Project Officer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £319 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 362 386 404
Rank change year-on-year +24 +18 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Officer 37 52 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 56
10th Percentile £217 £205 £154
25th Percentile £263 £233 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £280 £225
Median % change year-on-year +13.84% +24.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £388 £360 £316
90th Percentile £437 £438 £359
UK median daily rate £350 £330 £250
% change year-on-year +6.06% +32.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 40
10th Percentile - - £15.56
25th Percentile £18.00 £26.85 £15.90
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.70 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +63.61% -15.35%
75th Percentile £35.75 £28.55 £17.97
90th Percentile £46.10 - £21.32
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
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Officer in the UK excluding London

Project Officer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +21 9 £338 - 6
Scotland +36 8 £275 +27.91%
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
Northern Ireland +2 1 £160 -
Project Officer
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Officer in the job title.

1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 15 (40.54%) PMO
3 13 (35.14%) Finance
3 13 (35.14%) Project Management
4 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
5 8 (21.62%) Agile
6 7 (18.92%) PRINCE2
6 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
7 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (13.51%) Issue Tracking
8 5 (13.51%) JIRA
8 5 (13.51%) Project Planning
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (10.81%) Change Management
9 4 (10.81%) Degree
9 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
9 4 (10.81%) Azure
9 4 (10.81%) Coaching
9 4 (10.81%) Confluence
9 4 (10.81%) Change Control
9 4 (10.81%) Community of Practice
9 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
10 3 (8.11%) Project Delivery
10 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (8.11%) Def Stans
10 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity

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 4 (10.81%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Primavera
1 1 (2.70%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.70%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
1 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Finance
3 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
4 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Project Management
2 8 (21.62%) Agile
3 7 (18.92%) PRINCE2
4 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (13.51%) Issue Tracking
5 5 (13.51%) Project Planning
5 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (10.81%) Change Control
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
6 4 (10.81%) Coaching
6 4 (10.81%) Community of Practice
7 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.11%) Information Assurance
7 3 (8.11%) Project Governance
7 3 (8.11%) Resource Management
7 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) APMP
4 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (40.54%) PMO
2 3 (8.11%) Def Stans
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.41%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.70%) P3O
4 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) SAP
2 1 (2.70%) Google
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle