Project Management Officer Jobs

Project Management Officer
UK

The median Project Management Officer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 903 957
Rank change year-on-year +208 +54 +297
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Management Officer 7 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.004% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.004% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -
75th Percentile £42,500 - £46,250
90th Percentile - - £57,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +5.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Project Management Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Management Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management Officer in the UK

Project Management Officer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management Officer.

Salary trend for Project Management Officer in the UK

Project Management Officer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +173 6 £40,000 -
UK excluding London +184 5 £40,000 -
Work from Home - 4 - - 1
South West - 3 - -
London - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 £40,000 -
West Midlands - 1 - -

Project Management Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Project Management Officer 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 Project Management Officer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) PMO
2 4 (57.14%) Change Control
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Planview
3 3 (42.86%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps

Project Management Officer 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 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Asana
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Local Government
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Change Control
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Proactive Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (42.86%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Planview