Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Project
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 41 63
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.45% 1.05% 0.75%
As % of the Applications category 2.59% 6.35% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £410 - £565
25th Percentile £481 - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £600
75th Percentile £644 - £700
90th Percentile £670 - £745
East of England median daily rate £408 £441 £575
% change year-on-year -7.49% -23.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -64.71%
East of England median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -58.62%

All Software Application Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 116 63 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 17.44% 16.58% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 10 39
10th Percentile £342 £92 £208
25th Percentile £363 £202 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £342 £388
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% -11.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £578 £400 £500
90th Percentile £684 £424 £555
East of England median daily rate £391 £338 £350
% change year-on-year +15.93% -3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 32 42
10th Percentile £16.59 £32.08 £26.61
25th Percentile £18.43 £38.75 £37.91
Median hourly rate £19.91 £66.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.95% +48.88% -3.26%
75th Percentile £23.63 £87.50 £49.00
90th Percentile £47.75 £95.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £19.71 £17.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year +12.60% -56.55% +22.05%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Stevenage -14 1 £375 - 2
Watford - 1 £675 -
Letchworth - 1 £600 -
Microsoft Project
East of England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Planning Manager
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle