Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Project
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 68 93
Rank change year-on-year -23 +25 +23
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 13 18 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.83% 1.89% 0.51%
As % of the Applications category 14.94% 23.68% 4.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £378 £332 £505
25th Percentile £380 £345 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £404 £531
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% -24.03% +32.78%
75th Percentile £478 £519 £594
90th Percentile £555 £541 £628
North West median daily rate £418 £447 £531
% change year-on-year -6.49% -15.84% +51.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.50 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +8.33% -62.50%
75th Percentile £29.75 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £29.90 - -
North West median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -10.77% -23.53% -37.04%

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 87 76 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 5.58% 7.97% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 45 73
10th Percentile £170 £162 £210
25th Percentile £325 £225 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £358 £396
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -9.60% +5.60%
75th Percentile £475 £456 £488
90th Percentile £538 £560 £595
North West median daily rate £401 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +0.25% -6.71% +7.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 40
10th Percentile £18.00 £19.33 £11.98
25th Percentile £19.75 £31.25 £13.19
Median hourly rate £22.68 £32.50 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% +34.60% -39.64%
75th Percentile £28.38 £40.31 £35.44
90th Percentile £34.50 £60.00 £57.50
North West median hourly rate £22.68 £27.13 £16.06
% change year-on-year -16.39% +68.90% -57.17%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Manchester

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
Bolton - 3 - - 1
Microsoft Project
North West

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (30.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Primavera
2 3 (23.08%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) OCI
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (15.38%) Project Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Planner
3 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Planner
3 1 (7.69%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior PMO
3 1 (7.69%) Senior PMO Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Programme Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Change Management
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Critical Path Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Document Management
4 3 (23.08%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (23.08%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
4 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle