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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 137 130
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 +69
Contract jobs citing PMO 677 1,077 1,767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.92% 2.02%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.30% 14.20% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 779 1,278
10th Percentile £280 £275 £275
25th Percentile £370 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £575 £615 £588
90th Percentile £650 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 55
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.09 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.67 £27.98 £32.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +128.21%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £63.93 £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £32.77
% change year-on-year -13.85% -0.82% +58.92%

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 5,992 7,585 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.92% 13.53% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,156 7,966
10th Percentile £280 £289 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £454
% change year-on-year -2.26% +7.17% +6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 244 308
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.20 £18.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%
75th Percentile £47.81 £63.23 £49.44
90th Percentile £69.44 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +6.41%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -15 589 £488 -2.50% 212
UK excluding London -5 383 £450 - 150
London -20 252 £500 -9.09% 68
Work from Home +5 222 £466 -1.87% 74
South West +37 96 £500 +14.29% 23
South East -13 90 £449 +0.87% 34
North of England -17 64 £500 +1.01% 34
Midlands +8 60 £475 - 38
Scotland +24 55 £375 -7.41% 10
West Midlands -4 42 £450 - 19
North West -4 34 £450 - 19
East of England -29 22 £400 -25.51% 12
Yorkshire -6 18 £450 -18.18% 11
East Midlands +9 16 £595 +12.26% 19
North East +18 15 £500 +29.03% 4

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 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.84%) Confluence
3 5 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (0.74%) 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
1 125 (18.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
3 78 (11.52%) Microsoft Project
4 68 (10.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (5.02%) Spreadsheet
6 18 (2.66%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.03%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.44%) Primavera
4 2 (0.30%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP 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%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (4.73%) Power Platform
2 25 (3.69%) Azure
3 11 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (1.62%) Power Automate
4 10 (1.48%) PowerApps
5 8 (1.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 7 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.59%) OCI
7 4 (0.59%) Slack
7 4 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.44%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.30%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.30%) Asana
9 2 (0.30%) AWS
9 2 (0.30%) Canva
9 2 (0.30%) SaaS
9 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.30%) Yammer
10 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.89%) Intranet
2 3 (0.44%) 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 (4.73%) Power BI
2 5 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (0.44%) 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 (11.82%) JIRA
2 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 306 (45.20%) Finance
2 219 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 88 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.75%) Banking
5 61 (9.01%) Public Sector
6 53 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (4.87%) Retail
8 31 (4.58%) Telecoms
9 30 (4.43%) Marketing
10 25 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.95%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.66%) Law
13 16 (2.36%) Mandarin Language
14 13 (1.92%) Electronics
14 13 (1.92%) Legal
14 13 (1.92%) Local Government
15 12 (1.77%) Billing
15 12 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 153 (22.60%) Analyst
2 110 (16.25%) PMO Analyst
3 102 (15.07%) Lead
4 88 (13.00%) Project Manager
5 68 (10.04%) Senior
6 67 (9.90%) PMO Manager
7 60 (8.86%) PMO Lead
8 39 (5.76%) Senior PMO
9 30 (4.43%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (3.84%) Project Leader
11 25 (3.69%) Support Officer
12 23 (3.40%) Senior PMO Analyst
13 21 (3.10%) Consultant
13 21 (3.10%) Coordinator
13 21 (3.10%) Project Officer
14 19 (2.81%) Senior Manager
15 18 (2.66%) Junior
15 18 (2.66%) Programme Manager
16 17 (2.51%) Administrator
16 17 (2.51%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.44%) 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 (2.81%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.51%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.62%) PMI
3 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (1.48%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.03%) Virtual Team
6 5 (0.74%) NHS
7 3 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.44%) FMCG
7 3 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.30%) Equities
8 2 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.30%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.30%) PACS
8 2 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.30%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.30%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.30%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.15%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.74%) Windows
2 3 (0.44%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (48.45%) Project Management
2 194 (28.66%) Agile
3 183 (27.03%) Project Delivery
4 155 (22.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 97 (14.33%) Change Management
6 96 (14.18%) PRINCE2
7 89 (13.15%) Risk Management
8 78 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (10.64%) Programme Management
10 70 (10.34%) Project Planning
11 50 (7.39%) Change Control
12 47 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (6.94%) Decision-Making
12 47 (6.94%) Waterfall
13 46 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
14 44 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (6.35%) Budget Management
16 41 (6.06%) Data Analysis
17 39 (5.76%) Data Management
17 39 (5.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.33%) SQL
2 4 (0.59%) R
3 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.44%) Python
3 3 (0.44%) VBA
4 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 119 (17.58%) Security Cleared
2 67 (9.90%) Degree
3 60 (8.86%) DV Cleared
3 60 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.02%) PMP
5 28 (4.14%) PMI Certification
6 27 (3.99%) APMP
7 11 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.89%) APMG
10 4 (0.59%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.44%) CIMA
11 3 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.30%) ISEB
12 2 (0.30%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) CAPM
13 1 (0.15%) CCA
13 1 (0.15%) CISSP
13 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.10%) QA
2 15 (2.22%) P3O
3 7 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.59%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.44%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.30%) Basel III
6 2 (0.30%) COREP
6 2 (0.30%) EMIR
6 2 (0.30%) FINREP
6 2 (0.30%) GDPR
7 1 (0.15%) GxP
7 1 (0.15%) ITGC
7 1 (0.15%) MiFID
7 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.33%) VMware NSX
3 6 (0.89%) vSphere
4 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.44%) MOM
2 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.15%) AppManager
3 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 132 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.42%) SAP
3 15 (2.22%) Oracle
4 12 (1.77%) VMware
5 11 (1.62%) Cisco
5 11 (1.62%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.48%) Planview
7 8 (1.18%) Dell
8 6 (0.89%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.74%) Adobe
10 4 (0.59%) Cadence
10 4 (0.59%) Google
10 4 (0.59%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.44%) Citrix
11 3 (0.44%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.30%) Ariba
12 2 (0.30%) Cerner
12 2 (0.30%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.30%) Progress