Project Assistant Contract Job Trends

Project Assistant
UK

The median Project Assistant daily rate in the UK is £257, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 - 602
Rank change year-on-year - - +196
Contract jobs requiring a Project Assistant 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £248 - £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £257 - £251
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.86%
75th Percentile £265 - £257
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £257 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.57 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.57 - -

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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Project Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Assistant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Project Assistant job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Assistant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Assistant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Assistant job vacancies in the UK

Project Assistant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Assistant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Assistant job vacancies in the UK

Project Assistant
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Assistant within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 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
UK excluding London - 4 £257 - 3
England - 3 £257 - 3
Midlands - 2 £257 -
West Midlands - 2 £257 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
London - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 2

Project Assistant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, Project Assistant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Project Assistant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (40.00%) HNC
3 2 (40.00%) HND
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (20.00%) Workday

Project Assistant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HNC
1 2 (40.00%) HND
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Workday