Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for P3O skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited P3O over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 951 1139
Rank change year-on-year +72 +188 -276
Permanent jobs citing P3O 10 27 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.026% 0.049%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% 0.13% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 63
10th Percentile £50,175 £52,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,063 £55,933 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £61,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £103,000 £73,310
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £58,513 £48,750
% change year-on-year +19.63% +20.03% -4.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

P3O is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,483 20,388 25,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 19.29% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,288 9,338 13,203
10th Percentile £27,167 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing P3O.

Salary trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing P3O over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for P3O in the UK

P3O
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +99 10 £72,500 +3.57% 6
London +133 7 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Work from Home +71 3 £70,000 +19.63% 5
UK excluding London -10 3 £70,000 +19.63% 4
West Midlands +31 1 £57,500 -23.33%
Midlands +21 1 £57,500 -23.33% 1
South East +14 1 £90,000 -10.00% 1
South West - 1 £70,000 - 1

P3O
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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Portfolio Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Project Portfolio Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Lead
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior PMO
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 8 (80.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (70.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (60.00%) Agile
5 4 (40.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
8 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (10.00%) Deadline-Driven
8 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
8 1 (10.00%) People Management
8 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
8 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (10.00%) ACCA
3 1 (10.00%) CIMA
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Planview