Microsoft Project Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Project
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 110 97
Rank change year-on-year +1 -13 +26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 22 54 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.00% 1.89% 1.99%
As % of the Applications category 9.52% 20.15% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 48 58
10th Percentile £145 £269 £229
25th Percentile £275 £303 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% -1.16% +37.60%
75th Percentile £446 £525 £484
90th Percentile £488 £550 £550
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% +11.76%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 231 268 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.47% 9.39% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 207 217
10th Percentile £157 £163 £156
25th Percentile £206 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £385 £370
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +4.05% +18.40%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £450
90th Percentile £550 £550 £523
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 10
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.88 £11.48
25th Percentile £12.15 £17.29 £12.39
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.50 £18.41
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +11.34% -59.08%
75th Percentile £19.75 £56.06 £27.94
90th Percentile £21.76 £63.00 £29.66
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Edinburgh +22 10 £450 +8.43% 2
Glasgow -6 10 £325 -23.53% 2
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (36.36%) MS Visio
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (9.09%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (9.09%) Camtasia
5 2 (9.09%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) OCI
2 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Public Sector
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Learning Technologist
3 2 (9.09%) PMO Planner
3 2 (9.09%) Technologist
4 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support
4 1 (4.55%) Junior
4 1 (4.55%) Migration Manager
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Flash
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.09%) Learning Management System
2 2 (9.09%) Video Editing
3 1 (4.55%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 10 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
4 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 5 (22.73%) Business Case
6 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (9.09%) Content Development
7 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.09%) ITIL
7 2 (9.09%) Records Management
7 2 (9.09%) Service Management
7 2 (9.09%) Time Management
7 2 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) APMP
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) APMG
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) PMO
2 4 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Adobe
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Mitel
3 1 (4.55%) Progress
3 1 (4.55%) SAP