Microsoft Project Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Project
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 104 116 139
Rank change year-on-year +12 +23 -26
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 16 21 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 9.76% 5.66% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile £359 £368 £300
25th Percentile £398 £490 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £512 £323
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +58.82% -24.12%
75th Percentile £538 £616 £471
90th Percentile £543 £656 £498
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 2
10th Percentile - £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 £35.88 - £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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 164 371 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 8.33% 13.47% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 130 156
10th Percentile £163 £158 £200
25th Percentile £250 £220 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £423 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +5.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £512 £525 £475
90th Percentile £552 £639 £613
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 134 28
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £11.26 £18.83
Median hourly rate £27.13 £16.06 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.90% -59.85% +90.48%
75th Percentile £34.81 £26.62 £56.68
90th Percentile £59.79 £45.55 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the North West

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the North West

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the North West

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the North West

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +24 12 £449 -12.44% 10
Cumbria - 2 - - 1
Cheshire -8 1 - - 9
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Asana
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Local Government
2 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
6 1 (6.25%) Automotive
6 1 (6.25%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Project Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Facilities Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Facilities Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Senior
4 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Planner
5 2 (12.50%) Project Planner
6 1 (6.25%) Assistant Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Resource Management
3 5 (31.25%) Contract Negotiation
3 5 (31.25%) Facilities Management
4 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Project Planning
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
6 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.25%) Change Management
7 1 (6.25%) Contingency Planning
7 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
7 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
7 1 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) HNC
3 4 (25.00%) PMP
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
5 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft