Project Officer Contracts in London

Project Officer
England > London

The median Project Officer daily rate in London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 372 411
Rank change year-on-year +20 +39 +156
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Project Officer 7 11 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.068% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.072% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 40
10th Percentile £260 £392 £315
25th Percentile £349 £398 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £358 £475 £445
90th Percentile £376 - £475
England median daily rate £268 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -28.49% +7.14% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £26.68 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year - -28.55% +77.81%
England median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £30.30
% change year-on-year -13.33% -0.99% +78.97%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,417 15,261 21,564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.00% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,364 10,555 15,793
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 196 233
10th Percentile £17.04 £17.69 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -11.24% +8.48%
75th Percentile £49.94 £53.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in London

Project Officer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Officer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Officer job vacancies in London

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in London

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Officer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Officer job vacancies in London

Project Officer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +2 1 £375 -6.25%
East London - 1 £200 - 1
Project Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) PMO
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft