PMO Contracts

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 137 129
Rank change year-on-year -23 -8 +64
Contract jobs citing PMO 662 1,062 1,788
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.53% 1.91% 2.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.13% 14.08% 15.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 775 1,295
10th Percentile £280 £279 £275
25th Percentile £370 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £650 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £430
% change year-on-year - +4.65% +14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 55
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.19 £21.00
25th Percentile £24.34 £28.84 £32.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -21.35% +115.81%
75th Percentile £52.50 £58.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £63.31 £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £32.13 £32.77
% change year-on-year -12.85% -1.95% +50.74%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PMO is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,946 7,543 11,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.73% 13.54% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,714 5,131 8,035
10th Percentile £280 £288 £297
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £451
% change year-on-year -2.26% +7.76% +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 250 310
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.07 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.75 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year -39.07% +34.27% +33.88%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.62 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.73 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.99 £37.50 £22.29
% change year-on-year -49.37% +68.24% +6.14%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK

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Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England -19 577 £488 -2.50% 202
UK excluding London -12 381 £450 - 152
London -45 242 £500 -9.09% 61
Work from Home +1 212 £465 -2.12% 76
South West +38 94 £500 +17.65% 25
South East -17 90 £449 -0.25% 32
Midlands +4 62 £488 +5.41% 46
North of England -19 61 £500 +6.10% 27
Scotland +30 55 £363 -10.77% 13
West Midlands -7 43 £450 - 32
North West -13 31 £456 +1.44% 11
East of England -27 22 £400 -20.00% 8
Yorkshire -6 18 £450 -18.18% 9
East Midlands +9 17 £595 +6.25% 14
North East +18 15 £500 +29.03% 7

PMO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 41 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.93%) Confluence
3 5 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (0.76%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) Drupal
5 1 (0.15%) Kentico
Applications
1 120 (18.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (10.88%) Microsoft Project
4 65 (9.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (4.98%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (2.27%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.06%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.45%) Primavera
3 3 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.30%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.30%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.30%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.15%) Changepoint
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (4.83%) Power Platform
2 25 (3.78%) Azure
3 11 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (1.66%) Power Automate
4 9 (1.36%) PowerApps
5 8 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.21%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 4 (0.60%) OCI
6 4 (0.60%) Slack
6 4 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.45%) Asana
7 3 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (0.30%) AWS
8 2 (0.30%) Canva
8 2 (0.30%) SaaS
8 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.30%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.30%) Yammer
9 1 (0.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.91%) Intranet
2 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.30%) SAN
3 2 (0.30%) VoIP
4 1 (0.15%) 4G
4 1 (0.15%) 5G
4 1 (0.15%) Firewall
4 1 (0.15%) LAN
4 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.83%) Power BI
2 5 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.30%) Big Data
4 2 (0.30%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.30%) Tableau
5 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 80 (12.08%) JIRA
2 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 300 (45.32%) Finance
2 214 (32.33%) Social Skills
3 88 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.97%) Banking
5 59 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 52 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (7.70%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (4.53%) Retail
9 28 (4.23%) Marketing
9 28 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 24 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (3.02%) Law
11 20 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.42%) Mandarin Language
13 14 (2.11%) Legal
14 13 (1.96%) Electronics
14 13 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.51%) Billing
15 10 (1.51%) Local Government
15 10 (1.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (22.66%) Analyst
2 109 (16.47%) PMO Analyst
3 103 (15.56%) Lead
4 84 (12.69%) Project Manager
5 67 (10.12%) Senior
6 65 (9.82%) PMO Manager
7 59 (8.91%) PMO Lead
8 38 (5.74%) Senior PMO
9 29 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.93%) Project Leader
11 25 (3.78%) Support Officer
12 22 (3.32%) Senior PMO Analyst
13 21 (3.17%) Consultant
13 21 (3.17%) Coordinator
14 20 (3.02%) Project Officer
15 19 (2.87%) Programme Manager
15 19 (2.87%) Senior Manager
16 18 (2.72%) Project Coordinator
17 17 (2.57%) Junior
17 17 (2.57%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.45%) ADO
3 2 (0.30%) HTML
3 2 (0.30%) JSON
3 2 (0.30%) XML
4 1 (0.15%) EDI
4 1 (0.15%) Middleware
4 1 (0.15%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.87%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.42%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.66%) PMI
3 11 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.06%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.06%) Virtual Team
5 5 (0.76%) NHS
6 3 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.30%) Equities
7 2 (0.30%) FMCG
7 2 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.30%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.30%) PACS
7 2 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.30%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.30%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.30%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.15%) IoT
8 1 (0.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.76%) Windows
2 3 (0.45%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (48.64%) Project Management
2 186 (28.10%) Agile
3 176 (26.59%) Project Delivery
4 156 (23.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 94 (14.20%) Change Management
6 92 (13.90%) PRINCE2
7 86 (12.99%) Risk Management
8 79 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (10.73%) Programme Management
10 64 (9.67%) Project Planning
11 46 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (6.65%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (6.50%) Change Control
13 43 (6.50%) Workshop Facilitation
14 42 (6.34%) Decision-Making
14 42 (6.34%) Waterfall
15 41 (6.19%) Budget Management
15 41 (6.19%) Data Analysis
16 40 (6.04%) Time Management
17 38 (5.74%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.36%) SQL
2 4 (0.60%) R
3 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.45%) Python
3 3 (0.45%) VBA
4 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 111 (16.77%) Security Cleared
2 65 (9.82%) Degree
3 58 (8.76%) DV Cleared
4 56 (8.46%) SC Cleared
5 36 (5.44%) PMP
6 30 (4.53%) PMI Certification
7 26 (3.93%) APMP
8 9 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.91%) APMG
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.45%) CIMA
11 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.30%) CAPM
12 2 (0.30%) ISEB
12 2 (0.30%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) CCA
13 1 (0.15%) CISSP
13 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.32%) QA
2 15 (2.27%) P3O
3 6 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.30%) Basel III
5 2 (0.30%) COREP
5 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.30%) EMIR
5 2 (0.30%) FINREP
5 2 (0.30%) GDPR
5 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) GxP
6 1 (0.15%) ITGC
6 1 (0.15%) MiFID
6 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.36%) VMware NSX
3 6 (0.91%) vSphere
4 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.45%) MOM
2 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.15%) AppManager
3 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 127 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.91%) SAP
3 13 (1.96%) Oracle
4 12 (1.81%) Cisco
4 12 (1.81%) VMware
5 11 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.21%) Dell
6 8 (1.21%) Planview
7 6 (0.91%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.76%) Adobe
9 4 (0.60%) Cadence
9 4 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.45%) Citrix
10 3 (0.45%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.30%) Ariba
11 2 (0.30%) Cerner
11 2 (0.30%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.30%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Veeam