PMO Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Management Office (PMO)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 67 86
Rank change year-on-year -30 +19 -15
Contract jobs citing PMO 33 75 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.54% 2.82% 2.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.36% 17.20% 18.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 43 76
10th Percentile £378 £341 £300
25th Percentile £388 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £490 £439
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +11.62% -2.44%
75th Percentile £531 £541 £517
90th Percentile £611 £598 £588
South East median daily rate £450 £460 £439
% change year-on-year -2.12% +4.73% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £48.22 £19.50 -
25th Percentile £60.86 £28.00 -
Median hourly rate £62.47 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% +26.00% -15.31%
75th Percentile £64.40 £75.14 -
90th Percentile £64.73 £79.78 -
South East median hourly rate £61.80 £63.00 £32.52
% change year-on-year -1.91% +93.73% +14.95%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 267 436 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.48% 16.41% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 235 372
10th Percentile £254 £149 £213
25th Percentile £385 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.49%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £585
90th Percentile £651 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 31 15
10th Percentile £15.22 £18.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £48.17 £24.42 £12.88
Median hourly rate £61.71 £50.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.41% +138.10% -0.24%
75th Percentile £64.08 £71.25 £24.00
90th Percentile £64.73 £79.78 £60.42
South East median hourly rate £54.36 £50.53 £22.00
% change year-on-year +7.58% +129.67% -22.23%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Berkshire -23 29 £450 -10.00% 8
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £475 +41.79%
Oxfordshire +6 1 £625 +42.86% 2
PMO
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (42.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) CA PPM
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 8 (24.24%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
3 5 (15.15%) Retail
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Military
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Portfolio Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Senior
3 11 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 11 (33.33%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
4 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
5 5 (15.15%) PMO Manager
6 3 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Portfolio Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Supply Chain Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Supply Chain Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Project Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Business Change Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Change Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Integration Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Report Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Risk Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (30.30%) Analytics
3 10 (30.30%) Predictive Analytics
4 9 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 9 (27.27%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Budget Management
6 4 (12.12%) Business Case
6 4 (12.12%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (9.09%) Agile
7 3 (9.09%) Change Control
8 2 (6.06%) Business Analysis
8 2 (6.06%) ITSM
8 2 (6.06%) Logistics
8 2 (6.06%) Service Management
8 2 (6.06%) Supply Chain Management
8 2 (6.06%) Time Management
8 2 (6.06%) Workflow
8 2 (6.06%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) DV Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Planview
3 1 (3.03%) Ariba
3 1 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) VMware