Project Officer Jobs in the South East

Project Officer
England > South East

The median Project Officer salary in the South East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 397 394
Rank change year-on-year +87 -3 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer 2 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.017% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.018% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £39,000 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,500 £31,411
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -12.45% -22.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £28,750 -
90th Percentile £56,000 - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,060 £32,500
% change year-on-year +9.17% -1.35% -4.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Officer in the South East

Project Officer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +72 1 £55,000 +100.00% 1
Berkshire +37 1 £55,000 +100.00% 1
Hampshire - 1 £40,000 -
Project Officer
England

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 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 South East region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Asana
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO