Project Control Officer Contract Job Trends

Project Control Officer
UK

The median Project Control Officer daily rate in the UK is £323, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 - 625
Rank change year-on-year - - +206
Contract jobs requiring a Project Control Officer 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £285 - £246
25th Percentile £293 - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 - £268
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.88%
75th Percentile £369 - £275
90th Percentile £387 - £278
UK excluding London median daily rate £367 - £268
% change year-on-year - - +2.88%

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 31,731 33,449 44,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.85% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,141 20,162 29,928
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 1,246 1,550
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +63.30%
75th Percentile £51.52 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +90.25%

Project Control Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Project Control Officer job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Control Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Project Control Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Project Control Officer
Top 5 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 Control Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 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
England - 2 £323 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £280 -
UK excluding London - 1 £367 - 1
London - 1 £280 -
South West - 1 £367 - 1

Project Control Officer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Project Control Officer 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 Control Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) APMP
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet

Project Control Officer 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) APMP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft