (18.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 2 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (18.75%) P3O
3 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) Planview
2 2 (12.50%) Ariba
2 2 (12.50%) SAP