PMO Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 75 71
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing PMO 41 36 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.05% 1.85% 2.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.37% 11.96% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 40
10th Percentile £352 £289 £213
25th Percentile £413 £366 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -2.94%
75th Percentile £543 £534 £495
90th Percentile £600 £538 £591
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £27.13
Median % change year-on-year - -48.40% -
England median hourly rate £39.04 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 236 301 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 17.55% 15.46% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 209 259
10th Percentile £209 £260 £263
25th Percentile £350 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.93%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £595
90th Percentile £638 £793 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 30 10
10th Percentile - £11.91 £10.99
25th Percentile £14.70 £13.18 £12.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £14.00 £16.10
Median % change year-on-year +101.29% -13.04% -5.29%
75th Percentile £30.38 £45.78 £23.02
90th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 £27.92
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire +6 18 £463 +2.78% 3
Birmingham +23 13 £525 +5.00% 9
Shropshire 0 6 £541 - 4
Worcestershire 0 3 £900 +227.27% 4
Herefordshire - 3 £900 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.32%) IaaS
3 3 (7.32%) PaaS
3 3 (7.32%) SaaS
4 1 (2.44%) Azure App Service
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.44%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
General
1 27 (65.85%) Finance
2 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Law
4 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Back Office
8 1 (2.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
1 9 (21.95%) PMO Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Project Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
4 6 (14.63%) PMO Lead
4 6 (14.63%) Senior
5 5 (12.20%) Engagement Manager
5 5 (12.20%) IT Manager
5 5 (12.20%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (9.76%) Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Senior PMO
7 3 (7.32%) PMO Manager
7 3 (7.32%) PMO Planner
7 3 (7.32%) Project Officer
7 3 (7.32%) Project Support Officer
7 3 (7.32%) Security Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Senior PMO Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) LDAP
1 2 (4.88%) OLE
2 1 (2.44%) ADO
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) PMI
2 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (43.90%) Project Management
3 14 (34.15%) Agile
4 11 (26.83%) Change Control
5 9 (21.95%) Project Delivery
5 9 (21.95%) Project Planning
6 8 (19.51%) Waterfall
7 7 (17.07%) Business Continuity
8 6 (14.63%) Resource Management
9 5 (12.20%) Budget Management
9 5 (12.20%) Migration
9 5 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (9.76%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (9.76%) Contract Management
10 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis
10 4 (9.76%) Programme Management
10 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
11 3 (7.32%) Coaching
11 3 (7.32%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) SAP
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Planview