Microsoft Project Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Project
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 130 142
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 +8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 19 25 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.78% 0.79% 0.99%
As % of the Applications category 11.52% 12.02% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 29
10th Percentile - £360 £356
25th Percentile £320 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £425 £460
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% -7.61% -1.87%
75th Percentile £734 £524 £538
90th Percentile - £700 £588
England median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £53.75 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +30.96%
England median hourly rate £32.50 £43.86 £42.52
% change year-on-year -25.90% +3.15% +7.65%

All Software Application Skills
South West

Microsoft Project falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 165 208 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 6.82% 6.58% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 120 206
10th Percentile £143 £185 £181
25th Percentile £206 £326 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £357 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £542 £575 £550
90th Percentile £721 £603 £625
England median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 36 34
10th Percentile £37.82 £20.63 £22.38
25th Percentile £60.63 £29.79 £42.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.72 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.94% -25.05% +286.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £81.00 £51.38 £68.73
England median hourly rate £21.50 £25.71 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.37% +7.13% +37.14%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South West over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Bristol +6 5 £320 -54.29% 3
Cornwall - 4 - -
Dorset - 4 £733 - 1
Wiltshire +7 3 £400 -5.88% 1
Gloucestershire +3 1 £388 +7.64% 3
Devon -2 1 - - 1
Somerset - 1 - -
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Local Government
3 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Consultant
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Project Controller
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planner
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Administrator
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Planner
5 1 (5.26%) Project Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) PRINCE2
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
4 5 (26.32%) Budget Management
4 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Programme Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Programme Management
4 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Project Planning
5 4 (21.05%) Budgeting
5 4 (21.05%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (21.05%) Cost Control
5 4 (21.05%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (21.05%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (21.05%) Time Management
5 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) Dependency Management
6 2 (10.53%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) RIBA
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 1 (5.26%) PMP
5 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) NEBOSH
1 4 (21.05%) PMO
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) P3O
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.26%) JDA
2 1 (5.26%) NEC
2 1 (5.26%) SAP