Project Support Officer Contracts

Project Support Officer
UK

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in the UK is £330 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 639 751
Rank change year-on-year +104 +112 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 51 77 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 66 69
10th Percentile £190 £190 £153
25th Percentile £237 £250 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £350 £215
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +62.79% +4.24%
75th Percentile £399 £412 £317
90th Percentile £445 £441 £376
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £335 £208
% change year-on-year -10.45% +61.45% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile - - £11.85
25th Percentile - £13.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -26.40% +2.34%
75th Percentile £35.50 £15.25 £21.43
90th Percentile £46.00 - £28.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £16.87
% change year-on-year +24.14% -14.05% -12.36%

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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Project Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Support Officer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Support Officer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support 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 Support Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +96 44 £363 -3.33% 9
UK excluding London +60 32 £300 -10.45% 11
Work from Home +109 18 £318 -20.49% 3
London +98 17 £400 +6.67%
North of England +33 8 £210 -36.60% 3
South West +26 8 £318 -17.39% 1
Scotland +41 6 £282 +75.94% 1
North West +19 5 £280 -25.33% 3
South East +13 5 £300 -10.45% 2
Midlands +33 4 £255 -11.30% 2
Yorkshire +20 3 £143 -51.32%
West Midlands +26 2 £255 +9.44% 1
East Midlands +13 2 - - 1
Wales +15 1 £145 -58.57% 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Project Support 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 Support Officer in the job title.

1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
1 23 (45.10%) Project Management
2 15 (29.41%) Finance
2 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
2 15 (29.41%) PMO
3 13 (25.49%) Project Delivery
3 13 (25.49%) Security Cleared
4 11 (21.57%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
7 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (13.73%) Change Control
8 6 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
8 6 (11.76%) Agile
8 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (9.80%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (9.80%) Banking
9 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
9 5 (9.80%) Degree
9 5 (9.80%) JIRA
10 4 (7.84%) Project Planning
10 4 (7.84%) Azure
10 4 (7.84%) Confluence
10 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (7.84%) Information Management

Project Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.84%) Confluence
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.92%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (3.92%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
General
1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Finance
2 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 11 (21.57%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Banking
5 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Advertising
6 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) iPhone
1 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
1 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Android
1 2 (3.92%) Mac OS X
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
1 2 (3.92%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Project Management
2 13 (25.49%) Project Delivery
3 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (13.73%) Change Control
5 6 (11.76%) Agile
5 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
6 5 (9.80%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (7.84%) Information Management
7 4 (7.84%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.84%) Risk Management
8 3 (5.88%) Change Management
8 3 (5.88%) Issue Tracking
8 3 (5.88%) Programme Management
8 3 (5.88%) Resource Management
8 3 (5.88%) Time Management
8 3 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (5.88%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Degree
4 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) APMP
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (29.41%) PMO
2 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Apple
2 2 (3.92%) Cisco
2 2 (3.92%) Citrix
2 2 (3.92%) Mitel
2 2 (3.92%) Progress