PMO Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 112 106
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 +33
Contract jobs citing PMO 391 499 740
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.83% 2.20% 2.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.08% 14.86% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 359 553
10th Percentile £263 £258 £230
25th Percentile £363 £313 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +14.09%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £535
90th Percentile £600 £652 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 13
10th Percentile £13.50 £21.75 £23.21
25th Percentile £20.09 £29.69 £32.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.13 £32.77
Median % change year-on-year -12.85% -1.95% +50.74%
75th Percentile £35.00 £39.69 £37.43
90th Percentile £62.69 £80.00 £37.49
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% -21.35% +115.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,989 3,358 4,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.02% 14.80% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 2,194 3,095
10th Percentile £250 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 198 198
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.02 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.18 £37.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -48.87% +67.45% +7.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £48.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.18 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

PMO
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East -2 98 £413 -8.33% 28
South West +32 92 £500 +11.11% 25
Midlands +7 64 £488 +5.41% 43
North of England -22 62 £500 +8.99% 36
Scotland +37 55 £363 -9.38% 11
West Midlands +4 44 £450 - 28
North West -10 32 £450 - 13
East of England -27 23 £450 -21.74% 7
Yorkshire -7 18 £450 -18.18% 17
East Midlands +5 17 £595 +6.25% 15
North East +15 15 £500 +29.03% 6
PMO
UK

PMO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.35%) Confluence
3 4 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 81 (20.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (16.37%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.53%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (10.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (7.42%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.53%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.51%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.02%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.51%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.51%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.37%) Power Platform
2 12 (3.07%) Azure
3 9 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.79%) Power Automate
5 6 (1.53%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.51%) AWS
8 2 (0.51%) Canva
8 2 (0.51%) Slack
8 2 (0.51%) Yammer
9 1 (0.26%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.28%) Intranet
2 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.26%) 4G
3 1 (0.26%) 5G
3 1 (0.26%) LAN
3 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.37%) Power BI
2 3 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 57 (14.58%) JIRA
General
1 171 (43.73%) Finance
2 139 (35.55%) Social Skills
3 60 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (9.46%) Presentation Skills
6 29 (7.42%) Banking
6 29 (7.42%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (4.09%) Mandarin Language
9 15 (3.84%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.58%) Marketing
10 14 (3.58%) Retail
11 12 (3.07%) Law
12 9 (2.30%) Legal
12 9 (2.30%) Publishing
13 7 (1.79%) Billing
13 7 (1.79%) Electronics
14 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.28%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 92 (23.53%) Analyst
2 64 (16.37%) PMO Analyst
3 55 (14.07%) Lead
4 45 (11.51%) Project Manager
5 41 (10.49%) Senior
6 26 (6.65%) PMO Manager
7 25 (6.39%) Project Leader
8 22 (5.63%) PMO Lead
8 22 (5.63%) Senior Analyst
8 22 (5.63%) Senior PMO
9 20 (5.12%) Support Officer
10 15 (3.84%) Administrator
10 15 (3.84%) Coordinator
10 15 (3.84%) Senior PMO Analyst
11 14 (3.58%) Project Officer
12 12 (3.07%) Digital Project Manager
12 12 (3.07%) Project Coordinator
12 12 (3.07%) Project Support Officer
13 11 (2.81%) Consultant
13 11 (2.81%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) ADO
2 1 (0.26%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) JSON
2 1 (0.26%) Middleware
2 1 (0.26%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.58%) Management Information System
1 14 (3.58%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.56%) Virtual Team
3 6 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.02%) PMI
4 4 (1.02%) Product Ownership
5 3 (0.77%) NHS
6 2 (0.51%) Equities
6 2 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.51%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.26%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.26%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.26%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.51%) Linux
2 1 (0.26%) Android
2 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (51.15%) Project Management
2 114 (29.16%) Project Delivery
3 104 (26.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (24.81%) Agile
5 65 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (14.83%) PRINCE2
7 52 (13.30%) Change Management
8 50 (12.79%) Risk Management
9 47 (12.02%) Project Planning
10 41 (10.49%) Programme Management
11 33 (8.44%) Data Management
12 31 (7.93%) Workshop Facilitation
13 30 (7.67%) Commercial Awareness
14 28 (7.16%) Decision-Making
14 28 (7.16%) Time Management
15 27 (6.91%) Data Analysis
16 26 (6.65%) Resource Management
16 26 (6.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 25 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.51%) SQL
2 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 85 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 50 (12.79%) DV Cleared
3 35 (8.95%) Degree
4 34 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.14%) APMP
6 14 (3.58%) PMP
7 12 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.77%) APMG
10 2 (0.51%) ISEB
10 2 (0.51%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.26%) PhD
11 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.56%) P3O
2 9 (2.30%) QA
3 6 (1.53%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.26%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) GxP
5 1 (0.26%) ITGC
5 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (1.28%) VMware NSX
1 5 (1.28%) vSphere
2 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.77%) MOM
2 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.26%) AppManager
Vendors
1 91 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.39%) SAP
3 7 (1.79%) Cisco
4 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.28%) Dell
5 5 (1.28%) VMware
6 4 (1.02%) Adobe
6 4 (1.02%) Planview
7 3 (0.77%) Citrix
8 2 (0.51%) Cadence
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle
8 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.26%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.26%) Ceridian
9 1 (0.26%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.26%) Concur
9 1 (0.26%) Google
9 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.26%) Snow
9 1 (0.26%) Workday