Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for P3O skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited P3O over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 894 966 1154
Rank change year-on-year +72 +188 -262
Permanent jobs citing P3O 10 27 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.026% 0.048%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% 0.14% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 64
10th Percentile £48,825 £53,987 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,092 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +40.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £61,500
90th Percentile - £106,500 £74,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,007 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.55% +18.01% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

P3O 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 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £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 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

P3O
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing P3O.

Salary trend for P3O in the UK

P3O
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing P3O over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for P3O in the UK

P3O
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing P3O within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +73 10 £63,750 -8.93% 5
London +122 7 £75,000 +7.14%
Work from Home +82 4 £60,500 -13.57% 4
UK excluding London +6 3 £57,500 -2.55% 4
North of England +43 1 £51,000 -12.84% 1
West Midlands +16 1 £57,500 -20.69% 1
Midlands +13 1 £57,500 -20.69% 2
North West - 1 £51,000 - 1
South West - 1 £70,000 -

P3O
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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) CA PPM
1 1 (10.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Portfolio Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Project Portfolio Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Lead
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior PMO
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) PRINCE2
1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
7 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 1 (10.00%) DevOps
7 1 (10.00%) ERP
7 1 (10.00%) People Management
7 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (10.00%) ACCA
4 1 (10.00%) APMP
4 1 (10.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Planview
2 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft