Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Project
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 58 68
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 7 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.92% 0.94% 0.72%
As % of the Applications category 10.94% 11.76% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile £398 £178 £261
25th Percentile £459 £200 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £594
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -41.03% +3.22%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £603
90th Percentile £600 £520 £605
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +10.00% +8.70% -8.00%

All Software Application Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 64 51 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.41% 7.96% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 39 29
10th Percentile £200 £143 £196
25th Percentile £277 £165 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £300 £425
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -29.41% +32.81%
75th Percentile £491 £500 £575
90th Percentile £594 £542 £611
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £368
% change year-on-year - +15.65% -8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £20.25 - £11.55
25th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £12.19
Median hourly rate £23.03 £50.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.95% +270.37% -17.63%
75th Percentile £24.64 £52.50 £14.08
90th Percentile £25.00 - £14.27
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.03 £48.75 £17.38
% change year-on-year -50.72% +180.58% +5.30%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Birmingham

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Storage
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
2 1 (14.29%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Educational Technology
1 3 (42.86%) Learning Management System
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (42.86%) User Experience
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
6 1 (14.29%) API Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
6 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) PMI Certification
1 4 (57.14%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Progress
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Planview