Project Officer Contracts in the South East

Project Officer
England > South East

The median Project Officer daily rate in the South East is £331 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 205 246
Rank change year-on-year +8 +41 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 6 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 9
10th Percentile £231 £206 £192
25th Percentile £256 £240 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £268 £250
Median % change year-on-year +23.83% +7.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £383 £309 £288
90th Percentile £388 £335 £450
England median daily rate £375 £315 £269
% change year-on-year +19.05% +17.21% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £21.10 £21.00
% change year-on-year -14.69% +0.48% -2.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,156 5,513 7,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.38% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 3,836 5,074
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 240 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.69 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
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 Officer within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Thames Valley +11 3 £300 +15.38% 1
Berkshire - 2 £338 - 1
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £250 -3.85%
Hampshire +7 1 £375 - 1
Kent - 1 £363 -
East Sussex - 1 £225 - 1
Project Officer
England

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 South East region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) SFIA
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills

Project Officer 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) SFIA
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO