Project Officer
UK
The median Project Officer salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 710 | 881 | 894 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +171 | +13 | +318 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer | 17 | 27 | 27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.030% | 0.025% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.033% | 0.026% | 0.032% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 25 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £26,000 | £26,695 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £26,250 | £30,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £32,060 | £33,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.97% | -5.01% | -6.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £44,916 |
| 90th Percentile | £50,000 | £43,500 | £48,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £27,500 | £32,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +45.45% | -14.06% | -1.11% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,763 | 102,595 | 85,167 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.09% | 94.88% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 72,457 | 55,296 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,524 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +5.94% |
Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Project Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Project Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Officer.
Project Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Officer over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.
Project Officer
Top 11 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 9 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +162 | 13 | £37,500 | +16.97% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | +173 | 10 | £40,000 | +45.45% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +113 | 8 | £42,000 | +15.07% | 4 |
| London | +113 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| South West | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | +90 | 2 | £40,000 | - | 6 |
| South East | +88 | 2 | £47,500 | +72.73% | 3 |
| Wales | +42 | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +59 | 1 | £29,000 | -27.50% | 9 |
| North West | +1 | 1 | £29,000 | -27.50% | 8 |
Project Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Project Officer in the job title.
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Project 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: