PMO Lead Contracts

Project Management Office Leader
UK

The median Project Management Office Leader daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 609 703
Rank change year-on-year +85 +94 -65
Contract jobs requiring a PMO Lead 60 88 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 68 107
10th Percentile £408 £304 £406
25th Percentile £419 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +27.91%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £625
90th Percentile £619 £658 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.63 - -
90th Percentile £81.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +66 55 £500 -7.62% 5
London +78 33 £556 +1.14% 2
Work from Home +98 23 £525 +3.70% 3
UK excluding London +10 22 £450 - 3
South East +19 9 £449 -10.23%
North of England +11 5 £450 -
South West -3 5 £500 +3.90%
Yorkshire +13 4 £438 -16.67%
Midlands +16 3 £525 -4.55% 2
West Midlands +17 2 £525 +2.44% 2
East Midlands +7 1 - -
North East - 1 £500 -

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, PMO Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) PMO
2 31 (51.67%) Project Management
2 31 (51.67%) Finance
3 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
6 14 (23.33%) Agile
7 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
8 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (20.00%) Banking
9 11 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
9 11 (18.33%) Programme Management
10 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
10 10 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (16.67%) SAP
11 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
12 8 (13.33%) Marketing
12 8 (13.33%) SharePoint
12 8 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (11.67%) Decision-Making
13 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2
13 7 (11.67%) PMP
13 7 (11.67%) Manufacturing
13 7 (11.67%) Change Management
13 7 (11.67%) Electronics
13 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
13 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
13 7 (11.67%) Digital Marketing

PMO Lead Skill Set
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 8 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (18.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.67%) Azure
2 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.67%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 31 (51.67%) Finance
2 18 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Banking
4 10 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (13.33%) Marketing
5 8 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (11.67%) Electronics
6 7 (11.67%) Manufacturing
6 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Back Office
8 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.67%) International Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Law
8 1 (1.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (5.00%) PMI
2 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) Project Management
2 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (23.33%) Agile
4 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
5 11 (18.33%) Programme Management
6 10 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (11.67%) Change Management
7 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.67%) Decision-Making
7 7 (11.67%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (11.67%) PRINCE2
7 7 (11.67%) Project Planning
7 7 (11.67%) Waterfall
8 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.00%) Workflow
9 5 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (8.33%) Portfolio Management
10 4 (6.67%) Change Control
10 4 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (5.00%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.67%) PMP
4 6 (10.00%) Degree
4 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.00%) PMI Certification
5 5 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (5.00%) APMG
7 1 (1.67%) APMP
7 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (5.00%) P3O
3 1 (1.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (3.33%) Virgin Media