PMO Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs citing PMO 15 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.62% - 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.15% - 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £51,997
% change year-on-year - +15.39% -5.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 99 34 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.69% 13.13% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 28
10th Percentile £43,500 £42,000 £27,500
25th Percentile - £63,750 £31,622
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £75,000 £48,454
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +54.79% -3.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £93,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,250 - £80,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

PMO job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

PMO
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing PMO

PMO
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
County Down - 6 - -
County Antrim - 5 £45,000 - 1
County Armagh - 4 - -
Newry - 2 - -
PMO
UK

PMO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 15 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (6.67%) Lead
1 1 (6.67%) PMO Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 14 (93.33%) Coaching
2 14 (93.33%) Document Management
2 14 (93.33%) Logistics
2 14 (93.33%) Mentoring
2 14 (93.33%) PRINCE2
2 14 (93.33%) Programme Management
2 14 (93.33%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (93.33%) QA