Microsoft Project Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Project
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 108 109
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -8
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 20 21 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.23% 0.95% 1.89%
As % of the Applications category 10.81% 8.79% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 48
10th Percentile £322 £145 £269
25th Percentile £411 £275 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £395 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -7.06% -1.16%
75th Percentile £575 £446 £525
90th Percentile £583 £488 £550
UK median daily rate £485 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +0.78% -3.75% +5.26%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 185 239 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.38% 10.78% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 129 206
10th Percentile £190 £157 £163
25th Percentile £263 £205 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £384
Median % change year-on-year - -2.28% +4.14%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £475
90th Percentile £566 £555 £550
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 8
10th Percentile £16.02 £11.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £17.29
Median hourly rate £20.29 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -14.63% +11.34%
75th Percentile £26.09 £19.75 £56.06
90th Percentile £28.38 £21.76 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +7 14 £525 +61.54% 5
Edinburgh +1 5 £358 -20.56% 6
Dundee - 1 £200 - 4
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Acrobat
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.00%) Asana
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Internet
1 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (5.00%) VPN
1 1 (5.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 8 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Local Government
7 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Lead
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Support Officer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) PMI
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (5.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Project Management
2 10 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 9 (45.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (35.00%) Agile
5 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 4 (20.00%) Change Management
7 4 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
7 4 (20.00%) PRINCE
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
7 4 (20.00%) Project Planning
8 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
8 3 (15.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MCP
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) PMO
2 2 (10.00%) P3O
3 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (5.00%) ServiceCenter
1 1 (5.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Bomgar
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) HP
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Pega
2 1 (5.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy