P3O Job Trends in England

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring P3O skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 594 651 663
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 +306
Permanent jobs citing P3O 15 24 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.029% 0.048% 0.009%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 0.30% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 4
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £33,950
25th Percentile £53,563 £44,375 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £46,250 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +34.59% +6.94% -27.31%
75th Percentile £93,000 £48,750 £62,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £54,011 £80,425
UK median annual salary £62,250 £46,250 £44,000
% change year-on-year +34.59% +5.11% -25.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

P3O falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,896 8,105 6,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.34% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,046 3,674 5,200
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing P3O relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

P3O job vacancy trend in England

P3O
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing P3O.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing P3O

P3O
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing P3O in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for P3O in England

P3O
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +26 7 £62,250 -
London +58 6 £92,000 +104.44% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £62,250 -
North West +26 2 £35,000 -
South East +31 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - -
P3O
UK

P3O
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Head of PMO
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior PMO
3 2 (13.33%) Support Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Change Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) PMO Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Strategy Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (6.67%) Life Science
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Portfolio Management
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
5 3 (20.00%) Coaching
5 3 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Workflow
6 2 (13.33%) Business Case
6 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (13.33%) Cost Control
6 2 (13.33%) Deadline-Driven
6 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Governance
6 2 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
1 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) APMG
2 1 (6.67%) APMP
2 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow