Project Support Officer Contracts in England

Project Support Officer
UK > England

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in England is £288, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 499 590
Rank change year-on-year +43 +91 +117
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 29 43 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 51
10th Percentile £185 £201 £200
25th Percentile £207 £269 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £375 £360
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +4.17% +48.42%
75th Percentile £381 £414 £409
90th Percentile £388 £444 £438
UK median daily rate £300 £350 £338
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +56.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.46 - £16.11
25th Percentile £16.66 - £19.65
Median hourly rate £18.99 £18.00 £25.92
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -30.56% +52.47%
75th Percentile £20.99 £35.50 £31.82
90th Percentile £21.99 £46.00 £35.13
UK median hourly rate £19.83 £18.00 £25.92
% change year-on-year +10.17% -30.56% +31.57%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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
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 1 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
London +33 9 £375 -5.66% 1
South West +46 7 £190 -40.27%
North of England +13 4 £275 -15.38% 2
South East +43 3 £300 -9.43% 1
Midlands +21 3 £375 -5.66%
West Midlands +15 3 £375 -5.66%
Yorkshire +6 2 £225 -3.85% 2
North East - 2 £275 - 1
East of England - 2 - -
Project Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Project Management
3 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
5 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) PMO
5 5 (17.24%) Risk Register
6 4 (13.79%) Project Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.34%) Change Control
7 3 (10.34%) Contract Management
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (6.90%) Portfolio Management
8 2 (6.90%) Accounts Payable
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (6.90%) Time Management
8 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.90%) CheckPoint
8 2 (6.90%) Document Management
8 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills

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 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
1 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.45%) WAN
1 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Project Management
2 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 5 (17.24%) Risk Register
3 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.79%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) Project Governance
5 3 (10.34%) Change Control
5 3 (10.34%) Contract Management
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.90%) Accounts Payable
6 2 (6.90%) Budgeting
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) Document Management
6 2 (6.90%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.90%) Time Management
7 1 (3.45%) Budget Management
7 1 (3.45%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.45%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle