Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMO over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 308 345
Rank change year-on-year -115 +37 +39
Permanent jobs citing PMO 508 697 1,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 1.08% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.40% 7.74% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 310 551 1,170
10th Percentile £32,725 £36,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,784 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £53,546
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.05% +7.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +8.95% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,556 9,001 27,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 13.91% 17.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,390 6,683 13,478
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,385 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +5.26%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PMO in the UK

PMO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO over the 6 months to 16 September 2024.

Salary histogram for PMO in the UK

PMO
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -87 463 £55,000 -8.33% 127
UK excluding London -12 371 £50,000 -3.38% 100
Work from Home -87 144 £65,000 +10.32% 60
London -103 122 £65,000 -7.14% 32
Midlands +5 93 £53,250 -0.93% 34
South East -29 86 £47,500 +5.56% 17
North of England -19 81 £51,000 +0.99% 17
West Midlands -13 64 £53,250 -0.93% 21
South West -28 51 £43,000 -19.65% 17
North West -28 42 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Yorkshire +26 27 £54,000 +10.20% 5
East of England -12 27 £65,000 - 7
East Midlands -16 26 £33,725 -37.26% 13
Scotland -50 18 £48,338 -13.48% 6
North East -27 12 £39,000 -25.71% 1
Wales +40 11 £42,500 +39.21% 2
Northern Ireland +26 4 £68,750 -1.79% 1

PMO
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 28 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.94%) Confluence
3 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.59%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 68 (13.39%) Microsoft Project
2 51 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
4 31 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.77%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.98%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.57%) Primavera
2 8 (1.57%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.20%) iTrent
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Cloud Services
1 27 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
1 27 (5.31%) Power Platform
2 21 (4.13%) Azure
3 18 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.36%) MailChimp
4 12 (2.36%) Power Automate
5 10 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (1.38%) Asana
6 7 (1.38%) SaaS
6 7 (1.38%) Smartsheet
7 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.59%) IaaS
7 3 (0.59%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.39%) Figma
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.39%) OCI
8 2 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.56%) 5G
2 11 (2.17%) WAN
3 9 (1.77%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.79%) Broadband
4 4 (0.79%) Intranet
4 4 (0.79%) Wireless
5 2 (0.39%) Extranet
5 2 (0.39%) LAN
5 2 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.39%) WebEx
6 1 (0.20%) DHCP
6 1 (0.20%) DNS
6 1 (0.20%) PPP
6 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) Skype
6 1 (0.20%) SNMP
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
6 1 (0.20%) VSAN
6 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.56%) Power BI
2 8 (1.57%) DB2
3 4 (0.79%) DTS
4 3 (0.59%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 53 (10.43%) JIRA
2 9 (1.77%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 250 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 163 (32.09%) Finance
3 89 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.45%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 31 (6.10%) Marketing
7 29 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.92%) Retail
9 24 (4.72%) Law
10 21 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (4.13%) Legal
11 16 (3.15%) Back Office
12 12 (2.36%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.97%) Electronics
14 9 (1.77%) Banking
15 5 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.79%) Private Banking
17 3 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 103 (20.28%) Analyst
2 93 (18.31%) Project Manager
3 75 (14.76%) PMO Analyst
4 68 (13.39%) Lead
5 54 (10.63%) Senior
6 52 (10.24%) IT Manager
7 41 (8.07%) PMO Manager
8 33 (6.50%) IT Project Manager
9 29 (5.71%) Coordinator
10 26 (5.12%) Service Manager
11 23 (4.53%) PMO Lead
12 22 (4.33%) Professional Services Manager
12 22 (4.33%) Resource Manager
13 21 (4.13%) Senior Manager
14 19 (3.74%) Change Manager
14 19 (3.74%) Project Leader
15 18 (3.54%) Senior PMO
16 16 (3.15%) Architect
16 16 (3.15%) PMO Coordinator
17 15 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.59%) CSS
1 3 (0.59%) GraphQL
1 3 (0.59%) HTML
1 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (0.59%) REST
2 2 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) ADO
3 1 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.20%) SAML
3 1 (0.20%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (7.28%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.15%) FMCG
5 12 (2.36%) Low-Code
6 9 (1.77%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.77%) GNSS
7 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.38%) Robotics
9 6 (1.18%) Blog
9 6 (1.18%) Podcast
10 5 (0.98%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.79%) PMI
12 3 (0.59%) Derivative
12 3 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.59%) NHS
13 2 (0.39%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.33%) Linux
2 15 (2.95%) Windows
3 12 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.57%) Unix
5 5 (0.98%) Debian
5 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (65.55%) Project Management
2 145 (28.54%) Project Delivery
3 135 (26.57%) Agile
4 109 (21.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 89 (17.52%) PRINCE2
6 81 (15.94%) Change Management
7 75 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (11.61%) Decision-Making
9 54 (10.63%) Risk Management
10 53 (10.43%) Project Governance
10 53 (10.43%) Waterfall
11 49 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (9.45%) Coaching
13 46 (9.06%) Mentoring
14 44 (8.66%) Project Planning
15 43 (8.46%) Resource Management
16 39 (7.68%) Creative Thinking
17 37 (7.28%) People Management
18 34 (6.69%) Scrum
18 34 (6.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.35%) SQL
2 16 (3.15%) C++
3 15 (2.95%) Python
4 14 (2.76%) Bash
5 12 (2.36%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.77%) Perl
7 4 (0.79%) Java
8 2 (0.39%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
9 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) R
9 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 127 (25.00%) Degree
2 38 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.10%) PMP
5 30 (5.91%) PMI Certification
6 26 (5.12%) APMP
7 16 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.57%) CISA
9 6 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.79%) CITP
11 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.79%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.59%) IIBA
13 2 (0.39%) HNC
14 1 (0.20%) CIMA
14 1 (0.20%) ISEB
14 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.53%) SLA
2 19 (3.74%) QA
3 14 (2.76%) P3O
4 8 (1.57%) ITGC
5 6 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.98%) PMBOK
7 4 (0.79%) GDPR
7 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.39%) SCCM
2 1 (0.20%) Grafana
2 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (20.08%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.51%) SAP
3 17 (3.35%) Oracle
4 12 (2.36%) Cadence
5 8 (1.57%) Sage
6 5 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.79%) Epicor
7 4 (0.79%) Facebook
7 4 (0.79%) Google
7 4 (0.79%) Progress
8 3 (0.59%) Adobe
8 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.59%) VMware
9 2 (0.39%) Aruba
9 2 (0.39%) Citrix
9 2 (0.39%) Intapp
9 2 (0.39%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.20%) Aderant
10 1 (0.20%) Carbon Black