PMO Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 175 133 154
Rank change year-on-year -42 +21 -12
Contract jobs citing PMO 130 248 423
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.31% 1.62% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.74% 11.07% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 171 309
10th Percentile £300 £306 £281
25th Percentile £363 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £588
90th Percentile £673 £738 £736
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 12
10th Percentile £33.93 £28.00 £30.54
25th Percentile £37.19 £32.50 £31.07
Median hourly rate £39.02 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.49% - -21.35%
75th Percentile £48.03 £36.25 £67.81
90th Percentile £64.21 £38.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £39.02 £35.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +11.49% +3.70% -24.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

PMO
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PMO trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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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.

PMO daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

PMO daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PMO
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

PMO hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PMO
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

PMO hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PMO
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 17 (13.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.31%) Confluence
3 2 (1.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.77%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 24 (18.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (13.08%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (12.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.54%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.54%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.77%) Maximo
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.38%) Azure
2 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.31%) SaaS
5 2 (1.54%) Asana
5 2 (1.54%) IaaS
5 2 (1.54%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.77%) Datadog
6 1 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.77%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (10.77%) JIRA
General
1 74 (56.92%) Social Skills
2 68 (52.31%) Finance
3 15 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.46%) Banking
5 11 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.15%) Marketing
6 8 (6.15%) Retail
7 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.08%) Aerospace
9 4 (3.08%) Automotive
9 4 (3.08%) Back Office
9 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.54%) Aviation
11 2 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.54%) Legal
12 1 (0.77%) Billing
Job Titles
1 37 (28.46%) Project Manager
2 28 (21.54%) Analyst
3 21 (16.15%) PMO Analyst
4 14 (10.77%) Lead
5 13 (10.00%) PMO Manager
6 11 (8.46%) Programme Manager
7 8 (6.15%) Senior
8 7 (5.38%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.62%) Coordinator
9 6 (4.62%) Junior
9 6 (4.62%) PMO Lead
9 6 (4.62%) Project Coordinator
10 5 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.85%) Junior PMO
10 5 (3.85%) PMO Project Manager
10 5 (3.85%) Project Analyst
10 5 (3.85%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (3.08%) Digital Transformation
11 4 (3.08%) PMO Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) LDAP
1 2 (1.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.00%) PMI
2 11 (8.46%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.31%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.31%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.54%) Derivative
5 2 (1.54%) IoT
5 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.54%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.77%) CMDB
6 1 (0.77%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.77%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (42.31%) Project Management
2 45 (34.62%) Agile
3 44 (33.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (22.31%) PRINCE2
5 24 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (16.92%) Project Delivery
7 21 (16.15%) Programme Management
8 20 (15.38%) Change Management
9 13 (10.00%) Change Control
9 13 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (9.23%) Migration
10 12 (9.23%) Risk Management
11 11 (8.46%) Decision-Making
11 11 (8.46%) Project Governance
12 10 (7.69%) Budget Management
13 9 (6.92%) Resource Allocation
13 9 (6.92%) Roadmaps
14 8 (6.15%) Business Case
14 8 (6.15%) Business Strategy
14 8 (6.15%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) VB
2 1 (0.77%) Java
2 1 (0.77%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 21 (16.15%) Degree
2 19 (14.62%) PMI Certification
3 12 (9.23%) Security Cleared
4 11 (8.46%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.92%) PMP
6 5 (3.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.77%) APMP
7 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.77%) CISSP
7 1 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.77%) MBA
7 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) QA
2 3 (2.31%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.54%) P3O
4 1 (0.77%) GDPR
4 1 (0.77%) GRC
4 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.31%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (13.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.69%) SAP
3 5 (3.85%) Planview
4 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.77%) Ariba
5 1 (0.77%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.77%) Dell
5 1 (0.77%) Google
5 1 (0.77%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.77%) Oracle
5 1 (0.77%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.77%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.77%) VMware
5 1 (0.77%) Workday