Project Officer Contracts in England

Project Officer
UK > England

The median Project Officer daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

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

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 552 610
Rank change year-on-year +53 +58 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 44 86 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 70 68
10th Percentile £214 £213 £163
25th Percentile £268 £250 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £293
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +15.09% +16.14%
75th Percentile £432 £400 £400
90th Percentile £475 £445 £460
UK median daily rate £350 £330 £250
% change year-on-year +6.06% +32.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 80
10th Percentile £17.63 £27.90 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £29.47 £15.90
Median hourly rate £22.34 £32.52 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +54.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £29.17 £35.14 £49.25
90th Percentile £41.50 £36.46 -
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £32.52 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.30% +54.86% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Project Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Officer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Officer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Officer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Officer in England

Project Officer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +60 14 £406 +19.93% 8
North of England +21 9 £338 - 6
Midlands +22 7 £325 +14.54% 2
South West +3 6 £425 +21.43% 7
North West +16 5 £438 +2.94% 3
South East +10 5 £363 +42.86% 2
West Midlands +16 4 £350 +26.13% 2
Yorkshire +14 4 £270 +10.77% 2
East Midlands +14 3 £270 -32.50%
East of England +6 1 - - 2
Project Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Project Officer contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 16 (36.36%) Project Management
2 15 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 14 (31.82%) PMO
3 14 (31.82%) Finance
4 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
5 7 (15.91%) PRINCE2
6 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (13.64%) Degree
6 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (11.36%) Project Planning
7 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
7 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
7 5 (11.36%) Agile
7 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
8 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 4 (9.09%) Banking
8 4 (9.09%) JIRA
8 4 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
9 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (6.82%) DV Cleared
9 3 (6.82%) Information Assurance
9 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement

Project Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (6.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (2.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Primavera
1 1 (2.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.27%) Google Sheets
2 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (2.27%) LAN
1 1 (2.27%) Skype
1 1 (2.27%) WAN
1 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 15 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Banking
4 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.55%) Local Government
6 2 (4.55%) Retail
7 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Android
1 1 (2.27%) Mac OS X
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Project Management
2 7 (15.91%) PRINCE2
3 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.36%) Agile
4 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
4 5 (11.36%) Project Planning
4 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (6.82%) Change Control
5 3 (6.82%) Change Management
5 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.82%) Data Analysis
5 3 (6.82%) Information Assurance
5 3 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.82%) Project Governance
5 3 (6.82%) Resource Management
5 3 (6.82%) Risk Management
5 3 (6.82%) Workflow
6 2 (4.55%) ERP
6 2 (4.55%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.64%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) APMP
4 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.82%) PMO
2 3 (6.82%) Def Stans
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.27%) P3O
3 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Apple
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco
3 1 (2.27%) Citrix
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) Mitel
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle
3 1 (2.27%) Progress