Microsoft Project Contracts in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 278 247
Rank change year-on-year -45 -31 +69
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 221 448 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.94% 1.17%
As % of the Applications category 8.00% 12.28% 15.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 298 525
10th Percentile £330 £316 £311
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £648
UK median daily rate £504 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +0.74% +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 39
10th Percentile £26.66 £21.43 £24.05
25th Percentile £27.26 £40.31 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £53.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +20.79% +117.07%
75th Percentile £43.75 £71.88 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £53.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.58% +20.79% +117.07%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,762 3,648 5,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.48% 7.64% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 2,401 3,585
10th Percentile £165 £190 £160
25th Percentile £213 £285 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £439 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% -2.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 219 375
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.34 £11.22
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £27.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +26.26% +14.63%
75th Percentile £34.81 £49.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +21.13%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
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 Microsoft Project within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 0 82 £525 -4.55% 44
South West +13 44 £588 +30.56% 31
North of England +24 32 £510 +27.50% 40
South East -41 32 £487 +7.06% 45
North West +22 20 £511 +58.48% 23
Midlands -8 15 £450 +5.88% 45
West Midlands -10 14 £475 +26.67% 33
East of England -9 12 £500 -13.04% 29
Yorkshire +15 10 £450 +1.41% 13
North East +7 2 £488 +21.88% 4
East Midlands +2 1 £270 -44.62% 12
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
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 20 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.07%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.45%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 88 (39.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (33.94%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (20.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (16.29%) MS Visio
5 25 (11.31%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.36%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.07%) Azure
1 9 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (3.62%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.71%) Collibra
4 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.26%) PaaS
4 5 (2.26%) SaaS
5 4 (1.81%) OCI
6 3 (1.36%) Asana
6 3 (1.36%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.90%) Akamai
7 2 (0.90%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.90%) IaaS
7 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.90%) Slack
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.36%) 5G
2 2 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (0.90%) LAN
2 2 (0.90%) Network Security
2 2 (0.90%) Skype
2 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.90%) VPN
2 2 (0.90%) WAN
2 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.45%) Firewall
3 1 (0.45%) IPsec
3 1 (0.45%) RTP
3 1 (0.45%) SAN
3 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.45%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.62%) Power BI
2 6 (2.71%) Metadata
3 4 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.45%) DB2
4 1 (0.45%) MS Access
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 53 (23.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 118 (53.39%) Social Skills
2 104 (47.06%) Finance
3 58 (26.24%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (18.10%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.79%) Manufacturing
7 14 (6.33%) Banking
7 14 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.52%) Marketing
8 10 (4.52%) Retail
9 8 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.62%) Local Government
10 7 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.26%) Law
11 5 (2.26%) Legal
11 5 (2.26%) Police
12 2 (0.90%) Advertising
12 2 (0.90%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 68 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 43 (19.46%) Lead
3 25 (11.31%) Project Leader
4 19 (8.60%) Analyst
5 10 (4.52%) IT Manager
6 9 (4.07%) Consultant
6 9 (4.07%) Programme Manager
6 9 (4.07%) SAP Manager
6 9 (4.07%) Security Manager
6 9 (4.07%) Senior
7 8 (3.62%) Security Project Manager
7 8 (3.62%) Workstream Lead
8 7 (3.17%) Coordinator
8 7 (3.17%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.17%) IT Project Manager
9 6 (2.71%) Data Analyst
9 6 (2.71%) Project Coordinator
9 6 (2.71%) Project Planner
9 6 (2.71%) Senior Manager
9 6 (2.71%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) ADO
1 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.90%) EDI
3 1 (0.45%) Middleware
3 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.17%) PMI
3 5 (2.26%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.26%) Derivative
3 5 (2.26%) Life Science
3 5 (2.26%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.36%) NHS
6 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.90%) iPhone
6 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.90%) SCADA
6 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.45%) Contactless
7 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.71%) Windows
2 4 (1.81%) Linux
3 3 (1.36%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.90%) Android
4 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.90%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (61.09%) Project Management
2 91 (41.18%) PRINCE2
3 89 (40.27%) Agile
4 72 (32.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (32.13%) Project Delivery
6 56 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (21.72%) Project Planning
8 31 (14.03%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (13.57%) Data Management
10 26 (11.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 24 (10.86%) Commercial Awareness
11 24 (10.86%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 24 (10.86%) Waterfall
12 22 (9.95%) Migration
13 21 (9.50%) Change Control
14 20 (9.05%) Change Management
14 20 (9.05%) Programme Management
14 20 (9.05%) Risk Management
15 18 (8.14%) Budget Management
15 18 (8.14%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.17%) SQL
2 2 (0.90%) Java
3 1 (0.45%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 66 (29.86%) Security Cleared
2 63 (28.51%) Degree
3 36 (16.29%) DV Cleared
4 35 (15.84%) APMP
5 29 (13.12%) SC Cleared
6 20 (9.05%) PMP
7 19 (8.60%) PMI Certification
8 13 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (2.71%) ISEB
9 6 (2.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.36%) CCNA
11 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.36%) RIBA
12 2 (0.90%) APMG
12 2 (0.90%) CAPM
12 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (31.67%) PMO
2 6 (2.71%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.26%) GAMP
3 5 (2.26%) GxP
3 5 (2.26%) QA
4 3 (1.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.90%) NIST
5 2 (0.90%) P3O
6 1 (0.45%) COBIT
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.45%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.90%) SCCM
1 2 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 129 (58.37%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.12%) SAP
3 6 (2.71%) Oracle
4 5 (2.26%) NEC
5 4 (1.81%) Cisco
5 4 (1.81%) IFS
5 4 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.36%) Cadence
7 2 (0.90%) Apple
7 2 (0.90%) Arista
7 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.90%) BT
7 2 (0.90%) Citrix
7 2 (0.90%) F5
7 2 (0.90%) Mitel
7 2 (0.90%) Progress
7 2 (0.90%) Radianz
7 2 (0.90%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.90%) Reuters
7 2 (0.90%) VMware