Project Officer
UK
The median Project Officer daily rate in the UK is £369 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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 12 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 529 | 587 | 671 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | +84 | -70 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer | 57 | 111 | 195 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.19% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.20% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 86 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £204 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £264 | £250 | £181 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £369 | £330 | £240 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.74% | +37.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £417 | £400 | £338 |
| 90th Percentile | £475 | £438 | £458 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £322 | £288 | £220 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.84% | +30.68% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.63 | £27.90 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.00 | £29.47 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.34 | £32.52 | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.30% | +54.86% | +3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £29.17 | £35.14 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £41.50 | £36.46 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.00 | £27.70 | £16.93 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.36% | +63.61% | -15.35% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 39,893 | 55,060 | 83,598 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.65% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,957 | 38,445 | 58,715 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,534 | 2,047 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +88.21% | +5.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.08 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.94% | +110.39% | +2.56% |
Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Project Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer.
Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.
Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Officer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.
Project Officer
Top 14 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +63 | 48 | £375 | +13.64% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +45 | 37 | £322 | +11.84% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +93 | 17 | £315 | -18.11% | 9 |
| London | +63 | 17 | £400 | +21.21% | 7 |
| North of England | +18 | 10 | £325 | +8.33% | 4 |
| Scotland | +41 | 8 | £275 | +46.67% | 1 |
| South West | +8 | 7 | £425 | +14.09% | 3 |
| Midlands | +29 | 6 | £350 | +23.35% | 6 |
| North West | +19 | 6 | £350 | -17.65% | 2 |
| South East | +17 | 5 | £363 | +30.63% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 4 | £270 | +13.68% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 3 | £270 | -32.50% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 3 | £375 | +35.14% | 4 |
| East of England | +6 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring Project Officer in the job title.
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Project Officer 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: