Project Officer Contracts in the City of London

Project Officer
Central London > City of London

The median Project Officer daily rate in the City of London is £390 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 168 191
Rank change year-on-year +41 +23 -46
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.090% 0.11% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.12% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £372 £223 -
25th Percentile £374 £239 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £281 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% - -
75th Percentile £407 £327 -
90th Percentile £410 £344 -
Central London median daily rate £390 £250 -
% change year-on-year +56.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £13.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Project Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the City of London

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in the City of London

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in the City of London

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Project Officer contract 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 contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft