Microsoft Project Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Project
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 88 69
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 1 5 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.43% 1.88%
As % of the Applications category 2.78% 5.10% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 16
10th Percentile - - £306
25th Percentile £463 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +16.13% -24.39%
75th Percentile £488 - £625
90th Percentile - - £638
Berkshire median daily rate £463 £450 £435
% change year-on-year +2.78% +3.45% -7.55%

All Software Application Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 36 98 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 6.12% 8.48% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 54 72
10th Percentile £126 £184 £180
25th Percentile £153 £200 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £255 £423
Median % change year-on-year - -39.64% +20.71%
75th Percentile £450 £492 £538
90th Percentile £533 £811 £649
Berkshire median daily rate £419 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +19.64% -12.50% +6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £12.45 £17.17
25th Percentile £42.50 £15.76 £17.67
Median hourly rate £45.00 £19.55 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.18% +2.89% -15.56%
75th Percentile £47.50 £32.54 £32.25
90th Percentile - £51.06 £39.90
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £28.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year +14.46% +49.33% -16.67%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Reading

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Reading

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Reading

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) HR Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday