Project Support Officer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Support Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £263, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 363 406
Rank change year-on-year +47 +43 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 23 36 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 34
10th Percentile - £209 £202
25th Percentile £185 £259 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £318 £318
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% +0.17% +53.01%
75th Percentile £306 £388 £402
90th Percentile £388 £435 £438
UK median daily rate £300 £338 £338
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +56.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £15.17 - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - £13.75
Median hourly rate £17.58 £18.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +24.14% -14.05%
75th Percentile £18.93 £35.50 £15.25
90th Percentile £19.52 £46.00 -
UK median hourly rate £19.83 £18.00 £25.92
% change year-on-year +10.17% -30.56% +31.57%

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Project Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Support Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Support 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 Support Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +43 7 £190 -40.27%
North of England +17 4 £275 -15.38% 2
Scotland +9 4 £263 -4.55%
South East +43 3 £300 -9.43%
Midlands +17 3 £375 - 1
West Midlands +15 3 £375 - 1
Yorkshire +5 2 £225 -3.85% 2
North East - 2 £275 - 1
East of England - 2 - -
Project Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Project Support 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 Support Officer in the job title.

1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Project Delivery
3 7 (30.43%) Project Management
4 6 (26.09%) PMO
5 5 (21.74%) Risk Register
5 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
5 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
6 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
6 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) JIRA
7 3 (13.04%) Azure
7 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (13.04%) Contract Management
7 3 (13.04%) Change Control
8 2 (8.70%) Confluence
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
8 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
8 2 (8.70%) Issue Tracking
8 2 (8.70%) Accounts Payable
8 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2
8 2 (8.70%) Agile
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
9 1 (4.35%) Degree

Project Support 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 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
1 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
4 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) NHS
1 1 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Delivery
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 5 (21.74%) Risk Register
3 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.04%) Change Control
4 3 (13.04%) Contract Management
5 2 (8.70%) Accounts Payable
5 2 (8.70%) Agile
5 2 (8.70%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (8.70%) PRINCE2
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.35%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Document Management
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
6 1 (4.35%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (4.35%) Project Governance
6 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.35%) Resource Management
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.35%) ESRI
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle