Project Support Officer Contracts

Project Support Officer
UK

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in the UK is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 531 643
Rank change year-on-year +48 +112 +115
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 37 51 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 62
10th Percentile £185 £203 £182
25th Percentile £213 £250 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £338
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +56.98%
75th Percentile £350 £400 £403
90th Percentile £388 £441 £438
UK excluding London median daily rate £263 £318 £300
% change year-on-year -17.45% +6.00% +44.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £15.68 - £16.11
25th Percentile £17.20 - £19.65
Median hourly rate £19.83 £18.00 £25.92
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -30.56% +31.57%
75th Percentile £21.29 £35.50 £31.82
90th Percentile £22.11 £46.00 £35.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.58 £18.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -2.35% +24.14% -14.05%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Project Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Support Officer in the UK

Project Support Officer
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 Support Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +43 29 £288 -23.33% 4
UK excluding London +51 23 £263 -17.45% 3
Work from Home +40 16 £300 -5.66%
London +33 9 £375 -5.66% 1
South West +46 7 £190 -40.27%
North of England +13 4 £275 -15.38% 2
Scotland +9 4 £263 -4.55%
South East +43 3 £300 -9.43% 1
Midlands +21 3 £375 -5.66%
West Midlands +15 3 £375 -5.66%
Yorkshire +6 2 £225 -3.85% 2
North East - 2 £275 - 1
East of England - 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring Project Support Officer in the job title.

1 20 (54.05%) Finance
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (29.73%) Project Management
4 10 (27.03%) SharePoint
5 9 (24.32%) Project Delivery
6 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (18.92%) Issue Tracking
7 6 (16.22%) PMO
7 6 (16.22%) Time Management
7 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (16.22%) Agile
8 5 (13.51%) Retail
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
8 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.51%) Risk Register
8 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
9 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
10 3 (8.11%) Change Control
10 3 (8.11%) Azure
10 3 (8.11%) Contract Management
10 3 (8.11%) JIRA
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 2 (5.41%) Document Management
11 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
11 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2

Project Support Officer 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 (27.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
1 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (2.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Finance
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.51%) Retail
4 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) NHS
1 1 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Project Management
2 9 (24.32%) Project Delivery
3 7 (18.92%) Issue Tracking
3 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (16.22%) Agile
4 6 (16.22%) Time Management
5 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.51%) Risk Register
5 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
7 3 (8.11%) Change Control
7 3 (8.11%) Contract Management
8 2 (5.41%) Accounts Payable
8 2 (5.41%) Budgeting
8 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis
8 2 (5.41%) Document Management
8 2 (5.41%) Portfolio Management
8 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2
9 1 (2.70%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.70%) ESRI
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle