PMO Lead Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Management Office Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 322 425
Rank change year-on-year +24 +103 +138
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 6 23 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 36
10th Percentile £392 - £412
25th Percentile £447 £500 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £494
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +11.39% -8.14%
75th Percentile £550 £630 £575
90th Percentile £610 £723 £631
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% -5.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

PMO Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PMO Lead trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PMO Lead.

PMO Lead daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

PMO Lead daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PMO Lead 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) PMI
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (33.33%) JIRA
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Asana
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Agility
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Sitecore