PMO Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Management Office (PMO)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 178 156
Rank change year-on-year +31 -22 +14
Permanent jobs citing PMO 26 8 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.45% 0.24% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.44% 1.67% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 66
10th Percentile £44,750 £51,875 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £53,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £116,875 £59,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £145,000 £66,250 -
South East median annual salary £41,585 £58,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -29.22% +30.56% -5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 585 478 939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.17% 14.20% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 356 197 538
10th Percentile £34,500 £27,600 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £64,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.53% +43.33% -9.96%
75th Percentile £73,750 £81,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,125 £84,200 £76,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -11.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PMO

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire +20 14 £67,500 +12.50% 12
Buckinghamshire +9 11 £105,000 +90.91% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
PMO
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (7.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 13 (50.00%) Finance
3 10 (38.46%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (26.92%) Marketing
5 6 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (19.23%) Retail
7 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
8 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
8 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (7.69%) Automotive
8 2 (7.69%) Electronics
8 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
9 1 (3.85%) Banking
9 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Programme Manager
1 7 (26.92%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Programme Manager
3 4 (15.38%) IT Assistant
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.69%) ERP Manager
4 2 (7.69%) ERP Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior PMO
4 2 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Transformation Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
5 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Management Accountant
5 1 (3.85%) PMO Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.69%) FMCG
2 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Podcast
3 1 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (38.46%) Decision-Making
4 8 (30.77%) Logistics
4 8 (30.77%) Service Management
4 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (26.92%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2
5 7 (26.92%) Service Delivery
6 6 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (23.08%) Asset Management
6 6 (23.08%) Change Control
6 6 (23.08%) Change Management
7 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
7 5 (19.23%) ERP
7 5 (19.23%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (19.23%) Project Management
8 4 (15.38%) Agile
8 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (15.38%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) PMP
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) ACCA
4 1 (3.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Infor
3 1 (3.85%) HubSpot
3 1 (3.85%) IFS
3 1 (3.85%) Marketo
3 1 (3.85%) Xero