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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 114 123
Rank change year-on-year +18 +9 +24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft Project 46 18 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.81% 0.67% 0.87%
As % of the Applications category 16.37% 8.45% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 14
10th Percentile £324 £279 £363
25th Percentile £414 £319 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +3.26% -7.82%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £490
90th Percentile £618 £648 £658
England median daily rate £528 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +3.43% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 £36.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% - -
75th Percentile £58.25 £38.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £46.30 £36.50 £48.18
% change year-on-year +26.85% -24.24% -14.35%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 281 213 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.08% 7.96% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 137 157
10th Percentile £181 £161 £163
25th Percentile £275 £270 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% +1.35%
75th Percentile £540 £500 £490
90th Percentile £600 £575 £575
England median daily rate £425 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +4.94% -4.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 29 21
10th Percentile £16.52 £12.75 £11.21
25th Percentile £24.05 £13.52 £13.16
Median hourly rate £33.90 £17.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +99.38% -20.93% +49.72%
75th Percentile £50.00 £30.37 £28.00
90th Percentile - £43.88 £42.25
England median hourly rate £23.10 £16.23 £22.90
% change year-on-year +42.33% -29.13% +1.78%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the Midlands

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
DemandTrendContract 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +17 42 £541 +8.15% 20
East Midlands -1 4 £588 +93.42% 4
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 6 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.17%) CMS
3 1 (2.17%) MS Project Server
3 1 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.87%) Trello
3 4 (8.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Primavera
2 1 (2.17%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.17%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.52%) Asana
3 3 (6.52%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) Copilot Studio
3 3 (6.52%) Power Automate
3 3 (6.52%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Azure Storage
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.17%) SaaS
4 1 (2.17%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) LAN
1 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (15.22%) JIRA
General
1 16 (34.78%) Finance
2 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Legal
4 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Law
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
5 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Project Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Engagement Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Administrator
4 4 (8.70%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) PMO Planner
5 3 (6.52%) Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.52%) Implementation Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Junior
5 3 (6.52%) Lead
5 3 (6.52%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Delivery Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Implementation Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Architect
7 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.17%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) SCADA
2 3 (6.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.52%) Educational Technology
2 3 (6.52%) Learning Management System
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.17%) SCORM
4 1 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Project Delivery
1 17 (36.96%) Project Management
2 16 (34.78%) Agile
3 12 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2
4 9 (19.57%) Project Planning
5 8 (17.39%) Migration
5 8 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 7 (15.22%) Budget Management
6 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Resource Management
7 6 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 6 (13.04%) Change Management
8 5 (10.87%) Project Governance
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (10.87%) User Experience
9 4 (8.70%) Change Control
9 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
10 3 (6.52%) Contract Negotiation
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Degree
2 9 (19.57%) PMI Certification
2 9 (19.57%) PMP
3 3 (6.52%) HNC
4 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (30.43%) PMO
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Firmware
1 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Progress
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle
4 2 (4.35%) Workday
5 1 (2.17%) Informatica
5 1 (2.17%) NEC
5 1 (2.17%) Planview
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Sitecore