Microsoft Project Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Project
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 138 119
Rank change year-on-year +23 -19 -17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 21 18 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.76% 0.56% 1.57%
As % of the Applications category 5.59% 7.06% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 36
10th Percentile £368 £300 £189
25th Percentile £490 £302 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £323 £425
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -24.12% +3.03%
75th Percentile £616 £471 £491
90th Percentile £656 £498 £569
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +12.00%
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 West

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 West with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 376 255 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.56% 7.92% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 157 228
10th Percentile £158 £200 £145
25th Percentile £210 £300 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £400 £362
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% +10.42% +23.32%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £465
90th Percentile £633 £610 £561
England median daily rate £398 £430 £425
% change year-on-year -7.56% +1.18% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 29 56
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.43 £10.93
25th Percentile £11.13 £17.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £21.02
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +90.29% +0.10%
75th Percentile £26.50 £56.40 £42.20
90th Percentile £45.76 £65.00 £47.74
England median hourly rate £17.66 £36.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -51.62% +69.77% +7.50%

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 26 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 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
Cheshire +10 9 - - 5
Lancashire +9 6 £638 +60.38% 1
Manchester +12 5 £512 +46.35% 8
Merseyside +14 1 £208 -30.67% 1
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 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (38.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (19.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Power BI
General
1 13 (61.90%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
2 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Local Government
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Military
6 1 (4.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 3 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) IT Support
3 3 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Transition Leader
4 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) PMO Coordinator
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.76%) SAP Transition Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Life Science
2 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) Virtual Team
3 2 (9.52%) NHS
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) SCADA
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Project Management
2 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Analytics
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (23.81%) Data Analytics
4 5 (23.81%) Data Extraction
4 5 (23.81%) FMEA
4 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
4 5 (23.81%) Smart Manufacturing
4 5 (23.81%) Test Scripting
4 5 (23.81%) Validation
5 4 (19.05%) Change Control
5 4 (19.05%) ERP
5 4 (19.05%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) APMG
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) GAMP
1 5 (23.81%) GxP
2 4 (19.05%) PMO
3 3 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) COREP
4 1 (4.76%) FINREP
4 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) SAP
3 3 (14.29%) Cadence