Microsoft Project Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 193 160
Rank change year-on-year -58 -33 +56
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 141 300 505
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.26% 1.63%
As % of the Applications category 6.95% 13.62% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 202 366
10th Percentile £273 £293 £250
25th Percentile £363 £368 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.01% +2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £625 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 6
10th Percentile £26.66 £20.42 £16.63
25th Percentile £29.51 £28.46 £18.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £48.75 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +129.41% +8.97%
75th Percentile £43.75 £74.38 £32.80
90th Percentile £44.68 £80.00 £36.16
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
% change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +128.21%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,028 2,203 3,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.86% 9.22% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1,383 1,962
10th Percentile £149 £165 £140
25th Percentile £200 £235 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.85%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £485
90th Percentile £618 £600 £560
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 198 323
10th Percentile £11.10 £13.86 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.79 £17.00 £13.06
Median hourly rate £16.06 £31.14 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.42% +61.78% +6.92%
75th Percentile £38.75 £50.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £54.95
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £32.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -45.89% +52.33% +16.22%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South West +19 39 £569 +33.82% 26
North of England +15 34 £512 +36.59% 35
South East -35 25 £455 -10.79% 35
North West +21 21 £512 +58.82% 19
Scotland +4 19 £415 -2.35% 14
Midlands -7 15 £388 -8.82% 43
West Midlands -5 14 £425 +7.94% 32
Yorkshire +9 11 £500 +5.26% 10
East of England -11 8 £438 -23.91% 21
North East +18 2 £488 +45.52% 7
East Midlands +17 1 £270 -43.16% 11
Wales +15 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £210 - 3
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 72 (51.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (37.59%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (21.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (17.73%) Spreadsheet
5 24 (17.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.42%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (1.42%) Camtasia
6 2 (1.42%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Primavera
1 2 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.09%) Power Platform
2 7 (4.96%) Azure
3 6 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.13%) OCI
5 2 (1.42%) Akamai
5 2 (1.42%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.71%) PaaS
6 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) LAN
1 2 (1.42%) Network Security
1 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.42%) VPN
1 2 (1.42%) WAN
1 2 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.71%) Firewall
2 1 (0.71%) IPsec
2 1 (0.71%) RTP
2 1 (0.71%) SAN
2 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.71%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.09%) Power BI
2 2 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.42%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.42%) MS Access
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (26.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.71%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
General
1 78 (55.32%) Social Skills
2 64 (45.39%) Finance
3 47 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (21.99%) Presentation Skills
5 22 (15.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.26%) Retail
8 4 (2.84%) Local Government
9 3 (2.13%) Banking
10 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Legal
11 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.71%) Automotive
11 1 (0.71%) Electronics
11 1 (0.71%) Law
11 1 (0.71%) Military
11 1 (0.71%) Police
11 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (29.08%) Lead
2 37 (26.24%) Project Manager
3 25 (17.73%) Project Leader
4 15 (10.64%) Analyst
5 9 (6.38%) SAP Manager
6 7 (4.96%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.96%) Workstream Lead
7 6 (4.26%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Administrator
8 5 (3.55%) Coordinator
8 5 (3.55%) ERP Manager
8 5 (3.55%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) IT Manager
8 5 (3.55%) IT Support
8 5 (3.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Technical Project Manager
9 4 (2.84%) Data Migration Lead
9 4 (2.84%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) ADO
2 2 (1.42%) Flash
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.09%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.55%) Life Science
2 5 (3.55%) PMI
3 3 (2.13%) NHS
3 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.13%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.42%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.42%) iPhone
4 2 (1.42%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.42%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.42%) SCADA
4 2 (1.42%) Video Editing
5 1 (0.71%) Contactless
5 1 (0.71%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.71%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.42%) Android
3 1 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.71%) VMS
3 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (60.28%) Project Management
2 63 (44.68%) PRINCE2
3 55 (39.01%) Agile
4 48 (34.04%) Project Delivery
5 45 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (30.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (27.66%) Project Planning
8 32 (22.70%) Workshop Facilitation
9 26 (18.44%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 24 (17.02%) Commercial Awareness
10 24 (17.02%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (17.02%) Data Management
11 17 (12.06%) Waterfall
12 16 (11.35%) Change Management
13 14 (9.93%) ERP
13 14 (9.93%) Migration
13 14 (9.93%) Risk Management
14 13 (9.22%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (9.22%) Programme Management
15 12 (8.51%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.26%) SQL
2 2 (1.42%) Java
2 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (31.21%) Security Cleared
2 40 (28.37%) Degree
3 29 (20.57%) APMP
4 28 (19.86%) DV Cleared
5 16 (11.35%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.67%) PMI Certification
6 8 (5.67%) PMP
7 4 (2.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.13%) APMG
8 3 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.42%) ISEB
10 1 (0.71%) CCNA
10 1 (0.71%) CCNP
10 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (39.72%) PMO
2 5 (3.55%) GAMP
2 5 (3.55%) GxP
2 5 (3.55%) QA
3 3 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (2.13%) GDPR
4 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.71%) COREP
5 1 (0.71%) FINREP
5 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.71%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.31%) SAP
3 5 (3.55%) Oracle
4 4 (2.84%) IFS
5 3 (2.13%) Cadence
6 2 (1.42%) Adobe
6 2 (1.42%) Apple
6 2 (1.42%) Cisco
6 2 (1.42%) F5
6 2 (1.42%) Mitel
6 2 (1.42%) NEC
6 2 (1.42%) Progress
7 1 (0.71%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.71%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.71%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.71%) Planview