Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Project
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 79 72
Rank change year-on-year +15 -7 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 3 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% 0.64% 1.78%
As % of the Applications category 8.33% 6.31% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 15
10th Percentile £453 £262 £305
25th Percentile £456 £264 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £360 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -4.00% -26.47%
75th Percentile £484 £450 £563
90th Percentile £486 - £638
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £325 £388
% change year-on-year +38.46% -16.13% -17.64%

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 36 111 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 6.09% 10.10% 11.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 58 75
10th Percentile £129 £185 £185
25th Percentile £188 £200 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £370 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.27% -7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £476 £532 £500
90th Percentile £663 £805 £638
Berkshire median daily rate £413 £375 £381
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.57% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £24.43 £17.01
25th Percentile £42.50 £29.94 £17.26
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.98 £18.17
Median % change year-on-year +9.82% +125.52% -19.24%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.12 £19.09
90th Percentile - £59.29 £19.33
Berkshire median hourly rate £31.08 £28.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year +11.00% +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
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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 (33.33%) SAP HCM
1 1 (33.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Contentstack
2 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) HR Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Web Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (66.67%) Re-Platforming
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Workday