Project Support Officer Contracts in England

Project Support Officer
UK > England

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 590 708
Rank change year-on-year +91 +118 -138
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 43 63 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 51 50
10th Percentile £201 £200 £155
25th Percentile £269 £256 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £360 £243
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +48.42% +7.81%
75th Percentile £414 £409 £320
90th Percentile £444 £438 £382
UK median daily rate £350 £338 £215
% change year-on-year +3.70% +56.98% +4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile - £16.11 £11.75
25th Percentile - £19.65 £12.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £25.92 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +52.47% -14.21%
75th Percentile £35.50 £31.82 £20.53
90th Percentile £46.00 £35.13 £31.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £25.92 £19.70
% change year-on-year -30.56% +31.57% -0.58%

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 34,483 47,741 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,890 33,903 48,246
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
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 2,432 1,409 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.31 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%

Project Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Support Officer in England

Project Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Support Officer in England

Project Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Support Officer in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Support Officer in England

Project Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Support Officer in England

Project Support Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Support Officer in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Support Officer in England

Project Support 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 Support Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 +91 14 £398 +6.00%
North of England +33 10 £325 -3.70%
South West +9 7 £318 -17.38% 1
North West +18 6 £350 -17.65%
South East +14 6 £331 +4.33% 1
Midlands +31 4 £398 +41.33% 2
Yorkshire +27 4 £234 -20.34%
West Midlands +26 2 £398 +56.50% 2
East Midlands +18 2 - -
Project Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 across the England region featuring Project Support Officer in the job title.

1 19 (44.19%) Project Management
2 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 12 (27.91%) Finance
4 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
4 11 (25.58%) PMO
5 10 (23.26%) Project Delivery
6 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
7 7 (16.28%) SharePoint
7 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
7 7 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (11.63%) Degree
9 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
9 5 (11.63%) Programme Delivery
10 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (9.30%) Change Control
10 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
10 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (9.30%) Agile
10 4 (9.30%) Banking
10 4 (9.30%) Project Planning
11 3 (6.98%) Data Analysis
11 3 (6.98%) JIRA
11 3 (6.98%) Resource Management
11 3 (6.98%) Change Management
11 3 (6.98%) Risk Management

Project Support 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 (16.28%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Confluence
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Azure
1 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (4.65%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.33%) Advertising
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) iPhone
1 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Android
1 2 (4.65%) Mac OS X
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
1 2 (4.65%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Project Management
2 10 (23.26%) Project Delivery
3 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.63%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (9.30%) Agile
5 4 (9.30%) Change Control
5 4 (9.30%) PRINCE2
5 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.30%) Project Planning
6 3 (6.98%) Change Management
6 3 (6.98%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (6.98%) Data Analysis
6 3 (6.98%) Resource Management
6 3 (6.98%) Risk Management
6 3 (6.98%) Time Management
6 3 (6.98%) Workflow
7 2 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (4.65%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (25.58%) PMO
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Apple
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco
2 2 (4.65%) Citrix
2 2 (4.65%) Mitel
2 2 (4.65%) Progress
3 1 (2.33%) SAP