PMO Contracts in the South East

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 104 100
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing PMO 47 99 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.45% 1.73% 2.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.35% 13.45% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 68 76
10th Percentile £228 £334 £309
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £414 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% -17.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £491 £620
90th Percentile £613 £550 £800
England median daily rate £463 £475 £523
% change year-on-year -2.63% -9.09% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £28.46 £18.00
25th Percentile - £31.13 £19.13
Median hourly rate £46.30 £36.17 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.02% +72.21% -35.38%
75th Percentile - £49.72 £24.25
90th Percentile - £57.50 £26.20
England median hourly rate £38.03 £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.82% -20.00% -21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 563 736 840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.32% 12.87% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 370 521
10th Percentile £200 £255 £240
25th Percentile £358 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £606
90th Percentile £644 £681 £703
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 69 49
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.82 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.13 £17.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £27.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% -42.11% +137.50%
75th Percentile £58.44 £60.00 £53.15
90th Percentile £70.11 £70.00 £66.89
England median hourly rate £32.00 £24.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +32.34% -43.11% +63.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for PMO in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMO in the South East over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMO in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for PMO in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley -7 18 £363 -12.00% 51
Hampshire +27 15 £525 +27.27% 28
Berkshire -9 14 £325 -20.25% 34
Surrey +11 5 £650 +67.20% 13
Oxfordshire +5 4 £550 - 8
West Sussex +4 3 £525 +10.53% 10
East Sussex -2 2 £163 -69.05% 7
Home Counties - 2 £550 -
Kent +1 1 £300 -33.33% 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.13%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (2.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 21 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Finance
3 10 (21.28%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Retail
8 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.13%) Local Government
8 1 (2.13%) Marketing
8 1 (2.13%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.89%) Analyst
3 6 (12.77%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (10.64%) Coordinator
4 5 (10.64%) Lead
4 5 (10.64%) PMO Lead
4 5 (10.64%) PMO Specialist
4 5 (10.64%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (6.38%) Digital Transformation
5 3 (6.38%) PMO Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Programme Director
5 3 (6.38%) Project Planner
6 2 (4.26%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Implementation Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.13%) Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Service Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (4.26%) IoT
1 2 (4.26%) PMI
2 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.13%) NHS
2 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (34.04%) Project Management
3 13 (27.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (23.40%) Project Governance
5 10 (21.28%) Agile
5 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making
5 10 (21.28%) PRINCE2
6 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
7 7 (14.89%) Risk Management
8 6 (12.77%) Resource Management
9 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.64%) Change Management
9 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (10.64%) Dependency Management
9 5 (10.64%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (10.64%) Programme Management
9 5 (10.64%) Time Management
10 4 (8.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.51%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Degree
4 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) P3O
2 1 (2.13%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) SAP
3 3 (6.38%) Google
3 3 (6.38%) Oracle
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe
4 1 (2.13%) NEC
4 1 (2.13%) Niku
4 1 (2.13%) Sitecore
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