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 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 345 332 394
Rank change year-on-year -13 +62 +14
Permanent jobs citing PMO 816 1,065 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.03% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.03% 5.41% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 572 820 1,037
10th Percentile £36,183 £38,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £90,075 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,245 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -1.51% -0.99% +12.22%

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 13,528 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% -

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 3 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 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 +10 722 £51,997 -5.46% 202
UK excluding London +47 620 £49,245 -1.51% 135
Work from Home -34 260 £52,500 -0.47% 72
London -56 163 £65,000 - 64
North of England +77 156 £50,000 -7.41% 31
South East -19 142 £45,000 -5.26% 35
Midlands +36 120 £49,990 -4.78% 23
South West -1 83 £52,500 +5.00% 25
North West +4 70 £50,000 -9.09% 19
West Midlands -1 66 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Scotland -40 60 £55,000 - 6
East Midlands +31 47 £42,500 -22.73% 8
East of England +30 45 £65,000 - 16
North East +28 45 £52,500 - 7
Yorkshire +78 41 £45,500 -15.74% 5
Wales -4 12 £53,499 +10.31% 2
Northern Ireland +30 2 - -

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 43 (5.27%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.31%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.86%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.74%) SAS
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 121 (14.83%) Microsoft Project
2 114 (13.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (2.08%) Windchill
6 15 (1.84%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.21%) Unit4 Business World
2 17 (2.08%) Teamcenter
3 14 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.47%) Primavera
5 2 (0.25%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (5.39%) Azure
1 44 (5.39%) Power Platform
2 33 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (3.55%) SaaS
4 23 (2.82%) AWS
5 18 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.35%) Smartsheet
8 10 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.23%) IaaS
8 10 (1.23%) Nutanix
9 8 (0.98%) Power Automate
9 8 (0.98%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.86%) Asana
11 6 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (0.61%) GitHub
12 5 (0.61%) PaaS
13 3 (0.37%) Azure Storage
13 3 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.37%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.94%) 5G
2 18 (2.21%) WAN
3 16 (1.96%) SD-WAN
4 9 (1.10%) DHCP
4 9 (1.10%) DNS
5 8 (0.98%) SAN
6 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.49%) Broadband
7 4 (0.49%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.49%) Internet
7 4 (0.49%) RS-232
8 3 (0.37%) WebEx
9 2 (0.25%) Extranet
9 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
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%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.68%) Power BI
2 20 (2.45%) Looker
2 20 (2.45%) NoSQL
2 20 (2.45%) Relational Database
3 18 (2.21%) DB2
4 6 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
4 6 (0.74%) Data Mining
4 6 (0.74%) Tableau
5 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.37%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.12%) Big Data
7 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.12%) Metadata
7 1 (0.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 68 (8.33%) JIRA
2 14 (1.72%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.49%) Git
3 4 (0.49%) 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
1 377 (46.20%) Social Skills
2 241 (29.53%) Finance
3 97 (11.89%) Presentation Skills
4 88 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (8.58%) Marketing
6 66 (8.09%) Law
7 62 (7.60%) Public Sector
8 61 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (6.86%) Retail
10 52 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (5.39%) Legal
11 44 (5.39%) Manufacturing
12 25 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.84%) Banking
15 14 (1.72%) Electronics
16 11 (1.35%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.10%) Back Office
18 7 (0.86%) German Language
19 5 (0.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 237 (29.04%) Project Manager
2 110 (13.48%) Lead
3 98 (12.01%) Analyst
3 98 (12.01%) Senior
4 63 (7.72%) IT Manager
5 51 (6.25%) PMO Analyst
6 43 (5.27%) Coordinator
6 43 (5.27%) Senior Manager
7 39 (4.78%) IT Project Manager
8 38 (4.66%) Software Engineer
9 35 (4.29%) Senior Project Manager
10 28 (3.43%) PMO Manager
10 28 (3.43%) Project Coordinator
11 27 (3.31%) PMO Lead
12 23 (2.82%) Consultant
12 23 (2.82%) Head of PMO
13 20 (2.45%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (2.45%) UI Engineer
14 18 (2.21%) Business Analyst
14 18 (2.21%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.80%) CSS
1 31 (3.80%) HTML
2 25 (3.06%) React
3 12 (1.47%) .NET
4 7 (0.86%) Flash
5 6 (0.74%) GraphQL
5 6 (0.74%) REST
6 5 (0.61%) HTML5
6 5 (0.61%) Next.js
6 5 (0.61%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.49%) WCF
7 4 (0.49%) Web Services
7 4 (0.49%) WinForms
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.12%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.12%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.12%) SAML
10 1 (0.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (13.60%) Management Information System
2 94 (11.52%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.31%) PMI
6 24 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.72%) GNSS
8 13 (1.59%) NHS
9 12 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.47%) Robotics
10 11 (1.35%) Graphic Design
11 9 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 8 (0.98%) FMCG
13 6 (0.74%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.49%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.49%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.49%) IoT
14 4 (0.49%) Tandem
15 3 (0.37%) Housing Association
15 3 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.90%) Linux
2 34 (4.17%) Windows
3 27 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.21%) Unix
5 8 (0.98%) Debian
5 8 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (70.47%) Project Management
2 260 (31.86%) Agile
3 254 (31.13%) Project Delivery
4 163 (19.98%) PRINCE2
5 153 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 129 (15.81%) Coaching
8 126 (15.44%) Change Management
9 110 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (11.89%) Mentoring
11 96 (11.76%) Project Governance
12 94 (11.52%) Decision-Making
13 86 (10.54%) Risk Management
13 86 (10.54%) Waterfall
14 81 (9.93%) Programme Management
15 78 (9.56%) Collaborative Working
16 77 (9.44%) Scrum
17 74 (9.07%) DevOps
18 71 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
19 66 (8.09%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.37%) SQL
2 33 (4.04%) Python
3 29 (3.55%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.70%) C++
5 21 (2.57%) Bash
6 14 (1.72%) C#
6 14 (1.72%) Perl
7 11 (1.35%) MATLAB
8 9 (1.10%) Java
9 8 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.98%) R
10 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.25%) C
12 1 (0.12%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 194 (23.77%) Degree
2 73 (8.95%) PMP
3 69 (8.46%) PMI Certification
4 52 (6.37%) Security Cleared
5 39 (4.78%) SC Cleared
6 38 (4.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 19 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 18 (2.21%) CISA
9 16 (1.96%) APMP
9 16 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 11 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.10%) ISEB
12 9 (1.10%) ISEB Practitioner
13 8 (0.98%) MBA
13 8 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.74%) CAPM
15 6 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
16 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.51%) QA
2 18 (2.21%) ITGC
3 16 (1.96%) ISO 9001
4 14 (1.72%) SLA
5 12 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.98%) P3O
7 7 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.49%) GDPR
8 4 (0.49%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.37%) GRC
9 3 (0.37%) JTAG
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
10 1 (0.12%) PMBOK
System Software
1 11 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.74%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (0.98%) vCenter Server
1 8 (0.98%) vRealize
2 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.25%) PowerCLI
3 2 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 133 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.88%) SAP
3 27 (3.31%) Oracle
4 21 (2.57%) Atlassian
5 18 (2.21%) Sage
6 13 (1.59%) Cadence
7 11 (1.35%) VMware
8 9 (1.10%) CheckPoint
8 9 (1.10%) Citrix
9 8 (0.98%) 3PAR
9 8 (0.98%) Brocade
9 8 (0.98%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.74%) Thales
10 6 (0.74%) Veeam
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco
11 4 (0.49%) Cognos
11 4 (0.49%) Planview
12 3 (0.37%) Adobe
12 3 (0.37%) HP
12 3 (0.37%) Northgate