Project Management Office Leader
UK

The median Project Management Office Leader salary in the UK is £53,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 866 927 1122
Rank change year-on-year +61 +195 -267
Permanent jobs requiring a PMO Lead 28 62 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.059% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.064% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 20 40 47
10th Percentile £42,225 £42,475 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,688 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £81,875 £75,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £93,750 £77,100 £83,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £47,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +48.94% -10.48% +12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

PMO Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PMO Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PMO Lead.

Salary trend for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO Lead over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PMO Lead in the UK

PMO Lead
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +76 28 £53,750 -17.31% 6
UK excluding London -7 17 £70,000 +48.94% 5
London +107 10 £52,500 -25.00%
Work from Home +88 10 £52,500 -25.00% 2
North of England +41 7 £45,500 +1.11% 1
North West +13 5 - - 1
South East +19 4 £85,000 +104.82% 1
East of England - 4 £70,000 - 3
Yorkshire +87 2 £45,500 +1.11%
Midlands -7 2 £80,000 +70.21%
East Midlands - 2 £80,000 -

PMO Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, PMO Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring PMO Lead in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) PMO
2 21 (75.00%) Project Management
3 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 12 (42.86%) Agile
5 10 (35.71%) Degree
6 9 (32.14%) Coaching
6 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
7 8 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
7 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
7 8 (28.57%) Scrum
7 8 (28.57%) Programme Management
7 8 (28.57%) Finance
8 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (25.00%) Agile Coaching
8 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
8 7 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
9 6 (21.43%) Programme Governance
9 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
9 6 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (17.86%) Portfolio Management
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Project
10 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
11 4 (14.29%) PMP
11 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
11 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel

PMO Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Retail
5 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.14%) Automotive
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) PMI
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Project Management
2 12 (42.86%) Agile
3 9 (32.14%) Coaching
3 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
4 8 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 8 (28.57%) Scrum
4 8 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (25.00%) Agile Coaching
5 7 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
5 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 6 (21.43%) Programme Governance
7 5 (17.86%) Portfolio Management
7 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2
8 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
9 3 (10.71%) Budget Management
9 3 (10.71%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) Java
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 4 (14.29%) PMP
5 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.14%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) P3O
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) HP
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow