Microsoft Project Contracts in England

Microsoft Project
UK > 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 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 299 251
Rank change year-on-year -29 -48 +68
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 217 445 805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.88% 1.13%
As % of the Applications category 7.36% 11.57% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 304 508
10th Percentile £325 £307 £298
25th Percentile £413 £404 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £497
Median % change year-on-year - +0.70% +13.49%
75th Percentile £638 £605 £575
90th Percentile £680 £713 £650
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 43
10th Percentile £26.66 £21.26 £20.90
25th Percentile £27.11 £22.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £72.50 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
% change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +122.50%

All Software Application Skills
England

Microsoft Project is in the Software Applications category. The following 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 vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,950 3,846 5,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.98% 7.61% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 2,547 3,548
10th Percentile £160 £195 £158
25th Percentile £213 £286 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £657 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 585 229 404
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.14 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £19.35 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £39.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +79.31% +8.75%
75th Percentile £38.75 £52.97 £45.25
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +18 98 £523 -4.84% 37
South West +16 35 £569 +33.82% 26
North of England +23 34 £512 +32.18% 32
South East -28 24 £455 -9.00% 38
North West +19 21 £512 +58.82% 16
West Midlands -2 14 £425 +6.25% 29
Midlands -16 14 £425 - 38
Yorkshire +8 11 £500 +5.26% 10
East of England -4 8 £438 -27.08% 17
North East +19 2 £488 +45.52% 7
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 18 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.07%) Confluence
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.38%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 85 (39.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (35.02%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (23.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (15.21%) MS Visio
5 21 (9.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.92%) Primavera
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.07%) Azure
2 10 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.76%) Collibra
5 5 (2.30%) Asana
6 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.38%) Miro
6 3 (1.38%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.38%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.92%) Akamai
7 2 (0.92%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.92%) OCI
7 2 (0.92%) PaaS
7 2 (0.92%) SaaS
7 2 (0.92%) Slack
8 1 (0.46%) AWS
8 1 (0.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) 5G
1 3 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (1.38%) Skype
2 2 (0.92%) LAN
2 2 (0.92%) Network Security
2 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.92%) VPN
2 2 (0.92%) WAN
2 2 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) Firewall
3 1 (0.46%) IPsec
3 1 (0.46%) RTP
3 1 (0.46%) SAN
3 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.69%) Power BI
2 6 (2.76%) Metadata
3 2 (0.92%) MS Access
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (23.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
General
1 113 (52.07%) Social Skills
2 107 (49.31%) Finance
3 52 (23.96%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (17.51%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (11.98%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.83%) Banking
6 17 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.45%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.07%) Marketing
9 9 (4.15%) Local Government
10 8 (3.69%) Retail
11 7 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.23%) Law
11 7 (3.23%) Legal
12 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.76%) Police
12 6 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.84%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.84%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (31.80%) Project Manager
2 37 (17.05%) Lead
3 26 (11.98%) Analyst
4 21 (9.68%) Project Leader
5 9 (4.15%) PMO Analyst
5 9 (4.15%) Programme Manager
5 9 (4.15%) SAP Manager
6 8 (3.69%) IT Manager
6 8 (3.69%) Senior
6 8 (3.69%) Technical Manager
7 7 (3.23%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.23%) Coordinator
7 7 (3.23%) Data Manager
7 7 (3.23%) Governance Analyst
7 7 (3.23%) Security Manager
7 7 (3.23%) Security Project Manager
8 6 (2.76%) Consultant
8 6 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (2.76%) Senior Manager
8 6 (2.76%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.38%) ADO
2 1 (0.46%) EDI
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.15%) PMI
3 8 (3.69%) Derivative
4 5 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.30%) Life Science
5 4 (1.84%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.38%) iPhone
6 3 (1.38%) NHS
6 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.38%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.92%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.92%) SCADA
7 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.76%) Windows
2 4 (1.84%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.38%) Android
3 3 (1.38%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.92%) Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (59.45%) Project Management
2 95 (43.78%) Agile
3 79 (36.41%) PRINCE2
4 69 (31.80%) Project Delivery
5 66 (30.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 59 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (19.35%) Project Planning
8 34 (15.67%) Waterfall
9 27 (12.44%) Workshop Facilitation
10 26 (11.98%) Change Management
10 26 (11.98%) Data Management
11 24 (11.06%) Migration
12 23 (10.60%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 21 (9.68%) Change Control
13 21 (9.68%) Programme Management
14 20 (9.22%) Commercial Awareness
14 20 (9.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 20 (9.22%) Project Governance
15 19 (8.76%) Budget Management
16 18 (8.29%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.76%) SQL
2 2 (0.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 72 (33.18%) Degree
2 59 (27.19%) Security Cleared
3 32 (14.75%) SC Cleared
4 30 (13.82%) DV Cleared
5 28 (12.90%) APMP
6 18 (8.29%) PMI Certification
7 17 (7.83%) PMP
8 7 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.38%) CCNA
10 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.92%) APMG
11 2 (0.92%) CAPM
11 2 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.92%) ISEB
11 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.46%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (33.64%) PMO
2 6 (2.76%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.30%) GAMP
3 5 (2.30%) GxP
3 5 (2.30%) QA
4 3 (1.38%) GDPR
5 2 (0.92%) P3O
6 1 (0.46%) COREP
6 1 (0.46%) FINREP
6 1 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.38%) SCCM
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 127 (58.53%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.98%) SAP
3 6 (2.76%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.30%) Cisco
5 4 (1.84%) IFS
6 3 (1.38%) Apple
6 3 (1.38%) Cadence
6 3 (1.38%) Citrix
6 3 (1.38%) Mitel
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle
6 3 (1.38%) Progress
7 2 (0.92%) Arista
7 2 (0.92%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.92%) BT
7 2 (0.92%) F5
7 2 (0.92%) NEC
7 2 (0.92%) Radianz
7 2 (0.92%) Refinitiv
7 2 (0.92%) Reuters
8 1 (0.46%) Adaptive Insights