Microsoft Project Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Project
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 261 275 230
Rank change year-on-year +14 -45 +46
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 76 201 514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.79% 1.15%
As % of the Applications category 6.60% 11.99% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 156 352
10th Percentile £281 £356 £283
25th Percentile £363 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £550
90th Percentile £712 £685 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 34
10th Percentile - £20.25 -
25th Percentile £27.26 £44.06 £39.75
Median hourly rate £27.52 £62.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.98% +40.45% +128.21%
75th Percentile £27.77 £80.00 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
% change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +128.21%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,151 1,676 2,893
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.60% 6.55% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 1,147 2,015
10th Percentile £183 £213 £196
25th Percentile £288 £349 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £545
90th Percentile £712 £700 £631
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 103 134
10th Percentile £12.95 £16.07 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.44 £22.27 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £27.59
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +63.13% +55.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.50 £68.50 £56.59
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £32.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -45.89% +52.33% +16.22%

Microsoft Project
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Project trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Project.

Microsoft Project daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Microsoft Project daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Project.

Microsoft Project hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (14.47%) Confluence
2 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.32%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 25 (32.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (28.95%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (22.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (9.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.63%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (2.63%) Camtasia
5 2 (2.63%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) Azure
2 3 (3.95%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.63%) Asana
3 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.63%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.63%) Slack
4 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.32%) OCI
4 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) 5G
2 2 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.32%) SNMP
3 1 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (2.63%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (27.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
General
1 46 (60.53%) Social Skills
2 35 (46.05%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (9.21%) Banking
7 6 (7.89%) Marketing
7 6 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Financial Institution
8 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.63%) Local Government
9 2 (2.63%) Retail
9 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.32%) Aviation
10 1 (1.32%) Legal
10 1 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (48.68%) Project Manager
2 11 (14.47%) Analyst
3 7 (9.21%) Security Manager
3 7 (9.21%) Security Project Manager
4 5 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 5 (6.58%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 5 (6.58%) Technical Manager
4 5 (6.58%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Senior
5 4 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management Manager
5 4 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management Project Manager
5 4 (5.26%) Vulnerability Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Administrator
6 3 (3.95%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Project Administrator
6 3 (3.95%) Senior Manager
6 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) Flash
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.26%) Derivative
2 4 (5.26%) Fixed Income
2 4 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.63%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.63%) e-Learning
3 2 (2.63%) iPhone
3 2 (2.63%) Learning Management System
3 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.63%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.32%) NHS
4 1 (1.32%) PMI
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (64.47%) Project Management
2 29 (38.16%) Agile
3 28 (36.84%) Project Delivery
4 27 (35.53%) PRINCE2
5 17 (22.37%) Waterfall
6 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.79%) Budget Management
8 11 (14.47%) Project Governance
9 10 (13.16%) Change Control
9 10 (13.16%) Change Management
9 10 (13.16%) Migration
9 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (11.84%) Budgeting
10 9 (11.84%) Business Case
10 9 (11.84%) Risk Management
11 8 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (10.53%) Scrum
12 7 (9.21%) Decision-Making
13 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (7.89%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.63%) Java
1 2 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (44.74%) Degree
2 17 (22.37%) Security Cleared
3 16 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) PMP
5 7 (9.21%) PMI Certification
6 6 (7.89%) APMP
7 4 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (2.63%) ISEB
10 1 (1.32%) CAPM
10 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (36.84%) PMO
2 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (2.63%) P3O
3 1 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 37 (48.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) SAP
2 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.63%) Adobe
3 2 (2.63%) Apple
3 2 (2.63%) Cisco
3 2 (2.63%) Mitel
3 2 (2.63%) Oracle
3 2 (2.63%) Progress
4 1 (1.32%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.32%) VMware