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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 284 243
Rank change year-on-year -47 -41 +71
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 222 448 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.91% 1.18%
As % of the Applications category 7.63% 11.85% 15.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 299 526
10th Percentile £325 £320 £306
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £575
90th Percentile £680 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 43
10th Percentile £26.66 £21.43 £22.14
25th Percentile £27.11 £32.98 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £48.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +8.27% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £71.88 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £48.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.98% +8.27% +128.21%

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 2,911 3,780 5,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.92% 7.68% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 2,475 3,551
10th Percentile £163 £194 £160
25th Percentile £213 £287 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £433
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +1.16% +8.13%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £657 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.22% +7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 232 394
10th Percentile £11.68 £14.78 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.93 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £32.75 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.44% +50.57% +14.29%
75th Percentile £37.73 £51.28 £46.60
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -45.82% +50.23% +16.22%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 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 +12 88 £525 -4.55% 45
South West +7 40 £550 +29.41% 25
North of England +13 34 £512 +32.18% 45
South East -28 32 £460 -9.81% 37
North West +24 21 £512 +60.07% 28
Midlands -6 16 £425 - 45
West Midlands -12 15 £450 +14.29% 33
Yorkshire +12 11 £500 +5.26% 12
East of England -13 8 £438 -23.91% 21
North East +11 2 £488 +26.62% 5
East Midlands +15 1 £270 -43.16% 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 17 (7.66%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.95%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.45%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 89 (40.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (36.04%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (22.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (15.77%) MS Visio
5 25 (11.26%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.90%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.05%) Azure
1 9 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (3.60%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.70%) Collibra
4 5 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.80%) Asana
6 3 (1.35%) 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%) Miro
7 2 (0.90%) OCI
7 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.90%) PaaS
7 2 (0.90%) SaaS
7 2 (0.90%) Slack
8 1 (0.45%) AWS
8 1 (0.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) 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 (3.60%) Power BI
2 6 (2.70%) Metadata
3 2 (0.90%) MS Access
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (23.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 118 (53.15%) Social Skills
2 108 (48.65%) Finance
3 56 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (18.47%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.66%) Banking
7 16 (7.21%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (5.86%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.50%) Marketing
10 9 (4.05%) Local Government
11 8 (3.60%) Retail
12 7 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (3.15%) Legal
13 6 (2.70%) Law
13 6 (2.70%) Police
13 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
14 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.80%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (32.88%) Project Manager
2 43 (19.37%) Lead
3 25 (11.26%) Project Leader
4 23 (10.36%) Analyst
5 9 (4.05%) SAP Manager
6 8 (3.60%) IT Manager
6 8 (3.60%) Programme Manager
6 8 (3.60%) Security Manager
6 8 (3.60%) Security Project Manager
6 8 (3.60%) Senior
6 8 (3.60%) Workstream Lead
7 7 (3.15%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.15%) Data Manager
7 7 (3.15%) Technical Manager
8 6 (2.70%) Consultant
8 6 (2.70%) Coordinator
8 6 (2.70%) Data Analyst
8 6 (2.70%) PMO Analyst
8 6 (2.70%) Senior Manager
8 6 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.35%) ADO
2 1 (0.45%) EDI
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.95%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.05%) PMI
3 8 (3.60%) Derivative
4 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.25%) Life Science
4 5 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.80%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.35%) NHS
6 3 (1.35%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.90%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.90%) iPhone
7 2 (0.90%) SCADA
8 1 (0.45%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.25%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Linux
2 3 (1.35%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.90%) Android
3 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (61.71%) Project Management
2 95 (42.79%) Agile
3 93 (41.89%) PRINCE2
4 73 (32.88%) Project Delivery
5 71 (31.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (22.07%) Project Planning
8 31 (13.96%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (13.51%) Data Management
9 30 (13.51%) Waterfall
10 27 (12.16%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 26 (11.71%) Change Management
12 24 (10.81%) Commercial Awareness
12 24 (10.81%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 24 (10.81%) Migration
13 21 (9.46%) Change Control
14 19 (8.56%) Budget Management
14 19 (8.56%) Programme Management
15 17 (7.66%) Risk Management
15 17 (7.66%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.70%) SQL
2 2 (0.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 70 (31.53%) Degree
2 69 (31.08%) Security Cleared
3 39 (17.57%) DV Cleared
4 38 (17.12%) APMP
5 33 (14.86%) SC Cleared
6 17 (7.66%) PMI Certification
7 16 (7.21%) PMP
8 13 (5.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (3.60%) ISEB
10 6 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.80%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.35%) CCNA
12 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.35%) RIBA
13 2 (0.90%) APMG
13 2 (0.90%) CAPM
13 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (32.88%) PMO
2 6 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.25%) GAMP
3 5 (2.25%) GxP
4 4 (1.80%) QA
5 3 (1.35%) GDPR
6 2 (0.90%) P3O
7 1 (0.45%) COREP
7 1 (0.45%) FINREP
7 1 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.90%) SCCM
1 2 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 131 (59.01%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.61%) SAP
3 6 (2.70%) NEC
4 5 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.80%) Cisco
5 4 (1.80%) IFS
5 4 (1.80%) Oracle
6 3 (1.35%) 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
8 1 (0.45%) Adaptive Insights