Project Support Officer Contracts

Project Support Officer
UK

The median Project Support Officer daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 645 768
Rank change year-on-year +96 +123 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Officer 51 71 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 59 65
10th Percentile £211 £196 £152
25th Percentile £270 £250 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £215
Median % change year-on-year - +62.79% +4.24%
75th Percentile £400 £409 £317
90th Percentile £441 £439 £360
UK excluding London median daily rate £318 £300 £208
% change year-on-year +6.02% +44.58% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile - - £11.85
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £37.34 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year -51.79% +89.54% -0.58%
75th Percentile £35.50 - £20.62
90th Percentile £46.00 - £27.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -31.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

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 5 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Support Officer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 5 May 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 +103 43 £375 - 10
UK excluding London +55 36 £318 +6.02% 11
Work from Home +118 19 £318 -20.50% 5
London +100 13 £400 +6.67% 1
North of England +29 9 £338 - 2
Scotland +44 8 £275 +71.88%
South West +22 7 £318 -17.38% 1
Midlands +29 6 £350 +21.74% 4
North West +25 6 £350 -17.65% 1
South East +22 6 £331 +10.42% 1
West Midlands +23 3 £375 +36.36% 2
East Midlands +19 3 £270 -32.50% 2
Yorkshire +19 3 £325 +10.64% 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 24 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 20 (39.22%) Project Management
3 18 (35.29%) Finance
4 16 (31.37%) PMO
5 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
6 12 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (23.53%) Security Cleared
7 11 (21.57%) Project Delivery
8 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
9 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (15.69%) Agile
10 7 (13.73%) JIRA
11 6 (11.76%) Degree
11 6 (11.76%) Confluence
11 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
11 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
11 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
11 6 (11.76%) Change Control
12 5 (9.80%) Issue Tracking
12 5 (9.80%) Programme Delivery
12 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
12 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
12 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (9.80%) Azure
12 5 (9.80%) Project Planning
12 5 (9.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 4 (7.84%) Banking
13 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
13 4 (7.84%) Microsoft

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 6 (11.76%) Confluence
1 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.96%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.80%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.96%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
General
1 24 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 18 (35.29%) Finance
3 15 (29.41%) Public Sector
4 12 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
6 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.96%) Advertising
8 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.96%) iPhone
2 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Android
1 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
1 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Project Management
2 11 (21.57%) Project Delivery
3 8 (15.69%) Agile
3 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (11.76%) Change Control
4 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 5 (9.80%) Issue Tracking
5 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.80%) Programme Delivery
5 5 (9.80%) Project Planning
5 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (7.84%) Coaching
6 4 (7.84%) Community of Practice
7 3 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (5.88%) Data Analysis
7 3 (5.88%) DevOps
7 3 (5.88%) Resource Management
7 3 (5.88%) Time Management
7 3 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) Degree
4 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) APMP
5 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (31.37%) PMO
2 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) P3O
3 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Apple
2 1 (1.96%) Cisco
2 1 (1.96%) Citrix
2 1 (1.96%) Mitel
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle
2 1 (1.96%) Progress
2 1 (1.96%) SAP