Microsoft Project Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Project skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Project over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Project UK / England
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	205	206	142
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-64
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project	520	612	836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.22%	1.26%	1.64%
As % of the Applications category	14.13%	13.80%	15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	347	417	551
Median daily rate	£400	£356	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+12.51%	-11.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£247	£250	£255
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£533	£538
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£330	£363
% change year-on-year	+13.63%	-8.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	13	19
Median hourly rate	£23.94	£22.50	£28.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+6.37%	-19.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£17.67	£17.28	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£40.20	£67.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.12	£22.50	£31.40
% change year-on-year	+11.64%	-28.34%

Microsoft Project is in the software application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract Software Application Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	3680	4435	5499
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	8.66%	9.10%	10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	2141	2693	3131
Median daily rate	£375	£338	£340
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-0.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£170	£150	£160
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£500	£523
UK excluding London median daily rate	£338	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+3.84%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	281	392	528
Median hourly rate	£17.25	£17.00	£15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.47%	+13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£10.84	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.63	£37.50	£35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.64	£16.50	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-5.21%	+13.79%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-19	212	£438	+6.44%	21
South East	+43	133	£350	+5.10%	20
South West	+31	63	£405	+17.81%	8
Yorkshire	+25	26	£320	+9.87%	3
East of England	-12	26	£370	-1.33%	11
West Midlands	-14	24	£320	-2.43%	3
North West	-2	17	£390	+13.45%	5
North East	+55	10	£384	+23.79%	3
East Midlands	-25	9	£375	+7.14%	2
Microsoft Project UK

Microsoft Project
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Project also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Microsoft Project.

1	605 (55.40%)	Project Management
2	462 (42.31%)	Microsoft
3	407 (37.27%)	Finance
4	394 (36.08%)	PRINCE2
5	358 (32.78%)	Microsoft Excel
6	318 (29.12%)	Microsoft Office
7	308 (28.21%)	PMO
8	293 (26.83%)	Agile Software Development
9	236 (21.61%)	MS Visio
10	234 (21.43%)	Security Cleared
11	213 (19.51%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
12	204 (18.68%)	Stakeholder Management
13	203 (18.59%)	SC Cleared
14	188 (17.22%)	Project Planning
15	184 (16.85%)	SharePoint

16	152 (13.92%)	Programme Management
17	128 (11.72%)	ITIL
18	125 (11.45%)	Analytical Skills
19	122 (11.17%)	Change Management
20	108 (9.89%)	PMI Certification
21	105 (9.62%)	Degree
22	103 (9.43%)	Risk Management
23	100 (9.16%)	Change Control
24	91 (8.33%)	Management Information System
25	87 (7.97%)	Telecoms
26	82 (7.51%)	Banking
27	73 (6.68%)	Migration
28	72 (6.59%)	Waterfall
29	71 (6.50%)	Business Analysis
30	67 (6.14%)	PMI

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	184 (16.85%)	SharePoint
2	56 (5.13%)	MS Project Server
3	33 (3.02%)	SharePoint Server
4	21 (1.92%)	Confluence
5	13 (1.19%)	Documentum
6	10 (0.92%)	CMS
7	7 (0.64%)	BizTalk Server
7	7 (0.64%)	WebSphere
8	5 (0.46%)	SharePoint 2013
9	4 (0.37%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	3 (0.27%)	SharePoint 2010
10	3 (0.27%)	Sitecore CMS
11	2 (0.18%)	Drupal
11	2 (0.18%)	IBM Notes
11	2 (0.18%)	IIS
11	2 (0.18%)	Skype for Business
11	2 (0.18%)	WebSphere Application Server
12	1 (0.092%)	JBoss
12	1 (0.092%)	MQSeries
12	1 (0.092%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	358 (32.78%)	Microsoft Excel
2	318 (29.12%)	Microsoft Office
3	236 (21.61%)	MS Visio
4	213 (19.51%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	12 (1.10%)	Spreadsheet
6	9 (0.82%)	AutoCAD
7	2 (0.18%)	Open Workbench
8	1 (0.092%)	Maya

Business Applications
1	28 (2.56%)	Dynamics CRM
1	28 (2.56%)	Primavera
2	16 (1.47%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	10 (0.92%)	Maximo
4	8 (0.73%)	CA PPM
4	8 (0.73%)	SAP ERP
5	7 (0.64%)	Dynamics AX
6	5 (0.46%)	Oracle EBS
7	3 (0.27%)	Dynamics NAV
7	3 (0.27%)	thinkFolio
8	2 (0.18%)	iTrent
8	2 (0.18%)	SAP S/4HANA
8	2 (0.18%)	Unit4 Business World
8	2 (0.18%)	WebTrends
8	2 (0.18%)	Workfront
9	1 (0.092%)	Bloomberg AIM
9	1 (0.092%)	Oracle CRM
9	1 (0.092%)	SAP MM
9	1 (0.092%)	SAP QM
9	1 (0.092%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	49 (4.49%)	Office 365
2	13 (1.19%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (0.64%)	SaaS
4	6 (0.55%)	Amazon AWS
4	6 (0.55%)	G Suite
5	3 (0.27%)	Basecamp
5	3 (0.27%)	Cloud Computing
6	2 (0.18%)	IBM Blueworks
6	2 (0.18%)	IBM Cloud
6	2 (0.18%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
6	2 (0.18%)	SoftLayer
6	2 (0.18%)	Trello
6	2 (0.18%)	Yammer
7	1 (0.092%)	IaaS
7	1 (0.092%)	OneDrive
7	1 (0.092%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
7	1 (0.092%)	Slack

Communications & Networking
1	20 (1.83%)	Wi-Fi
2	10 (0.92%)	LTE
2	10 (0.92%)	VoLTE
3	8 (0.73%)	Firewall
4	6 (0.55%)	Intranet
5	5 (0.46%)	WAN
6	4 (0.37%)	Internet
6	4 (0.37%)	LAN
6	4 (0.37%)	MGW
6	4 (0.37%)	SAN
6	4 (0.37%)	Unified Communications
7	3 (0.27%)	SSL
8	2 (0.18%)	Remote Desktop
8	2 (0.18%)	VoIP
8	2 (0.18%)	WLAN
9	1 (0.092%)	FCoE
9	1 (0.092%)	iSCSI
9	1 (0.092%)	NAS
9	1 (0.092%)	Skype
9	1 (0.092%)	WebEx

Database & Business Intelligence
1	15 (1.37%)	BusinessObjects
1	15 (1.37%)	Data Warehouse
2	11 (1.01%)	SQL Server
2	11 (1.01%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	10 (0.92%)	Oracle Reports
4	9 (0.82%)	Power BI
5	8 (0.73%)	SAP Data Services
5	8 (0.73%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
5	8 (0.73%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	6 (0.55%)	SQL Server 2008
7	5 (0.46%)	DB2
8	4 (0.37%)	MS Access
8	4 (0.37%)	QlikView
9	3 (0.27%)	Blockchain
9	3 (0.27%)	SQL Server 2012
10	2 (0.18%)	Big Data
10	2 (0.18%)	SAP HANA
11	1 (0.092%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
11	1 (0.092%)	IBM InfoSphere
11	1 (0.092%)	MongoDB

Development Applications
1	45 (4.12%)	JIRA
2	8 (0.73%)	Team Foundation Server
3	4 (0.37%)	Appcelerator Titanium
3	4 (0.37%)	HP UFT
4	3 (0.27%)	Rational DOORS
5	2 (0.18%)	NUnit
5	2 (0.18%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.092%)	JIRA Agile
6	1 (0.092%)	LSMW
6	1 (0.092%)	VersionOne

General
1	407 (37.27%)	Finance
2	87 (7.97%)	Telecoms
3	82 (7.51%)	Banking
4	47 (4.30%)	Retail
5	45 (4.12%)	Legal
6	36 (3.30%)	Manufacturing
6	36 (3.30%)	Marketing
7	25 (2.29%)	Investment Banking
8	19 (1.74%)	Law
9	17 (1.56%)	Electronics
10	13 (1.19%)	Back Office
11	12 (1.10%)	Front Office
12	11 (1.01%)	Pharmaceutical
13	10 (0.92%)	Advertising
13	10 (0.92%)	Automotive
14	6 (0.55%)	Financial Institution
15	5 (0.46%)	Retail Banking
16	4 (0.37%)	Aerospace
16	4 (0.37%)	Billing
16	4 (0.37%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	373 (34.16%)	Project Manager
2	171 (15.66%)	Analyst
3	96 (8.79%)	Project Planner
4	76 (6.96%)	Business Analyst
5	63 (5.77%)	PMO Analyst
6	55 (5.04%)	Coordinator
7	47 (4.30%)	Programme Planner
8	44 (4.03%)	IT Manager
8	44 (4.03%)	Project Coordinator
9	43 (3.94%)	Senior Manager
10	40 (3.66%)	Infrastructure Manager
10	40 (3.66%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
11	39 (3.57%)	Project Officer
11	39 (3.57%)	Senior Project Manager
12	38 (3.48%)	IT Project Manager
13	37 (3.39%)	Support Officer
14	33 (3.02%)	Project Support Officer
15	32 (2.93%)	PMO Planner
16	28 (2.56%)	Programme Manager
17	26 (2.38%)	Project Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	11 (1.01%)	.NET
1	11 (1.01%)	Web Services
2	6 (0.55%)	J2EE
3	5 (0.46%)	COM
3	5 (0.46%)	Middleware
3	5 (0.46%)	WebSphere MQ
3	5 (0.46%)	XML
4	4 (0.37%)	HTML
4	4 (0.37%)	MDX
5	3 (0.27%)	.NET Framework
5	3 (0.27%)	AngularJS
5	3 (0.27%)	ASP.NET
5	3 (0.27%)	ASP.NET Web API
5	3 (0.27%)	Entity Framework
5	3 (0.27%)	KnockoutJS
5	3 (0.27%)	Ninject
5	3 (0.27%)	REST
5	3 (0.27%)	WCF
6	2 (0.18%)	Node.js
6	2 (0.18%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	125 (11.45%)	Analytical Skills
2	91 (8.33%)	Management Information System
3	67 (6.14%)	PMI
4	36 (3.30%)	Data Centre
5	19 (1.74%)	Virtual Team
6	16 (1.47%)	User Experience
7	12 (1.10%)	Equities
7	12 (1.10%)	Public Cloud
8	10 (0.92%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	9 (0.82%)	Computer Science
10	8 (0.73%)	Video Conferencing
11	7 (0.64%)	Cybercrime
11	7 (0.64%)	Derivative
11	7 (0.64%)	Digital Signage
12	6 (0.55%)	Digital Media
12	6 (0.55%)	Enterprise Software
12	6 (0.55%)	FMCG
12	6 (0.55%)	Greenfield Project
12	6 (0.55%)	Smart Meter
13	5 (0.46%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	34 (3.11%)	Windows
2	12 (1.10%)	Unix
3	8 (0.73%)	Windows 10
4	7 (0.64%)	Linux
5	5 (0.46%)	Windows 7
5	5 (0.46%)	Windows Server
6	3 (0.27%)	Windows Server 2003
7	2 (0.18%)	AIX
7	2 (0.18%)	Android
7	2 (0.18%)	pSOS
7	2 (0.18%)	Solaris
7	2 (0.18%)	VMS
7	2 (0.18%)	Windows Server 2008
7	2 (0.18%)	Windows Server 2012
8	1 (0.092%)	HPUX
8	1 (0.092%)	SUSE
8	1 (0.092%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	605 (55.40%)	Project Management
2	394 (36.08%)	PRINCE2
3	293 (26.83%)	Agile Software Development
4	204 (18.68%)	Stakeholder Management
5	188 (17.22%)	Project Planning
6	152 (13.92%)	Programme Management
7	128 (11.72%)	ITIL
8	122 (11.17%)	Change Management
9	103 (9.43%)	Risk Management
10	100 (9.16%)	Change Control
11	73 (6.68%)	Migration
12	72 (6.59%)	Waterfall
13	71 (6.50%)	Business Analysis
14	61 (5.59%)	Critical Path Analysis
15	57 (5.22%)	Project Governance
16	54 (4.95%)	Dependency Management
16	54 (4.95%)	Scrum
17	52 (4.76%)	Matrix Organization
17	52 (4.76%)	Resource Management
18	47 (4.30%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	30 (2.75%)	SQL
2	20 (1.83%)	C
3	15 (1.37%)	VBA
4	9 (0.82%)	Java
5	6 (0.55%)	C++
6	4 (0.37%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
6	4 (0.37%)	PowerShell
7	3 (0.27%)	C#
7	3 (0.27%)	JavaScript
7	3 (0.27%)	R
7	3 (0.27%)	T-SQL
7	3 (0.27%)	VB
8	2 (0.18%)	PHP
8	2 (0.18%)	VBScript
9	1 (0.092%)	Apex Code
9	1 (0.092%)	C-shell
9	1 (0.092%)	Korn
9	1 (0.092%)	Pascal
9	1 (0.092%)	Perl
9	1 (0.092%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	234 (21.43%)	Security Cleared
2	203 (18.59%)	SC Cleared
3	108 (9.89%)	PMI Certification
4	105 (9.62%)	Degree
5	66 (6.04%)	PMP
6	50 (4.58%)	PRINCE2 Certification
7	46 (4.21%)	DV Cleared
8	42 (3.85%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
9	17 (1.56%)	APMP
10	15 (1.37%)	BPSS Clearance
11	12 (1.10%)	ISEB
12	8 (0.73%)	CTC Cleared
13	6 (0.55%)	Master's Degree
14	4 (0.37%)	CSQA
14	4 (0.37%)	ITIL Certification
14	4 (0.37%)	MAPM
15	3 (0.27%)	CISSP
15	3 (0.27%)	ISTQB
15	3 (0.27%)	MCP
15	3 (0.27%)	Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	308 (28.21%)	PMO
2	63 (5.77%)	QA
3	14 (1.28%)	GDPR
4	13 (1.19%)	P3O
5	12 (1.10%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	9 (0.82%)	MiFID
6	9 (0.82%)	SLA
7	7 (0.64%)	ISO/IEC 27001
8	4 (0.37%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8	4 (0.37%)	PCI DSS
8	4 (0.37%)	PMBOK
9	3 (0.27%)	Data Quality
9	3 (0.27%)	Dodd-Frank
9	3 (0.27%)	EMIR
10	2 (0.18%)	GMP
10	2 (0.18%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
11	1 (0.092%)	COBIT
11	1 (0.092%)	IFRS
11	1 (0.092%)	IFRS 9
11	1 (0.092%)	ISO 22301

System Software
1	12 (1.10%)	Active Directory
2	6 (0.55%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (0.18%)	Hyper-V
3	2 (0.18%)	Virtual Machines
3	2 (0.18%)	VMware ESXi
4	1 (0.092%)	KVM
4	1 (0.092%)	Oracle RAC
4	1 (0.092%)	Samba
4	1 (0.092%)	Veritas Volume Manager

Systems Management
1	14 (1.28%)	HP Quality Center
2	3 (0.27%)	MOM
2	3 (0.27%)	WSUS
3	2 (0.18%)	SCCM
4	1 (0.092%)	Backup Exec
4	1 (0.092%)	BladeLogic
4	1 (0.092%)	IBM BigFix
4	1 (0.092%)	OpenView

Vendors
1	462 (42.31%)	Microsoft
2	59 (5.40%)	SAP
3	31 (2.84%)	Remedy
4	25 (2.29%)	Oracle
5	19 (1.74%)	HP
6	18 (1.65%)	IBM
7	13 (1.19%)	Salesforce.com
8	11 (1.01%)	IFS
9	10 (0.92%)	Ericsson
10	8 (0.73%)	Adobe
10	8 (0.73%)	Google
11	7 (0.64%)	Atlassian
11	7 (0.64%)	CA
11	7 (0.64%)	Cisco
11	7 (0.64%)	Citrix
11	7 (0.64%)	OpenText
12	6 (0.55%)	iManage
12	6 (0.55%)	Progress
12	6 (0.55%)	VMware
13	5 (0.46%)	Cadence