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Project Support Officers

Project support officers assist in the organisation, planning, monitoring and direction of a project and ensure it is adequately resourced and on schedule.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£17,645
£29,116
£45,820

New workers start around £17,645. Normal pay is £29,116 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,820.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 62,639 vacancies for this type of job

5.96%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Monitors the progress of the project and provides updates to project team, clients and other stakeholders.

  • Liaises with and ensures effective communication between the project team, other departments, the project manager, the client and/or senior management.

  • Advises on project procedures and assists the project team in decision making.

  • Creates and maintains a project timetable, helps ensure the project proceeds on schedule and manages relevant administrative elements of the project.

  • Analyses project components, organises them into a logical sequence and establishes the minimum time required for the project.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Procurement

  • Project Planning

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Construction

  • Risk Management

  • Agile Methodology

  • Finance

  • Change Management

  • Subcontracting

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Coordinating

  • Operations

  • Governance

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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Business and Marketing

University of the West of Scotland

BA (Hons) · 1-4 Years · Full-time · Paisley · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Business Data Analytics

De Montfort University

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Human Geography

Queen Mary University of London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Geography, Culture & Heritage

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Oban · 09/2025

Tariff points: 72/75

Geography

University of Leeds

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 24/09/2025

Tariff points: 144/144

Human Geography

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Global Humanitarian Studies

UCL (University College London)

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Geography

University of Gloucestershire

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cheltenham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/128

Geography

University of Winchester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Business Computing

Bristol, UWE

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Bristol · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Human Geography

Cardiff University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cardiff · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

International Development

University of Sussex

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 136/153

Human Geography

Leeds Beckett University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Geography

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Geography

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Hatfield · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Geography

Oxford Brookes University

BA/BSc (H) · 3 Years · Full-time · Oxford · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

International Development

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

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