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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 12 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.86% 0.56% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 17.39% 8.00% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 2
10th Percentile £415 £232 £588
25th Percentile £525 £348 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £599
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -26.91% +4.11%
75th Percentile £600 £459 £604
90th Percentile £674 £476 £605
West Midlands median daily rate £541 £525 £460
% change year-on-year +3.00% +14.13% -18.22%

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 69 50 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.70% 6.94% 6.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 39 34
10th Percentile £229 £143 £183
25th Percentile £277 £168 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £300 £413
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +20.96%
75th Percentile £540 £450 £525
90th Percentile £600 £530 £604
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £360
% change year-on-year - +18.06% -9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £21.15 - £14.41
25th Percentile £22.52 £47.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +212.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £33.72 £52.50 £20.75
90th Percentile £46.55 - £23.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £47.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -28.61% +75.93% +74.98%

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 16 October 2025.

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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (8.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Trello
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Storage
1 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
1 2 (16.67%) ShareGate
2 1 (8.33%) Asana
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) PMO Planner
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Migration Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Web Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Web Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Educational Technology
1 3 (25.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (33.33%) User Experience
5 3 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (16.67%) Data Security
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Data Management
7 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.33%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) PMI Certification
1 5 (41.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Progress
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Planview
3 1 (8.33%) Sitecore