Microsoft Project Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Project
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 75 104 94
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 7 8 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.75% 0.42% 1.40%
As % of the Applications category 3.68% 3.67% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £407 £376 £463
25th Percentile £409 £397 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -27.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £478 £472 £738
90th Percentile £503 £489 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile £45.00 - £72.50
90th Percentile £48.00 - £77.00
England median hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -7.50% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 190 218 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.26% 11.42% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 46 131
10th Percentile £188 £146 £173
25th Percentile £225 £243 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £363 £330
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +9.85% +4.76%
75th Percentile £456 £497 £488
90th Percentile £525 £500 £600
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 136 48
10th Percentile £14.98 £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.48 £20.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £15.79 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +35.91% -63.06% +74.49%
75th Percentile £65.13 £43.23 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £65.75
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the East of England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the East of England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the East of England

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England 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
Hertfordshire - 5 £425 - 7
Cambridgeshire +9 1 £406 - 4
Suffolk - 1 £519 - 1
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Project Controller
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) IoT
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Change Control
2 4 (57.14%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (57.14%) Critical Path Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Matrix Management
4 1 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Planview
2 1 (14.29%) SAP