Project Officer Contracts in the South West

Project Officer
England > South West

The median Project Officer daily rate in the South West is £318 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 158 125
Rank change year-on-year +22 -33 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 11 12 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.35% 0.33% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.36% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 11
10th Percentile - £239 £190
25th Percentile £318 £259 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £373 £319
Median % change year-on-year -14.61% +16.77% +59.50%
75th Percentile £438 £406 £350
90th Percentile - £415 £450
England median daily rate £375 £330 £275
% change year-on-year +13.64% +20.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 29
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.90
Median hourly rate £53.00 - £16.93
75th Percentile - - £17.97
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £32.52 £21.00
% change year-on-year -44.65% +54.86% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,970 3,336 3,561
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.51% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,890 2,501 2,549
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £389 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +5.00% +8.84%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £714 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 265 206
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.04 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +39.78% +9.41%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.50 £69.49
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the South West

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in the South West

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in the South West

Project Officer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Bristol +17 6 £425 +33.86%
Devon - 4 £318 -
Project Officer
England

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 West region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
3 6 (54.55%) PMO
4 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (36.36%) Def Stans
5 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (36.36%) Information Assurance
5 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (27.27%) Time Management
6 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
6 3 (27.27%) Agile
6 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
6 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
7 2 (18.18%) GDPR
8 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
8 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
8 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
8 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 1 (9.09%) Finance
8 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
General
1 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Information Assurance
3 4 (36.36%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) APMP
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) PMO
2 4 (36.36%) Def Stans
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (18.18%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft