Project Officer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £318 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 400 388
Rank change year-on-year +48 -12 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 39 61 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.25% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.27% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 46 65
10th Percentile £208 £190 £154
25th Percentile £253 £217 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £284 £215
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +31.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £388 £359 £288
90th Percentile £437 £426 £338
UK median daily rate £375 £300 £225
% change year-on-year +25.00% +33.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 39
10th Percentile - £15.06 £15.22
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.03 £15.90
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.10 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% +24.63% -16.40%
75th Percentile £35.75 £25.23 £17.97
90th Percentile £46.10 £27.22 £22.39
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £21.10 £21.00
% change year-on-year -14.69% +0.48% -2.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,262 22,750 29,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.10% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,825 15,940 20,711
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 1,193 1,496
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.67 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
South West +21 11 £318 -14.61% 2
North of England +26 9 £280 -6.67% 5
Scotland +26 8 £275 +71.88% 1
North West +13 6 £350 -17.65% 4
South East +7 6 £331 +23.83% 4
Midlands +22 4 £398 +41.96% 2
Yorkshire +23 3 £143 -39.79%
West Midlands +25 2 £398 +44.55% 1
East Midlands +17 2 - - 1
East of England +8 1 - - 1
Project Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 18 (46.15%) Project Management
2 17 (43.59%) PMO
3 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
4 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 10 (25.64%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (25.64%) Finance
5 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
6 8 (20.51%) Agile
7 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
8 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (15.38%) Project Delivery
9 5 (12.82%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (12.82%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (12.82%) Issue Tracking
9 5 (12.82%) JIRA
10 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (10.26%) Project Planning
10 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2
10 4 (10.26%) Def Stans
10 4 (10.26%) Coaching
10 4 (10.26%) Change Control
10 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (10.26%) Confluence
10 4 (10.26%) Information Assurance
10 4 (10.26%) Azure
10 4 (10.26%) Community of Practice
10 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
11 3 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
11 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (10.26%) Confluence
2 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Primavera
1 1 (2.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.56%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 10 (25.64%) Finance
3 10 (25.64%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Project Management
2 8 (20.51%) Agile
3 6 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.82%) Issue Tracking
4 5 (12.82%) Programme Delivery
4 5 (12.82%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (10.26%) Change Control
5 4 (10.26%) Coaching
5 4 (10.26%) Community of Practice
5 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.26%) Information Assurance
5 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2
5 4 (10.26%) Project Planning
6 3 (7.69%) Change Management
6 3 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.69%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.69%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) APMP
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (43.59%) PMO
2 4 (10.26%) Def Stans
2 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.13%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (5.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (5.13%) SAP
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft