Project Officer Contracts in England

Project Officer
UK > England

The median Project Officer daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 497 553
Rank change year-on-year +66 +56 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 37 44 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 28 72
10th Percentile £185 £210 £213
25th Percentile £209 £265 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £375 £333
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +12.78% +5.39%
75th Percentile £374 £432 £400
90th Percentile £388 £475 £444
UK median daily rate £300 £356 £330
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.95% +32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £17.86 £17.63 £27.90
25th Percentile £22.66 £18.00 £29.47
Median hourly rate £31.76 £22.34 £32.52
Median % change year-on-year +42.17% -31.30% +54.86%
75th Percentile - £29.17 £35.14
90th Percentile £34.92 £41.50 £36.46
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £22.34 £32.52
% change year-on-year +21.80% -31.30% +54.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,130 33,860 45,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.76% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,722 22,445 32,115
10th Percentile £290 £284 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 889 2,492 1,325
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.42%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.70 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +87.50%

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 25 May 2025.

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 25 May 2025.

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 25 May 2025. 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
South West +45 10 £190 -55.29% 1
London +42 10 £375 -7.69% 6
Midlands +11 7 £348 -0.57% 4
West Midlands +16 4 £375 - 3
North of England +8 4 £275 -15.38% 10
South East +46 3 £300 -17.24% 5
East Midlands +4 3 £300 +11.11%
East of England +27 2 - - 1
Yorkshire +13 2 £225 -16.67% 4
North East - 2 £275 -
Project Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 2025, 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 16 (43.24%) Finance
2 15 (40.54%) Project Management
3 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 10 (27.03%) Project Delivery
5 8 (21.62%) PMO
6 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
7 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (16.22%) Risk Register
8 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
8 5 (13.51%) Agile
8 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
9 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
9 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
9 4 (10.81%) Change Management
9 4 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
10 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
10 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
10 3 (8.11%) Contract Management
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (8.11%) Change Control
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
11 2 (5.41%) Time Management
11 2 (5.41%) Google

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 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
1 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 16 (43.24%) Finance
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Publishing
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.41%) NHS
2 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Project Management
2 10 (27.03%) Project Delivery
3 6 (16.22%) Risk Register
3 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.51%) Agile
5 4 (10.81%) Change Management
5 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
5 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (8.11%) Change Control
6 3 (8.11%) Contract Management
6 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
6 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (5.41%) Accounts Payable
7 2 (5.41%) Budgeting
7 2 (5.41%) Customer Service
7 2 (5.41%) Migration
7 2 (5.41%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (5.41%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) PMO
2 2 (5.41%) Def Stans
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) CheckPoint
2 2 (5.41%) Google
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) Workday
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle