Project Officer Jobs in the Midlands

Project Officer
England > Midlands

The median Project Officer salary in the Midlands is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 322 321
Rank change year-on-year +61 -1 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer 3 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.042% 0.008% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.009% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £31,875 - £28,075
25th Percentile £32,813 - £28,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £40,000 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +32.23% -10.57%
75th Percentile £40,313 - £32,063
90th Percentile £41,625 - £32,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £32,060 £33,158
% change year-on-year +24.77% -3.31% +2.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,564 11,424 8,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 94.44% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,807 8,443 4,585
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the Midlands

Project Officer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Project Officer in the Midlands

Project Officer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 3 £36,250 - 4
Project Officer
England

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Project Officer 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 permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft