Microsoft Project Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 75 119 113
Rank change year-on-year +44 -6 +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 36 14 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.88% 0.51% 1.57%
As % of the Applications category 20.34% 5.04% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 11 31
10th Percentile £290 £200 £223
25th Percentile £413 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - -14.83%
75th Percentile £541 £581 £513
90th Percentile £583 £650 £563
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -7.50% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 177 278 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.25% 10.08% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 136 228
10th Percentile £167 £160 £163
25th Percentile £235 £200 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £260 £420
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% -38.02% +11.55%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £532
90th Percentile £584 £600 £580
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 57 19
10th Percentile £12.25 £11.01 £12.40
25th Percentile £14.65 £13.00 £14.44
Median hourly rate £18.88 £15.65 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.65% -15.41% +42.31%
75th Percentile £28.56 £28.75 £26.18
90th Percentile £33.91 £49.00 £52.50
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +26 26 £501 +17.88% 23
East Midlands - 10 £425 - 14
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.11%) Trello
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.78%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.33%) Asana
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) Azure
4 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.78%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.78%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) LAN
1 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 17 (47.22%) Finance
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Law
4 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Engagement Manager
3 5 (13.89%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 4 (11.11%) PMO Planner
5 3 (8.33%) Consultant
5 3 (8.33%) Coordinator
5 3 (8.33%) Lead
5 3 (8.33%) Programme Planner
5 3 (8.33%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (2.78%) Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (2.78%) PMO Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Project Leader
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) ADO
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
1 1 (2.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Project Delivery
1 17 (47.22%) Project Management
2 16 (44.44%) Project Planning
3 15 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (38.89%) Agile
5 9 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 7 (19.44%) Resource Management
7 6 (16.67%) Budget Management
7 6 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 5 (13.89%) Change Control
8 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
8 5 (13.89%) Project Governance
8 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (11.11%) Budgeting
9 4 (11.11%) Supplier Management
10 3 (8.33%) Change Management
10 3 (8.33%) Migration
10 3 (8.33%) PRINCE2
10 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 4 (11.11%) PMP
3 2 (5.56%) HNC
3 2 (5.56%) HND
4 1 (2.78%) APMP
4 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (44.44%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.78%) Planview
4 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow