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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 325 417
Rank change year-on-year +18 +92 +132
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 6 22 38
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 28
10th Percentile £461 £466 £389
25th Percentile £481 £500 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £506
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +1.23% -7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £575
90th Percentile £630 £723 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -4.55%

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 9,181 13,836 22,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 93.63% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,184 9,311 16,075
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £637 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 569 532
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £24.74
Median hourly rate £34.83 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.71 £75.00 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) JIRA
4 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Business Case
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Business Agility
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement

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
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Asana
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Agility
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Sitecore