Microsoft Project Contracts

Microsoft Project
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 299 252
Rank change year-on-year -41 -47 +57
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 254 519 999
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.86% 1.12%
As % of the Applications category 7.42% 11.78% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 358 680
10th Percentile £313 £299 £283
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £561
90th Percentile £680 £693 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 45
10th Percentile £26.66 £21.26 £19.85
25th Percentile £27.11 £22.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +128.21%
75th Percentile £43.75 £72.50 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year -22.73% +158.82% +8.97%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,425 4,405 6,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.85% 7.32% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,747 2,897 4,324
10th Percentile £161 £188 £162
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -0.70% +7.00%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £546
90th Percentile £650 £684 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £393 £369
% change year-on-year -10.83% +6.51% +7.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 631 262 444
10th Percentile £11.50 £13.78 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.45 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £38.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.37% +76.74% +13.16%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.65 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.58% +71.05% +2.70%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 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
England -42 209 £501 +0.10% 201
UK excluding London -62 139 £475 +5.56% 164
London +23 95 £525 -4.55% 43
Work from Home +16 81 £475 -5.00% 67
North of England +30 35 £511 +27.78% 32
South West +6 31 £569 +33.82% 21
Scotland +4 27 £425 - 14
South East -40 24 £455 -10.79% 38
North West +21 21 £512 +57.60% 17
Midlands -5 13 £413 -2.94% 42
West Midlands -5 13 £413 +6.45% 32
Yorkshire +15 12 £450 -5.26% 9
East of England -5 8 £438 -28.57% 15
North East +17 2 £488 +45.52% 7
Wales - 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £210 - 2

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (8.66%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.91%) Confluence
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.18%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.39%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 113 (44.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (30.71%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (24.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (15.75%) MS Visio
5 17 (6.69%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.79%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.79%) Lectora
7 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.57%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.79%) Primavera
3 2 (0.79%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (4.72%) Azure
3 11 (4.33%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.36%) Collibra
6 4 (1.57%) Asana
6 4 (1.57%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.18%) Miro
7 3 (1.18%) OCI
7 3 (1.18%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.79%) Akamai
8 2 (0.79%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.79%) PaaS
8 2 (0.79%) SaaS
9 1 (0.39%) AWS
9 1 (0.39%) IaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.39%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) 5G
1 3 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (1.18%) Skype
1 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.79%) Network Security
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) IPsec
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) RTP
3 1 (0.39%) SAN
3 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.39%) SNMP
3 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.33%) Power BI
2 6 (2.36%) Metadata
3 2 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.79%) MS Access
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (24.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 130 (51.18%) Social Skills
2 115 (45.28%) Finance
3 52 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (18.11%) Public Sector
5 34 (13.39%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (6.69%) Banking
8 14 (5.51%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.94%) Law
10 9 (3.54%) Legal
10 9 (3.54%) Local Government
10 9 (3.54%) Marketing
10 9 (3.54%) Retail
11 8 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.15%) Police
12 7 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.36%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.57%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (35.04%) Project Manager
2 34 (13.39%) Lead
3 29 (11.42%) Analyst
4 17 (6.69%) Project Leader
5 11 (4.33%) Technical Manager
6 10 (3.94%) IT Manager
6 10 (3.94%) SAP Manager
6 10 (3.94%) Security Manager
6 10 (3.94%) Security Project Manager
7 9 (3.54%) IT Project Manager
7 9 (3.54%) PMO Analyst
7 9 (3.54%) Programme Manager
7 9 (3.54%) Technical Project Manager
8 8 (3.15%) Coordinator
8 8 (3.15%) IT Support
8 8 (3.15%) Senior
8 8 (3.15%) Support Engineer
9 7 (2.76%) Business Analyst
9 7 (2.76%) Governance Analyst
9 7 (2.76%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.57%) ADO
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.79%) Flash
4 1 (0.39%) EDI
4 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.06%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.15%) Derivative
2 8 (3.15%) PMI
3 6 (2.36%) iPhone
4 5 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (1.97%) Life Science
5 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.18%) NHS
6 3 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.79%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.79%) SCADA
7 2 (0.79%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.76%) Windows
2 6 (2.36%) Android
3 5 (1.97%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.18%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.79%) Linux
5 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) Unix
6 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (56.69%) Project Management
2 106 (41.73%) Agile
3 91 (35.83%) PRINCE2
4 75 (29.53%) Project Delivery
5 71 (27.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (16.93%) Project Planning
8 42 (16.54%) Waterfall
9 29 (11.42%) Migration
10 28 (11.02%) Change Management
11 25 (9.84%) Workshop Facilitation
12 24 (9.45%) Project Governance
13 23 (9.06%) Business Case
13 23 (9.06%) Programme Management
14 22 (8.66%) Data Management
15 21 (8.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (7.87%) Change Control
17 19 (7.48%) Budget Management
17 19 (7.48%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 19 (7.48%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.36%) SQL
2 2 (0.79%) Java
2 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 86 (33.86%) Degree
2 60 (23.62%) Security Cleared
3 37 (14.57%) SC Cleared
4 27 (10.63%) APMP
5 26 (10.24%) DV Cleared
6 23 (9.06%) PMP
7 22 (8.66%) PMI Certification
8 8 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.57%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.18%) APMG
11 3 (1.18%) CCNA
11 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.79%) CAPM
12 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.79%) ISEB
12 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (31.10%) PMO
2 7 (2.76%) QA
3 6 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.97%) GAMP
4 5 (1.97%) GxP
5 4 (1.57%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.18%) GDPR
7 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.79%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) P3O
8 1 (0.39%) COREP
8 1 (0.39%) FINREP
8 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.18%) SCCM
2 2 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 144 (56.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.81%) SAP
3 8 (3.15%) Cisco
4 6 (2.36%) Apple
4 6 (2.36%) Mitel
4 6 (2.36%) Oracle
4 6 (2.36%) Progress
4 6 (2.36%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.57%) IFS
6 3 (1.18%) Cadence
6 3 (1.18%) Citrix
7 2 (0.79%) Arista
7 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.79%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.79%) BT
7 2 (0.79%) F5
7 2 (0.79%) NEC
7 2 (0.79%) Planview
7 2 (0.79%) Radianz
7 2 (0.79%) Reuters