Project Officer Contracts in Edinburgh

Project Officer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Project Officer daily rate in Edinburgh is £288 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 103 115
Rank change year-on-year +36 +12 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 5 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.61% 0.32% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.33% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £241 £165 £155
25th Percentile £255 £172 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £188 £178
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% +5.63% +18.33%
75th Percentile £305 £207 £200
90th Percentile £313 £216 £224
Scotland median daily rate £275 £160 £178
% change year-on-year +71.88% -9.86% +20.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 779 1,204 1,824
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 95.94% 95.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 855 1,252
10th Percentile £200 £237 £230
25th Percentile £363 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £661 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 10 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.89 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.61 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.47 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.94% -17.44% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £55.80 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £27.90 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +26.08% -17.60% -30.71%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in Edinburgh

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in Edinburgh

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in Edinburgh

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 10 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 Edinburgh region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Community of Practice
2 4 (80.00%) PMO
2 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Confluence
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (40.00%) Epics
4 2 (40.00%) Business Agility
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
4 2 (40.00%) Information Management
5 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Community of Practice
2 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Business Agility
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
4 2 (40.00%) Epics
4 2 (40.00%) Information Management
5 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland