Project Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Project Support Analyst
UK

The median Project Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £391, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 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
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 581 652
Rank change year-on-year +38 +71 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Analyst 11 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.003% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.003% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 9
10th Percentile £213 - £145
25th Percentile £278 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £420 - £375
90th Percentile £430 - £415
UK excluding London median daily rate £406 - £275
% change year-on-year - - -22.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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 29,872 35,916 47,573
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.03% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,867 22,646 32,740
10th Percentile £281 £300 £302
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,559 1,837 1,480
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.04 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.33 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £39.55
% change year-on-year -42.78% +11.13% +83.95%

Project Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Support Analyst in the UK

Project Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Project Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Support Analyst over the 6 months to 1 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Support Analyst in the UK

Project Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Project Support Analyst
Top 10 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 Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 September 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 +24 9 £391 -
UK excluding London +8 7 £406 -
Work from Home - 5 £400 -
London - 4 £263 -
North of England -9 2 £440 -
Yorkshire - 2 £440 -
Midlands - 2 £406 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £406 -
South East - 1 £400 -

Project Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 September 2025, Project Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) PMO
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (18.18%) GDPR
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) JIRA
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) SLA
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
5 1 (9.09%) SAP

Project Support Analyst 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 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Business Case
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Invoice Processing
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP