Project Administrator Contracts

Project Administrator
UK

The median Project Administrator daily rate in the UK is £271, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 673 835
Rank change year-on-year +110 +162 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Project Administrator 31 24 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.043% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.046% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 22
10th Percentile £194 £206 £105
25th Percentile £244 £238 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £271 £288 £175
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +64.29% +29.63%
75th Percentile £325 £638 £216
90th Percentile £356 - £267
UK excluding London median daily rate £271 £238 £196
% change year-on-year +14.11% +21.11% +45.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 3
10th Percentile £11.63 £12.56 £12.05
25th Percentile £12.13 £13.00 £12.13
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.25 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +22.00% -32.86%
75th Percentile £25.00 £18.75 £18.25
90th Percentile £27.70 £23.75 £21.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.38 £15.25 £12.50
% change year-on-year +0.85% +22.00% -32.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,533 52,506 83,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,086 36,648 58,637
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £407 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,938 1,481 1,935
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.18 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.71 £65.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%

Project Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Administrator in the UK

Project Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Administrator.

Daily rate trend for Project Administrator in the UK

Project Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Administrator over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Administrator in the UK

Project Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Administrator.

Hourly rate trend for Project Administrator in the UK

Project Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Administrator over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Administrator in the UK

Project Administrator
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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
England +113 28 £267 -14.56% 26
UK excluding London +52 24 £271 +14.11% 25
Work from Home +113 14 £296 +50.06% 8
East of England +10 8 £350 - 2
South East +20 7 £267 +18.67% 6
London +83 5 £250 -60.82% 2
North of England +32 4 £150 - 5
Yorkshire - 3 - - 4
Scotland +36 2 - - 1
South West +4 2 - - 7
North West +14 1 £150 -
West Midlands - 1 £275 - 2
Midlands - 1 £275 - 3

Project Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Project Administrator 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 featuring Project Administrator in the job title.

1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Project Management
3 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
4 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
4 8 (25.81%) PMO
5 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (12.90%) SAP
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (12.90%) Finance
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.90%) Degree
7 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (9.68%) Data Entry
8 3 (9.68%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (9.68%) Time Management
8 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (9.68%) Change Management
8 3 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (6.45%) Aviation
9 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
9 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.45%) Data Security
9 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
9 2 (6.45%) PMP
9 2 (6.45%) EDMS

Project Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (6.45%) FileZilla
4 2 (6.45%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Aviation
5 2 (6.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Project Management
2 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.68%) Change Management
3 3 (9.68%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (9.68%) Data Entry
3 3 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
3 3 (9.68%) Time Management
4 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (6.45%) Data Security
4 2 (6.45%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (6.45%) Document Management
4 2 (6.45%) ERP
4 2 (6.45%) Logistics
4 2 (6.45%) Programme Management
4 2 (6.45%) Project Planning
4 2 (6.45%) Statistics
4 2 (6.45%) User Experience
4 2 (6.45%) Validation
4 2 (6.45%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) PMP
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) PMO
2 2 (6.45%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Planview