Microsoft Project Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Project
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Microsoft Project skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 174 150
Rank change year-on-year +25 -24 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 35 45 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.74% 0.77% 1.30%
As % of the Applications category 6.07% 10.07% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 31 62
10th Percentile £363 £302 £193
25th Percentile £425 £335 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.88% +1.49%
75th Percentile £591 £500 £481
90th Percentile £653 £581 £562
England median daily rate £516 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £26.66 £55.25 £33.90
25th Percentile £33.96 £59.38 £34.97
Median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +83.67% +68.97%
75th Percentile £43.75 £74.38 £52.39
90th Percentile - £77.75 £61.77
England median hourly rate £40.00 £43.86 £44.50
% change year-on-year -8.80% -1.44% +128.21%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

Microsoft Project is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 577 447 634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.18% 7.62% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 297 419
10th Percentile £139 £153 £144
25th Percentile £190 £219 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +7.14% +42.86%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £450
90th Percentile £620 £550 £538
England median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 33 88
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.83 £11.21
25th Percentile £11.77 £19.35 £14.88
Median hourly rate £15.09 £40.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.29% +100.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £25.84 £56.40 £34.78
90th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £44.03
England median hourly rate £17.72 £38.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -53.37% +76.74% +7.50%

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 18 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 18 April 2024. 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 +22 21 £512 +57.60% 16
Yorkshire +5 12 £450 -5.26% 10
North East +25 2 £488 +38.30% 8
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 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (17.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) Akamai
3 2 (5.71%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Finance
3 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
4 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (17.14%) Retail
6 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
7 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (5.71%) Legal
8 2 (5.71%) Local Government
9 1 (2.86%) Banking
9 1 (2.86%) Military
9 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Supply Chain Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Coordinator
4 3 (8.57%) Cutover Manager
4 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) IT Support
4 3 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) SAP Cutover Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (5.71%) Service Transition Leader
5 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Life Science
2 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.57%) NHS
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.71%) SCADA
5 1 (2.86%) PMI
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Project Management
2 14 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (28.57%) Agile
5 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2
6 6 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Process Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Service Design
6 6 (17.14%) Waterfall
7 5 (14.29%) Analytics
7 5 (14.29%) Change Management
7 5 (14.29%) Data Analytics
7 5 (14.29%) Data Extraction
7 5 (14.29%) FMEA
7 5 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Smart Manufacturing
7 5 (14.29%) Test Scripting
7 5 (14.29%) Validation
8 4 (11.43%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) APMG
2 2 (5.71%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) GAMP
1 5 (14.29%) GxP
1 5 (14.29%) PMO
2 3 (8.57%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) COREP
3 1 (2.86%) FINREP
3 1 (2.86%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (28.57%) SAP
3 3 (8.57%) Cadence
4 2 (5.71%) F5
5 1 (2.86%) Adaptive Insights