Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Project
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 38 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 -12 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 0.98% 0.36% 1.91%
As % of the Applications category 23.08% 6.67% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £462 - -
25th Percentile £487 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £270 £475
Median % change year-on-year +98.15% -43.16% +18.75%
75th Percentile £589 - £481
90th Percentile £618 - £493
East Midlands median daily rate £550 £304 £475
% change year-on-year +81.07% -36.05% +15.15%

All Software Application Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 13 15 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 4.26% 5.42% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 17
10th Percentile £307 £301 £163
25th Percentile £322 £352 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £383 £275
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +39.29% -15.38%
75th Percentile £388 £441 £475
90th Percentile £484 £450 £533
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +17.86% -17.65% +46.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.33
25th Percentile - - £11.52
Median hourly rate - - £11.83
Median % change year-on-year - - -63.60%
75th Percentile - - £13.18
90th Percentile - - £13.98
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.68 £16.05 £12.50
% change year-on-year +10.12% +28.45% +28.29%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Northampton -16 3 £535 +98.15% 3
Microsoft Project
East Midlands

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Workday Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Workday Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) KYC
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Workday