Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Project
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 99 84
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 -17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 14 8 36
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.04% 0.50% 2.02%
As % of the Applications category 16.47% 5.80% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 29
10th Percentile £383 £262 £280
25th Percentile £447 £264 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £388
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.10% -15.53%
75th Percentile £488 £466 £538
90th Percentile £500 £494 £559
South East median daily rate £492 £481 £425
% change year-on-year +2.23% +13.24% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £61.71 -
South East median hourly rate £21.25 £61.71 -
% change year-on-year -65.56% - -

All Software Application Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 85 138 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.29% 8.56% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 64 139
10th Percentile £220 £190 £148
25th Percentile £350 £232 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £280
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +33.93% -25.21%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £461
90th Percentile £618 £793 £539
South East median daily rate £436 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +9.00% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 12
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.50 £20.75 £16.13
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £32.91
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +29.13% +85.74%
75th Percentile £30.11 £62.56 £49.38
90th Percentile £35.35 £63.41 £62.41
South East median hourly rate £15.63 £35.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -55.36% +50.60% -8.49%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Berkshire

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. 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
Wokingham - 7 £436 -
Reading +21 4 £478 +32.64% 7
Slough - 3 £500 - 1
Thatcham - 1 £535 -
Microsoft Project
South East

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP HCM
1 1 (7.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Contentstack
2 1 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
2 1 (7.14%) Viva Engage
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Testing Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (7.14%) PMO Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
1 3 (21.43%) PMI
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) PRINCE2
2 8 (57.14%) Project Management
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (35.71%) Business Case
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (28.57%) Budget Management
5 4 (28.57%) Change Management
5 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (28.57%) PRINCE
5 4 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Line Management
6 3 (21.43%) Matrix Management
6 3 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team Management
7 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) PMI Certification
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 7 (50.00%) PMP
4 4 (28.57%) CISM
4 4 (28.57%) CISSP
5 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) PMO
2 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Workday