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 £269, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 361 378
Rank change year-on-year +54 +17 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 28 36 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 39
10th Percentile - £215 £206
25th Percentile £185 £263 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £325 £280
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £325 £388 £356
90th Percentile £388 £438 £438
UK median daily rate £300 £356 £330
% change year-on-year -15.79% +7.95% +32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £22.15 - -
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.00 £26.85
Median hourly rate £31.76 £24.00 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% -13.36% +63.61%
75th Percentile £34.39 £35.75 £28.55
90th Percentile £35.97 £46.10 -
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £22.34 £32.52
% change year-on-year +42.17% -31.30% +54.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 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
South West +47 10 £190 -55.29% 1
Midlands +12 6 £348 -0.57% 2
West Midlands +16 4 £375 - 2
Scotland +6 4 £263 -4.55%
North of England +3 4 £275 -15.38% 5
South East +41 3 £300 -17.24%
Yorkshire +8 2 £225 -16.67% 2
East Midlands +6 2 £300 +11.11%
North East - 2 £275 -
East of England +31 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 29 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) PMO
4 8 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (17.86%) Risk Register
6 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
6 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
7 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (10.71%) Contract Management
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (10.71%) JIRA
8 3 (10.71%) Azure
8 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (10.71%) Change Control
8 3 (10.71%) Agile
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (7.14%) NHS
9 2 (7.14%) Change Management
9 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (7.14%) Migration
9 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365

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 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
1 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.57%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (7.14%) NHS
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 5 (17.86%) Risk Register
3 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) Agile
4 3 (10.71%) Change Control
4 3 (10.71%) Contract Management
4 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.14%) Accounts Payable
5 2 (7.14%) Change Management
5 2 (7.14%) Coaching
5 2 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 2 (7.14%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (3.57%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (3.57%) Document Management
6 1 (3.57%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) PMO
2 2 (7.14%) Def Stans
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.57%) ESRI
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Workday