Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.09% - 1.01%
As % of the Applications category 11.86% - 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £458 £351 £375
% change year-on-year +30.25% -6.33% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £28.12
25th Percentile £26.50 - £30.31
Median hourly rate £29.00 - £34.58
75th Percentile £31.50 - £39.48
90th Percentile - - £42.04
North West median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -10.77% +8.33% -45.45%

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 59 64 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.22% 14.00% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 31 29
10th Percentile £266 £250 £65
25th Percentile £330 £409 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £488 £200
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% +143.75% -52.94%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £488
90th Percentile £606 £588 £504
North West median daily rate £400 £400 £263
% change year-on-year - +52.24% -38.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile £14.46 £18.18 £16.96
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.53 £17.14
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.05 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +30.86% +11.81%
75th Percentile £19.50 £24.18 £26.54
90th Percentile £26.70 £24.18 £31.79
North West median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year -18.85% +33.62% -15.27%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Cheshire over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Cheshire

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

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 24 December 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
Chester - 3 £625 - 1
Knutsford - 2 £353 - 1
Warrington - 1 £475 -
Crewe - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Project
North West

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Smartsheet
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior PMO
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) PMI
2 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
3 5 (71.43%) Change Control
3 5 (71.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (57.14%) Project Governance
5 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
5 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
5 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
5 3 (42.86%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
6 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (28.57%) Change Management
6 2 (28.57%) Kanban
6 2 (28.57%) Lean Six Sigma
6 2 (28.57%) Scrum
6 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 5 (71.43%) PMP
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 2 (28.57%) MBA
3 2 (28.57%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) P3O
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
2 2 (28.57%) Basel III
2 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Planview
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft