Microsoft Project Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Microsoft Project skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 9 2 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.79% 0.37% 3.47%
As % of the Applications category 10.34% 4.76% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £260 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £270 £407
Median % change year-on-year - -33.66% -24.28%
75th Percentile - £280 £447
90th Percentile - - £471
North West median daily rate £512 £323 £425
% change year-on-year +58.82% -24.12% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £26.66 - -
25th Percentile £33.96 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -37.04% +83.67% +68.97%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

Microsoft Project is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 87 42 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.26% 7.76% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 23 34
10th Percentile £65 £200 £187
25th Percentile £158 £236 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £383 £315
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +21.59% -12.50%
75th Percentile £610 £446 £419
90th Percentile £689 £475 £606
North West median daily rate £416 £400 £362
% change year-on-year +4.09% +10.42% +23.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 8
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.15 £11.04
25th Percentile £14.64 £14.25 £11.21
Median hourly rate £17.72 £15.75 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year +12.51% -13.25% -51.59%
75th Percentile £39.48 £36.00 £22.44
90th Percentile £43.75 - £25.03
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.02
% change year-on-year -59.85% +90.29% +0.10%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Chester - 5 - - 1
Warrington +9 2 - - 1
Microsoft Project
North West

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (44.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Power BI
General
1 9 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Coordinator
3 2 (22.22%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Life Science
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Data Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) Data Extraction
2 5 (55.56%) FMEA
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Process Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Smart Manufacturing
2 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 5 (55.56%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Order Management
3 2 (22.22%) Product Management
3 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GAMP
1 5 (55.56%) GxP
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) SAP