Project Officer Jobs in the West Midlands

Project Officer
England > West Midlands

The median Project Officer salary in the West Midlands is £36,250 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 194 - 253
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Officer 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.072% - 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% - 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £31,875 - -
25th Percentile £32,813 - £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 - £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.21%
75th Percentile £40,313 - £33,000
90th Percentile £41,625 - -
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
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,752 7,442 5,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.50% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 5,513 3,230
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,525
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in the West Midlands

Project Officer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Officer in the West Midlands

Project Officer
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham - 2 £36,250 -
Project Officer
England

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

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 West 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 West 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