Project Management Office (PMO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PMO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PMO over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 332 400
Rank change year-on-year -24 +68 +1
Permanent jobs citing PMO 797 920 1,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.97% 0.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.80% 5.29% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 561 715 1,092
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,600 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,300 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,997 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £81,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PMO is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,735 17,400 29,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.09% 18.38% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,212 8,417 13,445
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,900 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 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 -14 714 £51,250 -10.87% 207
UK excluding London +54 624 £47,500 -5.00% 147
Work from Home -58 239 £52,500 -4.55% 74
North of England +71 158 £50,000 -7.41% 34
London -34 153 £65,000 - 66
South East -6 149 £45,000 -5.26% 34
Midlands +24 121 £49,990 -4.78% 35
South West -9 78 £42,750 -14.50% 23
North West +6 73 £50,000 -7.41% 19
West Midlands -22 66 £50,000 -4.76% 19
Scotland -43 57 £55,000 +2.33% 10
East Midlands +22 47 £42,500 -22.73% 16
East of England +13 45 £65,000 - 12
North East +21 43 £52,500 - 4
Yorkshire +62 42 £45,500 -14.55% 11
Wales +2 13 £53,499 +18.89% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £67,500 - 1

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 40 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.26%) Confluence
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.88%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 113 (14.18%) Microsoft Project
2 112 (14.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.13%) Windchill
6 11 (1.38%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.13%) Teamcenter
1 17 (2.13%) Unit4 Business World
2 13 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.51%) Primavera
4 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 47 (5.90%) Azure
2 42 (5.27%) Power Platform
3 33 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.51%) SaaS
5 22 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.51%) AWS
7 16 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.38%) Smartsheet
9 10 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.13%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.13%) IaaS
11 8 (1.00%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.00%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.00%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.88%) Asana
13 6 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.63%) PaaS
15 4 (0.50%) GitHub
16 3 (0.38%) Azure Storage
16 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.51%) 5G
2 14 (1.76%) WAN
3 12 (1.51%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.00%) DHCP
4 8 (1.00%) DNS
5 7 (0.88%) SAN
6 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.50%) Broadband
7 4 (0.50%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.50%) Internet
7 4 (0.50%) RS-232
8 3 (0.38%) WebEx
9 2 (0.25%) Extranet
9 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (0.25%) LAN
9 2 (0.25%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.25%) Network Security
9 2 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.64%) Power BI
2 18 (2.26%) Looker
2 18 (2.26%) NoSQL
2 18 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.13%) DB2
4 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.25%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.13%) Big Data
6 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.13%) Metadata
6 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 68 (8.53%) JIRA
2 12 (1.51%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.50%) Git
3 4 (0.50%) Subversion
4 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.25%) JIRA Agile
4 2 (0.25%) Selenium
4 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 383 (48.06%) Social Skills
2 222 (27.85%) Finance
3 98 (12.30%) Presentation Skills
4 79 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (8.28%) Marketing
6 63 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (7.65%) Law
8 58 (7.28%) Public Sector
9 54 (6.78%) Retail
10 50 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (5.65%) Legal
12 42 (5.27%) Manufacturing
13 24 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.88%) Banking
16 14 (1.76%) Electronics
17 10 (1.25%) Back Office
18 7 (0.88%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.88%) German Language
19 5 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 230 (28.86%) Project Manager
2 108 (13.55%) Lead
3 99 (12.42%) Analyst
4 89 (11.17%) Senior
5 58 (7.28%) IT Manager
6 54 (6.78%) PMO Analyst
7 43 (5.40%) Senior Manager
8 42 (5.27%) Coordinator
9 37 (4.64%) IT Project Manager
10 34 (4.27%) Senior Project Manager
10 34 (4.27%) Software Engineer
11 31 (3.89%) PMO Manager
12 28 (3.51%) Project Coordinator
13 26 (3.26%) PMO Lead
14 25 (3.14%) Head of PMO
15 22 (2.76%) Consultant
16 18 (2.26%) Lead Software Engineer
16 18 (2.26%) UI Engineer
17 17 (2.13%) Business Analyst
17 17 (2.13%) Configuration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.51%) CSS
1 28 (3.51%) HTML
2 22 (2.76%) React
3 11 (1.38%) .NET
4 7 (0.88%) Flash
5 6 (0.75%) GraphQL
5 6 (0.75%) REST
6 4 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.50%) HTML5
6 4 (0.50%) Next.js
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.50%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (0.50%) WCF
6 4 (0.50%) Web Services
6 4 (0.50%) WinForms
7 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.13%) ADO
8 1 (0.13%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.13%) SAML
8 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (13.80%) Management Information System
2 95 (11.92%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.89%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.89%) PMI
5 22 (2.76%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.51%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.51%) GNSS
6 12 (1.51%) Robotics
7 11 (1.38%) Graphic Design
7 11 (1.38%) NHS
8 8 (1.00%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.00%) FMCG
9 6 (0.75%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.50%) Blog
10 4 (0.50%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.50%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.50%) IoT
10 4 (0.50%) Podcast
10 4 (0.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.64%) Linux
2 32 (4.02%) Windows
3 25 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.13%) Unix
5 8 (1.00%) Debian
5 8 (1.00%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (69.26%) Project Management
2 255 (31.99%) Agile
3 250 (31.37%) Project Delivery
4 158 (19.82%) PRINCE2
5 150 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (16.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 129 (16.19%) Coaching
8 127 (15.93%) Change Management
9 109 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 98 (12.30%) Mentoring
11 95 (11.92%) Decision-Making
12 90 (11.29%) Project Governance
13 86 (10.79%) Waterfall
14 85 (10.66%) Collaborative Working
15 78 (9.79%) Risk Management
16 74 (9.28%) Scrum
17 73 (9.16%) Customer Requirements
18 69 (8.66%) Programme Management
19 67 (8.41%) DevOps
20 65 (8.16%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (5.40%) SQL
2 25 (3.14%) JavaScript
2 25 (3.14%) Python
3 20 (2.51%) C++
4 19 (2.38%) Bash
5 13 (1.63%) C#
6 12 (1.51%) Perl
7 9 (1.13%) Java
8 7 (0.88%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.63%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.25%) C
11 2 (0.25%) R
12 1 (0.13%) PHP
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (23.46%) Degree
2 63 (7.90%) PMP
3 62 (7.78%) PMI Certification
4 50 (6.27%) Security Cleared
5 39 (4.89%) SC Cleared
6 33 (4.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 19 (2.38%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.26%) APMP
9 17 (2.13%) CISA
10 15 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 12 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.13%) ISEB
12 9 (1.13%) ISEB Practitioner
13 7 (0.88%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.88%) MBA
13 7 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.75%) CAPM
14 6 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
15 4 (0.50%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.52%) QA
2 17 (2.13%) ITGC
3 16 (2.01%) ISO 9001
3 16 (2.01%) SLA
4 12 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.00%) P3O
6 7 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.50%) GDPR
7 4 (0.50%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.38%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.38%) JTAG
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 10 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 10 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.88%) Firmware
3 7 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) vCenter Server
1 7 (0.88%) vRealize
2 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.25%) PowerCLI
3 2 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 131 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.15%) SAP
3 26 (3.26%) Oracle
4 19 (2.38%) Atlassian
5 17 (2.13%) Sage
6 12 (1.51%) Cadence
7 10 (1.25%) VMware
8 9 (1.13%) CheckPoint
9 8 (1.00%) Citrix
10 7 (0.88%) 3PAR
10 7 (0.88%) Brocade
10 7 (0.88%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.75%) Thales
12 5 (0.63%) Veeam
13 4 (0.50%) Cisco
13 4 (0.50%) Cognos
13 4 (0.50%) Planview
14 3 (0.38%) Adobe
14 3 (0.38%) HP
14 3 (0.38%) Northgate