Project Administrator Contract Job Trends in the South East

Project Administrator
England > South East

The median Project Administrator daily rate in the South East is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 177 204
Rank change year-on-year +19 +27 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Project Administrator 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.058% 0.066% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.071% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £238 £225
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% +5.56% -
England median daily rate £300 £238 £225
% change year-on-year +26.32% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £23.90 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +6.22% +25.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,103 4,219 5,333
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.38% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,003 2,517 3,616
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 318 252
10th Percentile £13.38 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.47 £31.44 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +14.85% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £71.50 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
% change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%

Project Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Project Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Administrator in the South East

Project Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Administrator job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Administrator job vacancies in the South East

Project Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Administrator job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Administrator job vacancies in the South East

Project Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Thames Valley +13 2 £350 - 1
Berkshire - 2 £350 - 1
Project Administrator
England

Project Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Project Administrator 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 South East region featuring Project Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Project Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft