Project Officer Contracts in England

Project Officer
UK > England

The median Project Officer daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 567 627
Rank change year-on-year +78 +60 -80
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 52 94 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 75 65
10th Percentile £213 £213 £155
25th Percentile £294 £250 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £330 £275
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +20.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £424 £400 £400
90th Percentile £465 £438 £470
UK median daily rate £363 £330 £238
% change year-on-year +9.85% +38.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 81
10th Percentile £17.55 £27.90 -
25th Percentile - £29.47 £15.90
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.52 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.65% +54.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £30.00 £35.14 £49.25
90th Percentile £43.80 £36.46 -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £32.52 £21.00
% change year-on-year -44.65% +54.86% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Officer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +84 17 £400 +21.21% 6
South West +22 11 £318 -14.61% 1
North of England +25 9 £338 +12.50% 6
Midlands +28 6 £350 +23.35% 8
North West +24 6 £350 -17.65% 3
South East +20 6 £331 +10.42% 3
West Midlands +22 3 £375 +35.14% 5
East Midlands +19 3 £270 -32.50% 3
Yorkshire +16 3 £325 +36.84% 2
East of England +15 1 - - 3
Project Officer
UK

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 England region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 21 (40.38%) Project Management
2 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 15 (28.85%) PMO
5 14 (26.92%) Finance
6 13 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 10 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (19.23%) Project Delivery
8 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
9 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
10 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
10 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2
10 6 (11.54%) Degree
10 6 (11.54%) Programme Delivery
10 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
11 5 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (9.62%) Project Planning
11 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Project
11 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
12 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
12 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (7.69%) Information Assurance
12 4 (7.69%) Agile
12 4 (7.69%) Banking
12 4 (7.69%) JIRA
12 4 (7.69%) Def Stans
12 4 (7.69%) Change Control
12 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.92%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.92%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Primavera
1 1 (1.92%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.92%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.92%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Finance
3 10 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.69%) Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.92%) Advertising
8 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Local Government
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Android
1 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Project Management
2 10 (19.23%) Project Delivery
3 6 (11.54%) PRINCE2
3 6 (11.54%) Programme Delivery
3 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (9.62%) Project Planning
5 4 (7.69%) Agile
5 4 (7.69%) Change Control
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (7.69%) Information Assurance
6 3 (5.77%) Change Management
6 3 (5.77%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (5.77%) Data Analysis
6 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.77%) Resource Management
6 3 (5.77%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.77%) Time Management
6 3 (5.77%) Workflow
7 2 (3.85%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 16 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) APMP
5 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) PMO
2 4 (7.69%) Def Stans
2 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) P3O
4 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (1.92%) Apple
3 1 (1.92%) Cisco
3 1 (1.92%) Citrix
3 1 (1.92%) Mitel
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle
3 1 (1.92%) Progress