PMO Lead Jobs in England

Project Management Office Leader
UK > England

The median Project Management Office Leader salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 795 868
Rank change year-on-year +110 +73 +211
Permanent jobs requiring a PMO Lead 8 28 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.032% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.034% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 5 20 40
10th Percentile £56,000 £42,225 £44,300
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,063 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -19.23% +23.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £74,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £89,250 £75,150
UK median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -19.23% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead in England.

Salary trend for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PMO Lead in England

PMO Lead
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Midlands +67 5 £75,000 -6.25% 2
West Midlands - 4 £55,000 - 1
Yorkshire +66 2 £66,250 +45.60% 1
North of England +39 2 £66,250 +45.60% 1
London +105 1 £90,000 +71.43% 5
East Midlands +22 1 £95,000 +18.75% 1
PMO Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, PMO Lead 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (37.50%) PMP
5 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (25.00%) Retail
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (25.00%) JIRA
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (25.00%) Change Management
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
7 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
7 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
1 3 (37.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP