Head of Project Management Office
UK

The median Head of Project Management Office salary in the UK is £54,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 859 960 1216
Rank change year-on-year +101 +256 -301
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of PMO 25 15 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.015% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.016% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 20 15 21
10th Percentile - £56,060 £61,250
25th Percentile £51,997 £56,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% -5.88% +25.93%
75th Percentile £56,200 £108,125 £92,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £108,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,700 £92,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -40.86% +15.63% +60.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of PMO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of PMO in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of PMO in the UK

Head of PMO
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of PMO.

Salary trend for Head of PMO in the UK

Head of PMO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of PMO over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of PMO in the UK

Head of PMO
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of PMO within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +97 23 £54,700 -27.07% 2
UK excluding London +5 23 £54,700 -40.86% 2
Midlands - 10 £54,700 - 1
North of England +39 9 £54,700 -7.30% 1
West Midlands - 7 £53,349 -
Work from Home +79 4 £73,000 -24.16%
North East +2 4 £67,500 -34.15%
Yorkshire +80 3 £51,997 -11.14% 1
East Midlands - 3 £54,700 - 1
London +107 2 £73,000 -8.75%
North West - 2 £54,700 -
South East - 2 £51,997 -
Wales - 2 £51,997 -

Head of PMO Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Head of PMO job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Head of PMO in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) PMO
2 17 (68.00%) Line Management
2 17 (68.00%) Project Management
3 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (44.00%) PRINCE2
5 10 (40.00%) Change Management
5 10 (40.00%) Programme Management
6 9 (36.00%) Supplier Management
6 9 (36.00%) Coaching
7 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (32.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (32.00%) ISEB Practitioner
7 8 (32.00%) ITIL
7 8 (32.00%) ISEB
7 8 (32.00%) Budget Management
8 5 (20.00%) Agile
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (16.00%) Decarbonisation
10 3 (12.00%) Finance
10 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (12.00%) Degree
10 3 (12.00%) QA
10 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
10 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (12.00%) Change Control
11 2 (8.00%) Azure
11 2 (8.00%) User Experience
11 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (8.00%) SDLC
11 2 (8.00%) DevOps

Head of PMO Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Advertising
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Line Management
1 17 (68.00%) Project Management
2 11 (44.00%) PRINCE2
3 10 (40.00%) Change Management
3 10 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 9 (36.00%) Coaching
4 9 (36.00%) Supplier Management
5 8 (32.00%) Budget Management
5 8 (32.00%) ITIL
5 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
7 4 (16.00%) Decarbonisation
8 3 (12.00%) Change Control
8 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
9 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
9 2 (8.00%) DevOps
9 2 (8.00%) Scrum
9 2 (8.00%) SDLC
9 2 (8.00%) User Experience
10 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) ISEB
1 8 (32.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) APMP
3 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.00%) PMP
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (100.00%) PMO
2 3 (12.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft