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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 344 327
Rank change year-on-year -80 -17 +62
Permanent jobs citing PMO 276 814 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.83% 1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.12% 6.01% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 200 572 831
10th Percentile £34,875 £36,183 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,719 £42,500 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,875 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,250 £49,245 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.13% -1.51% -0.99%

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 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -91 246 £63,250 +21.64% 246
UK excluding London -78 177 £53,250 +8.13% 155
Work from Home +54 116 £55,000 +4.76% 135
London +14 71 £70,000 +7.69% 112
Midlands -7 48 £48,000 -3.98% 20
South West +82 47 £45,000 -14.29% 11
West Midlands +32 46 £48,000 -4.00% 15
North of England -33 37 £61,250 +22.50% 46
South East -5 23 £56,250 +25.00% 50
North West -14 22 £55,000 +11.68% 22
East of England +25 11 £81,004 +24.62% 7
Yorkshire +36 10 £52,500 +8.81% 22
Scotland +73 5 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Wales +33 5 £40,000 -25.23% 2
North East +12 4 £70,000 +33.33% 3
East Midlands +4 2 £68,750 +61.76% 5
Isle of Man - 1 £31,000 -

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 10 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) Drupal
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 42 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (14.86%) Microsoft Project
3 28 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (7.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (3.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) CA PPM
2 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.88%) Azure
2 13 (4.71%) SaaS
3 12 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.99%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.62%) Smartsheet
6 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.45%) GitHub
7 4 (1.45%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.09%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.09%) IaaS
8 3 (1.09%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.09%) OCI
9 2 (0.72%) Asana
9 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.36%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.88%) SD-WAN
1 19 (6.88%) WAN
2 16 (5.80%) 5G
3 4 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.09%) DHCP
4 3 (1.09%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) Firewall
4 3 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.09%) SNMP
4 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.09%) VSAN
5 1 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) SSH
5 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.62%) Power BI
2 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (9.78%) JIRA
2 8 (2.90%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.45%) Git
3 4 (1.45%) Postman
3 4 (1.45%) SoapUI
General
1 137 (49.64%) Finance
2 100 (36.23%) Social Skills
3 54 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (14.13%) Presentation Skills
5 33 (11.96%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.07%) Marketing
8 13 (4.71%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (4.71%) Retail
9 12 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.99%) Electronics
11 10 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.54%) Legal
14 6 (2.17%) Law
15 5 (1.81%) Banking
15 5 (1.81%) Billing
15 5 (1.81%) French Language
16 4 (1.45%) German Language
16 4 (1.45%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 55 (19.93%) Analyst
2 45 (16.30%) Senior
3 37 (13.41%) Project Manager
4 33 (11.96%) Lead
5 24 (8.70%) PMO Manager
6 22 (7.97%) PMO Analyst
7 18 (6.52%) IT Manager
8 16 (5.80%) Business Analyst
9 14 (5.07%) IT Project Manager
10 13 (4.71%) Project Analyst
10 13 (4.71%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.99%) Coordinator
11 11 (3.99%) Project Officer
12 10 (3.62%) Project Leader
12 10 (3.62%) Senior PMO
13 9 (3.26%) Consultant
13 9 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (3.26%) Senior Project Leader
13 9 (3.26%) Senior Project Manager
14 8 (2.90%) Head of PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) JSON
1 3 (1.09%) REST
1 3 (1.09%) SAML
1 3 (1.09%) SOAP
1 3 (1.09%) XML
2 1 (0.36%) ADO
2 1 (0.36%) Laravel
2 1 (0.36%) Middleware
2 1 (0.36%) Next.js
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.14%) GNSS
2 16 (5.80%) Self-Driving Car
3 15 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.81%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.81%) PMI
7 4 (1.45%) FMCG
7 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.09%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.09%) Replication
9 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.72%) NHS
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.07%) Linux
2 10 (3.62%) Windows
3 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.09%) Unix
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Debian
4 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (62.68%) Project Management
2 85 (30.80%) Agile
3 75 (27.17%) Project Delivery
4 67 (24.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (23.19%) PRINCE2
6 61 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (18.48%) Waterfall
9 38 (13.77%) Mentoring
10 34 (12.32%) Portfolio Management
11 33 (11.96%) Change Management
11 33 (11.96%) Roadmaps
12 31 (11.23%) Programme Management
13 25 (9.06%) Budget Management
14 24 (8.70%) Business Analysis
14 24 (8.70%) Coaching
14 24 (8.70%) Risk Management
15 22 (7.97%) Customer Engagement
16 21 (7.61%) Project Governance
17 20 (7.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.90%) C
1 8 (2.90%) C++
2 6 (2.17%) SQL
3 5 (1.81%) Python
4 4 (1.45%) Bash
4 4 (1.45%) Perl
5 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 74 (26.81%) Degree
2 21 (7.61%) PMI Certification
3 16 (5.80%) PMP
3 16 (5.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 11 (3.99%) Security Cleared
5 10 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.09%) PgMP
8 3 (1.09%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) APMG
9 2 (0.72%) APMP
9 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.36%) IIBA
10 1 (0.36%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.32%) QA
2 6 (2.17%) P3O
3 3 (1.09%) GDPR
3 3 (1.09%) SLA
4 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.09%) DFS Replication
1 3 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.62%) Planview
3 7 (2.54%) Oracle
3 7 (2.54%) SAP
3 7 (2.54%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.45%) Intel
6 3 (1.09%) Aderant
6 3 (1.09%) Google
6 3 (1.09%) Pegasus
6 3 (1.09%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.09%) VMware
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco
7 2 (0.72%) eFront
8 1 (0.36%) Avaya
8 1 (0.36%) Genesys
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.36%) Ribbon
8 1 (0.36%) Wrike