Microsoft Project Contracts in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 1 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.22% 1.79% 0.38%
As % of the Applications category 2.27% 10.23% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £270
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.66%
75th Percentile - - £280
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £512 £323
% change year-on-year -12.15% +58.82% -24.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £26.66 -
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.96 -
Median hourly rate £37.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% - -
75th Percentile £38.00 £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -23.53% -37.04% +89.81%

All Software Application Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 44 88 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.80% 17.46% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 23
10th Percentile £240 £65 £200
25th Percentile £323 £158 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £405 £383
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +5.74% +21.59%
75th Percentile £518 £610 £446
90th Percentile £551 £689 £475
North West median daily rate £431 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 4
10th Percentile - £11.00 £14.40
25th Percentile £19.00 £14.64 £14.63
Median hourly rate £22.10 £17.72 £25.88
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -31.52% +42.52%
75th Percentile £27.64 £39.48 £36.00
90th Percentile £33.86 £43.75 -
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Crewe - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Project
North West

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planner
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft