PMO Job Trends in Wales

Project Management Office (PMO)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 61 97
Rank change year-on-year -43 +36 +8
Permanent jobs citing PMO 7 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.31% 0.58% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.14% 4.55% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £49,615 £49,250 £41,170
25th Percentile £61,125 £53,750 £51,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,250 £53,499
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +14.49% +12.63%
75th Percentile £76,388 £68,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,833 £69,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 223 88 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.76% 12.85% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 133 58 207
10th Percentile £34,200 £33,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +25.00% +4.49%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,588 £72,250 £62,200
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% -8.70%

PMO
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PMO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

PMO job vacancy trend in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PMO

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Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in Wales over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
South Wales -33 5 £73,925 +13.73% 4
West Wales - 2 £49,582 - 1
PMO
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Local Government
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) IT Manager
2 4 (57.14%) PMO Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
2 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (14.29%) Product Backlog
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA