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 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 563 608
Rank change year-on-year +79 +45 -56
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 52 97 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 80 70
10th Percentile £202 £213 £155
25th Percentile £263 £250 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £315 £269
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +17.21% +13.16%
75th Percentile £438 £400 £395
90th Percentile £475 £438 £466
UK median daily rate £375 £300 £225
% change year-on-year +25.00% +33.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 81
10th Percentile £17.55 £15.06 -
25th Percentile - £17.03 £15.90
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.10 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% +0.48% -2.33%
75th Percentile £30.00 £25.23 £49.25
90th Percentile £43.80 £27.22 -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £21.10 £21.00
% change year-on-year -14.69% +0.48% -2.33%

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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 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
London +78 20 £400 +21.21% 1
South West +18 11 £318 -17.38% 2
North of England +33 9 £280 -6.67% 5
North West +16 6 £350 -17.65% 4
South East +8 6 £331 +23.83% 3
Midlands +33 3 £375 +33.93% 1
Yorkshire +22 3 £143 -39.79%
East Midlands +12 2 - - 1
West Midlands +28 1 £375 +36.36%
East of England +12 1 - -
Project Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 England region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 23 (44.23%) Project Management
2 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 16 (30.77%) PMO
4 15 (28.85%) Security Cleared
5 14 (26.92%) Finance
6 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 10 (19.23%) Project Delivery
8 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
10 7 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
11 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
11 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
11 6 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (11.54%) Degree
11 6 (11.54%) Programme Delivery
11 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (9.62%) Banking
12 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (7.69%) PRINCE2
13 4 (7.69%) Agile
13 4 (7.69%) JIRA
13 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (7.69%) Project Planning
13 4 (7.69%) Information Assurance
13 4 (7.69%) Change Control
13 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (7.69%) Def Stans

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
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Project
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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.85%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.85%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (3.85%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Finance
3 9 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Advertising
7 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Local Government
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) iPhone
4 1 (1.92%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Android
1 2 (3.85%) Mac OS X
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Project Management
2 10 (19.23%) Project Delivery
3 7 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (11.54%) Programme Delivery
4 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (7.69%) Agile
5 4 (7.69%) Change Control
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (7.69%) Information Assurance
5 4 (7.69%) PRINCE2
5 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.69%) Project Planning
6 3 (5.77%) Change Management
6 3 (5.77%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (5.77%) Data Analysis
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%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 15 (28.85%) Security Cleared
2 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) APMP
5 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (30.77%) PMO
2 4 (7.69%) Def Stans
2 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Apple
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco
2 2 (3.85%) Citrix
2 2 (3.85%) Mitel
2 2 (3.85%) Progress
3 1 (1.92%) SAP