Microsoft Project Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Project
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 67 91 111
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 12 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.30% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Applications category 19.05% 3.55% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £359 £505 £303
25th Percentile £379 £506 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £512 £350
Median % change year-on-year -12.44% +46.35% -22.22%
75th Percentile £519 £547 £475
90th Percentile £538 £564 £490
North West median daily rate £450 £512 £323
% change year-on-year -12.15% +58.82% -24.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -23.53% -37.04% +89.81%

All Software Application Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 63 141 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 6.80% 9.29% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 59 66
10th Percentile £156 £241 £188
25th Percentile £216 £343 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £425 £353
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +20.40% +2.32%
75th Percentile £461 £491 £467
90th Percentile £549 £600 £545
North West median daily rate £431 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 38 14
10th Percentile £17.48 £11.94 £11.85
25th Percentile £31.25 £12.96 £16.69
Median hourly rate £32.50 £20.91 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.43% -47.73% +100.00%
75th Percentile £53.44 £36.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 -
North West median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Asana
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Local Government
1 5 (41.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 5 (41.67%) Facilities Manager
2 5 (41.67%) Facilities Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Planner
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Assistant Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planner
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 5 (41.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 5 (41.67%) Facilities Management
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
6 1 (8.33%) Budgeting
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) Contingency Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) HNC
3 2 (16.67%) PMP
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft