Project Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 748 741
Rank change year-on-year +187 -7 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer 10 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.023% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.024% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 15
10th Percentile £29,600 £26,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,125 £31,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £27,500 £33,816
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -18.68% +4.51%
75th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £51,500 £40,000 £48,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,060 £33,816
% change year-on-year +9.17% -5.19% -3.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Midlands +62 3 £36,250 -9.38% 2
South West - 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 £36,250 - 1
South East +89 2 £47,500 +72.73% 2
Wales +46 1 - - 3
North of England +36 1 £29,000 -27.50% 6
North West -1 1 £29,000 -27.50% 3
Project Officer
UK

Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) PMO
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (30.00%) Planview
5 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (30.00%) QA
5 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Change Control
5 3 (30.00%) Project Governance
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) JIRA
6 2 (20.00%) Scrum
7 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
7 1 (10.00%) Data Management
7 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
7 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 1 (10.00%) Computer Science

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Asana
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Change Control
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (30.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Register
5 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) PMO
2 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Planview