PMO Job Trends in the North of England

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 222 208
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 +95
Permanent jobs citing PMO 55 44 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.43% 0.56% 0.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.31% 3.04% 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 93
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,347 £22,250
25th Percentile £40,870 £41,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £62,344 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £80,715 £66,320
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.13% +13.81% -4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

PMO 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,035 1,448 1,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.15% 18.43% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 577 561 1,222
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,716 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £49,995
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.01% -0.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +9.09% -4.35%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PMO

PMO
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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 West +5 24 £48,750 -7.14% 16
North East +6 16 £32,500 -53.57% 4
Yorkshire -23 15 £55,055 -6.29% 12
PMO
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 (1.82%) CMS
1 1 (1.82%) Confluence
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.82%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (16.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (12.73%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.82%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.73%) Azure
3 6 (10.91%) AWS
4 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) BGP
1 6 (10.91%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (10.91%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (10.91%) Cisco Wireless
1 6 (10.91%) EIGRP
1 6 (10.91%) Firewall
1 6 (10.91%) LAN
1 6 (10.91%) Network Security
1 6 (10.91%) OSPF
1 6 (10.91%) SNMP
1 6 (10.91%) VLAN
1 6 (10.91%) VPN
1 6 (10.91%) WAAS
1 6 (10.91%) WAN
1 6 (10.91%) Wireless
1 6 (10.91%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.18%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 16 (29.09%) Organisational Skills
3 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (12.73%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Advertising
7 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (43.64%) Senior
2 12 (21.82%) Analyst
3 10 (18.18%) PMO Analyst
4 9 (16.36%) Senior PMO
5 7 (12.73%) Project Officer
5 7 (12.73%) Project Support Officer
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Project Officer
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Project Support Officer
5 7 (12.73%) Support Officer
6 6 (10.91%) Network Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Head of PMO
7 4 (7.27%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Coordinator
8 3 (5.45%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Junior
8 3 (5.45%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Senior PMO Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.82%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (43.64%) Project Management
3 22 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 20 (36.36%) Change Management
5 18 (32.73%) Agile
5 18 (32.73%) Project Governance
5 18 (32.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (29.09%) PRINCE2
7 13 (23.64%) Process Improvement
8 11 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
9 8 (14.55%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 8 (14.55%) Document Management
9 8 (14.55%) Order Management
9 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.73%) Budget Management
10 7 (12.73%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (12.73%) Cost Control
10 7 (12.73%) Financial Analysis
10 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) CCIE
2 6 (10.91%) CCNP
2 6 (10.91%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (10.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (7.27%) PMI Certification
3 4 (7.27%) PMP
4 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.82%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) P3O
1 4 (7.27%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Blue Coat
2 6 (10.91%) CheckPoint
2 6 (10.91%) Cisco
2 6 (10.91%) F5
2 6 (10.91%) Infoblox
2 6 (10.91%) Motorola
2 6 (10.91%) ServiceNow
2 6 (10.91%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.45%) Openreach
3 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) SAP
5 1 (1.82%) iManage
5 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Sitecore