Project Officer
UK

The median Project Officer salary in the UK is £32,060 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 969 1155
Rank change year-on-year +86 +186 -273
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer 28 30 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.029% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.032% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 25 27 51
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,190 £28,200
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,916 £29,135
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,060 £33,816 £32,358
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +4.51% -41.17%
75th Percentile £37,289 £45,000 £40,257
90th Percentile £40,750 £50,250 £42,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £32,908 £32,358
% change year-on-year -16.43% +1.70% +37.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the UK

Project Officer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Officer in the UK

Project Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Officer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Officer in the UK

Project Officer
Top 13 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 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +94 26 £32,060 -1.35% 20
UK excluding London -13 17 £27,500 -16.43% 18
London +121 10 £32,060 -12.16% 4
Work from Home +80 10 £30,343 -28.60% 9
North of England +35 6 £40,000 +18.29% 5
East of England - 5 £26,000 - 3
South East +17 3 £27,500 -12.45% 2
North West +13 3 £40,000 +29.74% 2
Wales +10 2 £27,922 -34.30% 2
North East -6 2 - - 1
Midlands +14 1 £40,000 +32.23% 5
East Midlands -12 1 £40,000 +40.35% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £43,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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.

1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Customer Service
3 9 (32.14%) Project Management
4 7 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (25.00%) PMO
5 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (17.86%) Finance
6 5 (17.86%) Degree
7 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
8 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
8 3 (10.71%) Agile
8 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (7.14%) Retail
9 2 (7.14%) Project Planning
9 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 2 (7.14%) Balanced Scorecard
9 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
9 2 (7.14%) CRM
9 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
9 2 (7.14%) QA
9 2 (7.14%) Waterfall
9 2 (7.14%) Project Governance
9 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity

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:

Applications
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) OCI
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Police
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Customer Service
2 9 (32.14%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Balanced Scorecard
6 2 (7.14%) Contract Management
6 2 (7.14%) CRM
6 2 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.14%) Project Governance
6 2 (7.14%) Project Planning
6 2 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Scorecard
6 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) P3O
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) SAP