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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 120 143
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 12 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.55% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Applications category 6.28% 1.73% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile £360 £505 £266
25th Percentile £441 £505 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £511 £295
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +73.26% -30.59%
75th Percentile £594 £517 £324
90th Percentile £638 £518 £340
England median daily rate £530 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +3.92% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £29.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £31.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £46.30 £36.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +26.85% -30.48% -6.67%

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 191 173 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 8.71% 7.20% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 73 149
10th Percentile £300 £158 £162
25th Percentile £362 £242 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £420 £313
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +34.40% -26.47%
75th Percentile £485 £518 £475
90th Percentile £550 £608 £575
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 64 43
10th Percentile £17.45 - £15.75
25th Percentile £19.56 £10.95 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £16.06 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -21.96% -10.52%
75th Percentile £35.50 £18.27 £40.00
90th Percentile £63.40 £57.50 £50.00
England median hourly rate £23.54 £17.50 £23.07
% change year-on-year +34.51% -24.14% +2.53%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +9 6 £449 -12.25% 10
Cheshire - 4 £625 -
Lancashire - 1 £530 - 8
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 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Smartsheet
2 1 (8.33%) Asana
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior PMO
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Planner
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) ERP Manager
4 1 (8.33%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Planner
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Programme Planner
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) PMI
2 1 (8.33%) CMDB
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Project Management
1 9 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (58.33%) PRINCE2
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Waterfall
4 4 (33.33%) Change Control
4 4 (33.33%) Change Management
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (25.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
7 1 (8.33%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
1 7 (58.33%) PMI Certification
1 7 (58.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) PMO
2 3 (25.00%) P3O
3 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Planview
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) SAP