Senior Project Management Office
UK

The median Senior Project Management Office salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 900 974 1162
Rank change year-on-year +74 +188 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior PMO 7 21 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.021% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.023% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 55
10th Percentile £52,000 £33,275 £37,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £33,540 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,500 £80,700 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £44,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.56% -22.17% +12.75%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior PMO over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior PMO in the UK

Senior PMO
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +78 6 £68,750 +34.15% 3
London +120 3 £70,000 -0.36%
Work from Home +69 3 £67,500 +28.57% 1
North of England +39 3 £45,000 +29.72% 1
UK excluding London -20 3 £45,000 +0.56% 2
North West +9 2 - - 1
Yorkshire +81 1 £45,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior PMO 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 Senior PMO in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) PMO
2 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Line Management
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (28.57%) Coaching
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Information Management
5 2 (28.57%) HNC
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 1 (14.29%) JIRA
6 1 (14.29%) Planview
6 1 (14.29%) CA PPM
6 1 (14.29%) P3O

Senior PMO 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) Line Management
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Information Management
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Fintech
5 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
5 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) HNC
3 1 (14.29%) ACCA
3 1 (14.29%) CIMA
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) P3O
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Planview