Microsoft Project Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Project
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 138 151 177
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 -29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 28 34 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.85% 0.71% 0.74%
As % of the Applications category 9.40% 5.94% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 29
10th Percentile - £353 £300
25th Percentile £300 £425 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £512 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +36.59% -11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £606 £500
90th Percentile £575 £654 £555
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £29.25 £26.66 £55.25
25th Percentile £31.25 £33.96 £59.38
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -37.04% +89.81%
75th Percentile £33.75 £43.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £35.45 - £77.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -7.50% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 298 572 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 9.04% 12.00% 7.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 194 301
10th Percentile £156 £137 £153
25th Percentile £223 £200 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £396 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £498 £513 £488
90th Percentile £573 £630 £580
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 163 31
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.50
25th Percentile £18.76 £11.77 £20.68
Median hourly rate £27.13 £15.17 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.81% -62.08% +100.00%
75th Percentile £34.31 £26.39 £54.88
90th Percentile £59.30 £44.01 £65.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the North of England

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West +12 16 £450 -12.15% 27
Yorkshire +6 9 £300 -40.00% 11
North East +1 3 £450 -7.69% 5
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (7.14%) Trello
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Asana
1 1 (3.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (3.57%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (46.43%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (17.86%) Local Government
4 5 (17.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.57%) Automotive
7 1 (3.57%) Banking
7 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Facilities Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Facilities Project Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.71%) Security Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Programme Planner
5 2 (7.14%) Project Planner
6 1 (3.57%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Business Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) NHS
1 5 (17.86%) PMI
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Project Management
2 10 (35.71%) PRINCE2
3 9 (32.14%) Contract Negotiation
4 8 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 6 (21.43%) Project Planning
5 6 (21.43%) Resource Management
6 5 (17.86%) Change Management
6 5 (17.86%) Contingency Planning
6 5 (17.86%) Facilities Management
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 4 (14.29%) Contract Management
7 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.29%) PRINCE
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
8 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 5 (17.86%) HNC
3 5 (17.86%) PMP
4 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) APMG
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Bomgar
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Workday