PMO Contract Job Trends in Chester

Project Management Office (PMO)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring PMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 -
Contract jobs citing PMO 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 3.25% 2.94% 2.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 57.14% 25.00% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £425
75th Percentile £638 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £367 £265
% change year-on-year +33.92% +38.49% -2.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester

PMO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 5.69% 11.76% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £375 £557 -
25th Percentile £481 £565 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £577 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.32% +35.76% +41.67%
75th Percentile £638 £594 £438
90th Percentile £663 £603 -
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £496 £525
% change year-on-year -8.29% -5.50% +52.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £17.14
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.66%
75th Percentile - - £17.45
90th Percentile - - £17.63
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.00 £23.14 £18.90
% change year-on-year +38.32% +22.44% +17.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

PMO job vacancy trend in Chester

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Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing PMO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing PMO

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing PMO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing PMO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PMI
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (75.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Planview