PMO Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Management Office (PMO)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring PMO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 111 131
Rank change year-on-year -36 +20 +81
Permanent jobs citing PMO 33 91 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.63% 2.10% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.06% 12.17% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 20 68 40
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,950 £42,229
25th Percentile £41,125 £40,697 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £98,125 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £66,375
England median annual salary £58,305 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.12% +1.82% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 652 748 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.40% 17.25% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 301 393 460
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,338 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +9.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

PMO job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMO

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMO in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PMO in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMO within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Birmingham -30 9 £44,543 -28.73% 4
Staffordshire -6 8 £32,500 +4.84% 1
Warwickshire +25 3 £42,500 +25.00% 1
Coventry +1 2 £62,500 +5.04% 1
Shropshire -19 2 £41,500 +10.67% 4
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 3
PMO
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.15%) Azure
4 4 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (6.06%) AWS
5 2 (6.06%) Smartsheet
6 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 17 (51.52%) Finance
2 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (21.21%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 5 (15.15%) Legal
6 5 (15.15%) Manufacturing
7 3 (9.09%) Banking
7 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (6.06%) Retail
9 1 (3.03%) German Language
9 1 (3.03%) Local Government
9 1 (3.03%) Marketing
9 1 (3.03%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) PMO Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Coordinator
3 4 (12.12%) Digital Transformation Director
3 4 (12.12%) IT Director
3 4 (12.12%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Transformation Director
4 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 3 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) PMO Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (9.09%) Senior PMO
5 2 (6.06%) Business Change Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Head of PMO
5 2 (6.06%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
1 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) PMI
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Decision-Making
2 15 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (45.45%) Project Management
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (36.36%) PRINCE2
5 11 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (33.33%) ERP
6 8 (24.24%) Agile
6 8 (24.24%) IT Strategy
7 6 (18.18%) Analytics
7 6 (18.18%) Business Strategy
7 6 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
9 4 (12.12%) Budget Management
9 4 (12.12%) Business Case
9 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security
9 4 (12.12%) Digital Enablement
9 4 (12.12%) Technology Enablement
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) PMI Certification
2 4 (12.12%) PMP
3 2 (6.06%) APMG
3 2 (6.06%) CAPM
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) City & Guilds
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.03%) QA
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Workday