Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Project
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.21% 0.30% -
As % of the Applications category 5.88% 3.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
England median daily rate £510 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +2.00% +2.56% -2.50%

All Software Application Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 17 27 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 3.63% 8.21% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 10
10th Percentile - £146 £160
25th Percentile £170 £214 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £450 £195
Median % change year-on-year -50.39% +130.77% -26.42%
75th Percentile £412 £514 £229
90th Percentile £494 £741 £283
England median daily rate £450 £406 £400
% change year-on-year +10.84% +1.50% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £21.75 - £11.00
25th Percentile £22.50 - £13.65
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.18 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year -45.86% +230.09% -
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.12
90th Percentile £28.25 - £20.77
England median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £21.00
% change year-on-year -29.95% +29.17% -36.36%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the North East

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Tyne and Wear -16 1 £450 - 1
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft