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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 346 354
Rank change year-on-year -102 +8 +29
Permanent jobs citing PMO 273 815 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.82% 0.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.92% 5.98% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 200 575 775
10th Percentile £34,875 £36,205 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,660 £42,500 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,990 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.02% -0.02% -

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 9,363 13,636 19,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.11% 13.74% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,802 9,277 8,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £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% +5.26%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -124 243 £65,000 +25.01% 340
UK excluding London -102 174 £55,000 +10.02% 238
Work from Home +36 118 £57,500 +9.52% 175
London +22 72 £75,000 +15.38% 162
South West +69 45 £40,805 -22.28% 21
Midlands -12 45 £48,000 -3.98% 26
West Midlands +35 42 £48,000 -4.00% 18
North of England -55 36 £62,500 +23.76% 59
South East -14 27 £57,500 +27.78% 92
North West -49 21 £60,000 +20.00% 35
East of England +7 11 £81,004 +24.62% 14
Yorkshire +36 10 £52,500 +15.38% 24
Wales +32 5 £40,000 -25.23% 3
Scotland +68 4 £50,000 -9.09% 15
North East +10 4 £70,000 +33.33% 3
East Midlands -1 3 £75,000 +76.47% 7
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 7 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.47%) Confluence
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.37%) Drupal
4 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 40 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (13.92%) Microsoft Project
3 28 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) CA PPM
2 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.96%) Azure
2 13 (4.76%) SaaS
3 11 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.03%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.66%) Smartsheet
5 5 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.47%) GitHub
6 4 (1.47%) Lucidchart
7 3 (1.10%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.10%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.10%) OCI
8 2 (0.73%) Asana
8 2 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.73%) IaaS
8 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.37%) AWS
9 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.37%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.59%) SD-WAN
1 18 (6.59%) WAN
2 16 (5.86%) 5G
3 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.73%) DHCP
4 2 (0.73%) DNS
4 2 (0.73%) Firewall
4 2 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.73%) SNMP
4 2 (0.73%) VSAN
5 1 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.37%) SSH
5 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.66%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (9.52%) JIRA
2 8 (2.93%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.47%) Git
3 4 (1.47%) Postman
3 4 (1.47%) SoapUI
General
1 137 (50.18%) Finance
2 94 (34.43%) Social Skills
3 52 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 34 (12.45%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.76%) Marketing
7 13 (4.76%) Retail
8 11 (4.03%) Electronics
8 11 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.66%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.20%) Billing
11 6 (2.20%) Law
12 5 (1.83%) Banking
12 5 (1.83%) French Language
12 5 (1.83%) Legal
13 4 (1.47%) German Language
13 4 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (19.78%) Analyst
2 47 (17.22%) Senior
3 38 (13.92%) Project Manager
4 31 (11.36%) Lead
5 23 (8.42%) PMO Manager
6 22 (8.06%) PMO Analyst
7 15 (5.49%) Business Analyst
7 15 (5.49%) IT Manager
8 14 (5.13%) Project Analyst
9 13 (4.76%) Senior Manager
10 12 (4.40%) IT Project Manager
11 11 (4.03%) Coordinator
11 11 (4.03%) Project Officer
11 11 (4.03%) Senior PMO
12 10 (3.66%) Consultant
13 9 (3.30%) Project Leader
13 9 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (3.30%) Senior Project Leader
13 9 (3.30%) Senior Project Manager
14 8 (2.93%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.10%) JSON
1 3 (1.10%) REST
1 3 (1.10%) SOAP
1 3 (1.10%) XML
2 2 (0.73%) SAML
3 1 (0.37%) ADO
3 1 (0.37%) Laravel
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) Next.js
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.26%) GNSS
2 16 (5.86%) Self-Driving Car
3 15 (5.49%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.03%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.83%) PMI
7 4 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.47%) FMCG
7 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.10%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.73%) NHS
9 2 (0.73%) Replication
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.37%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.37%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.03%) Linux
2 6 (2.20%) Windows
3 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Debian
4 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (62.27%) Project Management
2 85 (31.14%) Agile
3 74 (27.11%) Project Delivery
4 65 (23.81%) PRINCE2
5 64 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (17.22%) Waterfall
9 38 (13.92%) Mentoring
10 34 (12.45%) Portfolio Management
11 33 (12.09%) Change Management
12 32 (11.72%) Roadmaps
13 28 (10.26%) Programme Management
14 26 (9.52%) Budget Management
15 24 (8.79%) Coaching
16 23 (8.42%) Business Analysis
16 23 (8.42%) Risk Management
17 22 (8.06%) Customer Engagement
17 22 (8.06%) Project Governance
18 20 (7.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.93%) C
1 8 (2.93%) C++
2 6 (2.20%) SQL
3 5 (1.83%) Python
4 4 (1.47%) Bash
4 4 (1.47%) Perl
5 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (25.64%) Degree
2 22 (8.06%) PMI Certification
3 17 (6.23%) PMP
4 16 (5.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 11 (4.03%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PgMP
9 3 (1.10%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) APMG
10 2 (0.73%) APMP
10 2 (0.73%) MAPM
10 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.37%) IIBA
11 1 (0.37%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.82%) QA
2 6 (2.20%) P3O
3 3 (1.10%) GDPR
3 3 (1.10%) SLA
4 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.73%) DFS Replication
1 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) FortiGate
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.66%) Planview
3 8 (2.93%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.56%) Oracle
4 7 (2.56%) SAP
5 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.47%) Intel
7 3 (1.10%) Google
7 3 (1.10%) Pegasus
8 2 (0.73%) Aderant
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco
8 2 (0.73%) eFront
8 2 (0.73%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.73%) VMware
9 1 (0.37%) Avaya
9 1 (0.37%) Genesys
9 1 (0.37%) NEC
9 1 (0.37%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.37%) Ribbon
9 1 (0.37%) Wrike