PMO Job Trends in the South East

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 241 253
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 -16
Permanent jobs citing PMO 73 31 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.50% 0.40% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.72% 2.66% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 41 26 116
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,875 £41,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £53,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,585 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.69% +33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £50,499
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +27.45% -11.30%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,548 1,165 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.67% 14.85% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 606 1,559
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,611 £61,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMO

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Thames Valley +38 27 £73,750 +28.26% 12
Surrey -9 18 £41,585 -20.79% 2
Berkshire +23 15 £67,500 +12.50% 8
Hampshire -26 12 £40,000 -8.57% 5
Buckinghamshire -3 11 £105,000 +100.00% 4
Kent -32 7 £65,000 +103.13%
Middlesex - 5 £38,500 - 1
Home Counties -1 2 £85,000 +41.67%
West Sussex -23 2 £50,000 -25.93% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
PMO
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Primavera
2 2 (2.74%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (2.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.48%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.74%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) Power BI
General
1 40 (54.79%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.99%) Finance
3 18 (24.66%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (16.44%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (15.07%) Local Government
6 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (9.59%) Legal
7 7 (9.59%) Marketing
8 6 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
9 5 (6.85%) Retail
10 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.74%) Automotive
11 2 (2.74%) Electronics
11 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.37%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (24.66%) Senior
2 14 (19.18%) Consultant
3 11 (15.07%) Management Consultant
3 11 (15.07%) Programme Management Office Consultant
3 11 (15.07%) Programme Office Consultant
4 9 (12.33%) Coordinator
5 7 (9.59%) Programme Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Project Coordinator
6 6 (8.22%) Lead
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Senior Programme Manager
8 4 (5.48%) IT Assistant
8 4 (5.48%) Senior PMO
9 3 (4.11%) Head of Technology
9 3 (4.11%) Project Planner
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Project Planner
10 2 (2.74%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.29%) Onboarding
2 11 (15.07%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.74%) FMCG
4 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.37%) Podcast
5 1 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.73%) Project Management
2 27 (36.99%) Decision-Making
3 24 (32.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (26.03%) Collaborative Working
5 18 (24.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (23.29%) Asset Management
7 16 (21.92%) Programme Management
7 16 (21.92%) Project Delivery
8 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (15.07%) Agile
9 11 (15.07%) Configuration Management
9 11 (15.07%) Release Management
9 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (13.70%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (13.70%) Change Management
10 10 (13.70%) ERP
11 9 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (12.33%) Change Control
11 9 (12.33%) Service Management
12 8 (10.96%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) SC Cleared
1 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.07%) Degree
3 8 (10.96%) PMP
4 3 (4.11%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.11%) PhD
5 2 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.74%) VCAP
5 2 (2.74%) VCDX
5 2 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.37%) ACCA
6 1 (1.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) vCloud
1 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
1 2 (2.74%) vSphere
Vendors
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.74%) Broadcom
2 2 (2.74%) Dell
2 2 (2.74%) IFS
2 2 (2.74%) Infor
2 2 (2.74%) NetApp
2 2 (2.74%) Nimble Storage
2 2 (2.74%) VMware
3 1 (1.37%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.37%) Marketo
3 1 (1.37%) Xero