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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 349 393
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +4
Permanent jobs citing PMO 791 942 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.96% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.83% 5.09% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 556 734 1,083
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,914 £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 £73,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,100 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +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 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £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 £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

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 23 May 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 23 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 +12 704 £51,000 -10.92% 195
UK excluding London +64 616 £48,000 -4.00% 151
Work from Home -47 244 £52,500 -4.55% 75
North of England +73 156 £50,250 -6.94% 39
London -38 152 £65,000 - 47
South East +4 146 £45,000 -5.26% 38
Midlands +25 121 £49,990 -4.78% 32
South West +3 76 £43,000 -14.00% 20
North West +11 73 £50,000 -9.09% 24
West Midlands -3 66 £50,000 -4.76% 14
Scotland -35 58 £55,000 +2.33% 8
East Midlands +34 48 £42,500 -22.73% 18
East of England +20 44 £65,000 - 14
North East +24 43 £52,500 - 4
Yorkshire +78 40 £45,500 -14.55% 12
Wales +1 12 £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 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.29%) Confluence
3 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.88%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 116 (14.66%) Microsoft Project
2 112 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (5.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.15%) Windchill
6 12 (1.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.15%) Teamcenter
1 17 (2.15%) Unit4 Business World
2 13 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.52%) 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 46 (5.82%) Azure
2 42 (5.31%) Power Platform
3 33 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.54%) SaaS
5 23 (2.91%) AWS
6 20 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.39%) Smartsheet
9 10 (1.26%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.14%) IaaS
10 9 (1.14%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.88%) Asana
13 5 (0.63%) PaaS
14 4 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.51%) GitHub
15 3 (0.38%) Azure Storage
15 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.65%) 5G
2 15 (1.90%) WAN
3 13 (1.64%) SD-WAN
4 9 (1.14%) DHCP
4 9 (1.14%) DNS
5 8 (1.01%) SAN
6 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.51%) Broadband
7 4 (0.51%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.51%) Internet
7 4 (0.51%) 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 (3.67%) Power BI
2 20 (2.53%) Looker
2 20 (2.53%) NoSQL
2 20 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.15%) 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%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.13%) Big Data
6 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.13%) Metadata
6 1 (0.13%) Power Query
6 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 67 (8.47%) JIRA
2 13 (1.64%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.51%) Git
3 4 (0.51%) 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
1 378 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 226 (28.57%) Finance
3 98 (12.39%) Presentation Skills
4 80 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (8.60%) Marketing
6 66 (8.34%) Law
7 63 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (7.08%) Public Sector
9 54 (6.83%) Retail
10 49 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (5.69%) Legal
12 42 (5.31%) Manufacturing
13 24 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.90%) Banking
16 13 (1.64%) Electronics
17 10 (1.26%) Back Office
18 8 (1.01%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.88%) German Language
20 5 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 230 (29.08%) Project Manager
2 109 (13.78%) Lead
3 96 (12.14%) Analyst
4 90 (11.38%) Senior
5 60 (7.59%) IT Manager
6 52 (6.57%) PMO Analyst
7 42 (5.31%) Coordinator
7 42 (5.31%) Senior Manager
8 39 (4.93%) IT Project Manager
9 37 (4.68%) Software Engineer
10 34 (4.30%) Senior Project Manager
11 29 (3.67%) PMO Manager
12 27 (3.41%) PMO Lead
12 27 (3.41%) Project Coordinator
13 25 (3.16%) Head of PMO
14 22 (2.78%) Consultant
15 20 (2.53%) Lead Software Engineer
15 20 (2.53%) UI Engineer
16 17 (2.15%) Business Analyst
16 17 (2.15%) Configuration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.79%) CSS
1 30 (3.79%) HTML
2 24 (3.03%) React
3 11 (1.39%) .NET
4 7 (0.88%) Flash
5 6 (0.76%) GraphQL
5 6 (0.76%) REST
6 4 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (0.51%) HTML5
6 4 (0.51%) Next.js
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (0.51%) WCF
6 4 (0.51%) Web Services
6 4 (0.51%) WinForms
7 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.13%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.13%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.13%) SAML
8 1 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (13.91%) Management Information System
2 95 (12.01%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.03%) PMI
4 24 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 23 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.64%) GNSS
7 12 (1.52%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.52%) Robotics
8 11 (1.39%) Graphic Design
8 11 (1.39%) NHS
9 9 (1.14%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.01%) FMCG
11 6 (0.76%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.51%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.51%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.51%) IoT
12 4 (0.51%) Tandem
13 3 (0.38%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.38%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.80%) Linux
2 33 (4.17%) Windows
3 26 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.15%) Unix
5 8 (1.01%) Debian
5 8 (1.01%) 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
1 555 (70.16%) Project Management
2 255 (32.24%) Agile
3 250 (31.61%) Project Delivery
4 160 (20.23%) PRINCE2
5 149 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
6 136 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 129 (16.31%) Coaching
8 124 (15.68%) Change Management
9 106 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (12.26%) Mentoring
11 93 (11.76%) Decision-Making
12 90 (11.38%) Project Governance
13 86 (10.87%) Waterfall
14 82 (10.37%) Collaborative Working
15 79 (9.99%) Risk Management
16 74 (9.36%) Scrum
17 73 (9.23%) Customer Requirements
18 69 (8.72%) DevOps
18 69 (8.72%) Programme Management
19 64 (8.09%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.82%) SQL
2 27 (3.41%) JavaScript
2 27 (3.41%) Python
3 21 (2.65%) C++
4 20 (2.53%) Bash
5 13 (1.64%) C#
5 13 (1.64%) Perl
6 9 (1.14%) Java
7 8 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.76%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.38%) R
10 2 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.13%) PHP
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (24.27%) Degree
2 66 (8.34%) PMP
3 64 (8.09%) PMI Certification
4 50 (6.32%) Security Cleared
5 39 (4.93%) SC Cleared
6 36 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 19 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.28%) APMP
9 17 (2.15%) CISA
10 15 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 12 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.14%) ISEB
12 9 (1.14%) ISEB Practitioner
13 8 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (0.88%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.88%) MBA
15 6 (0.76%) CAPM
15 6 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
16 4 (0.51%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.56%) QA
2 17 (2.15%) ITGC
3 16 (2.02%) ISO 9001
4 15 (1.90%) SLA
5 12 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.01%) P3O
7 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.51%) GDPR
8 4 (0.51%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.38%) JTAG
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) GxP
10 1 (0.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 11 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.76%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (1.01%) vCenter Server
1 8 (1.01%) 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
1 132 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.07%) SAP
3 26 (3.29%) Oracle
4 21 (2.65%) Atlassian
5 17 (2.15%) Sage
6 12 (1.52%) Cadence
7 11 (1.39%) VMware
8 9 (1.14%) CheckPoint
8 9 (1.14%) Citrix
9 8 (1.01%) 3PAR
9 8 (1.01%) Brocade
9 8 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.76%) Thales
10 6 (0.76%) Veeam
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco
11 4 (0.51%) Cognos
11 4 (0.51%) Planview
12 3 (0.38%) Adobe
12 3 (0.38%) HP
12 3 (0.38%) Northgate