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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 218 208
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +34
Permanent jobs citing PMO 58 77 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.56% 0.84% 0.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.18% 5.86% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 20 37 52
10th Percentile £42,250 £43,100 £37,255
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% +15.68% -11.90%
75th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,111 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.64% -

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 1,388 1,313 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.42% 14.39% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 701 669 748
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,850 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.99% +1.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,875
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

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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 6 January 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 6 January 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
Kent -18 13 - - 4
Thames Valley +10 9 £65,000 +13.04% 9
Surrey +3 8 £23,500 -63.85% 1
Middlesex - 8 - -
Hampshire +17 7 £95,000 +100.00% 6
Berkshire -3 6 £67,500 +26.17% 6
East Sussex +7 5 £65,000 -27.78%
West Sussex +3 5 £105,000 -
Sussex - 4 £45,000 -
Buckinghamshire +8 3 £65,000 -27.78% 2
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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 7 (12.07%) Confluence
1 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (12.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.72%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.45%) Primavera
3 1 (1.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) Power Platform
2 15 (25.86%) Azure
3 12 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (18.97%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.90%) Power Automate
5 4 (6.90%) SaaS
6 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
6 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (29.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) JIRA
General
1 30 (51.72%) Finance
2 29 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (39.66%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (13.79%) Legal
5 8 (13.79%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Retail
8 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.72%) Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Electronics
8 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.72%) Military
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Lead
2 11 (18.97%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Governance Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) IT Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) IT Governance Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Product Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Project Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Project Governance Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) Transformation Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Coordinator
6 4 (6.90%) Finance Manager
6 4 (6.90%) PMO Coordinator
6 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Cutover Manager
7 3 (5.17%) PMO Lead
7 3 (5.17%) Programme Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (55.17%) Agile
2 27 (46.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (41.38%) Project Management
4 22 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (29.31%) Analytical Thinking
5 17 (29.31%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (29.31%) Waterfall
6 16 (27.59%) Coaching
6 16 (27.59%) Mentoring
6 16 (27.59%) Roadmaps
7 15 (25.86%) ERP
8 14 (24.14%) Decision-Making
9 13 (22.41%) Portfolio Management
10 12 (20.69%) AI
10 12 (20.69%) Business Strategy
10 12 (20.69%) Creative Thinking
10 12 (20.69%) DevOps
10 12 (20.69%) PRINCE2
10 12 (20.69%) Risk Management
11 11 (18.97%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.90%) PMP
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Alteryx
3 3 (5.17%) VMware
4 2 (3.45%) Progress
4 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.72%) IFS
5 1 (1.72%) PTC
5 1 (1.72%) Remedy
5 1 (1.72%) SAP