Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Project
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 113 128
Rank change year-on-year +41 +15 +22
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 60 16 19
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.58% 0.77% 0.65%
As % of the Applications category 25.32% 9.41% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 7 12
10th Percentile £450 £286 £360
25th Percentile £713 £313 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £320 £425
Median % change year-on-year +126.56% -24.71% -
75th Percentile £738 £357 £691
90th Percentile £771 £431 £700
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - £36.00
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £39.25
% change year-on-year -16.20% -17.20% +20.77%

All Software Application Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 237 170 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.18% 8.17% 6.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 109 106
10th Percentile £203 £155 £158
25th Percentile £263 £213 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% -0.44%
75th Percentile £738 £575 £588
90th Percentile - £708 £675
England median daily rate £447 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +8.36% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 8 37
10th Percentile £6.00 £39.93 £16.54
25th Percentile £12.82 £64.06 £31.05
Median hourly rate £22.63 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.83% +57.89% -26.92%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £48.72
90th Percentile £119.00 £90.00 £48.73
England median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £30.24
% change year-on-year -18.60% -17.32% +12.55%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Project relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the South West over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the South West

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Wiltshire +24 38 £725 -
Bristol +3 12 £425 +32.81% 4
Gloucestershire -5 6 £389 +0.39% 4
Devon +9 2 £450 - 1
Dorset - 2 - - 3
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 36 (60.00%) Confluence
2 6 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 42 (70.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.33%) Azure
2 2 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.67%) Asana
3 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 45 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (68.33%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (51.67%) Military
4 15 (25.00%) Finance
5 6 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.33%) Legal
7 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (50.00%) Architect
1 30 (50.00%) Service Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Coordinator
3 5 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Project Officer
3 5 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 5 (8.33%) Technical Programme Manager
4 4 (6.67%) Logistics Coordinator
4 4 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.00%) PMO Officer
5 3 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (5.00%) Project Support Coordinator
6 2 (3.33%) Project Planner
6 2 (3.33%) Senior
6 2 (3.33%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (1.67%) Analyst
7 1 (1.67%) Lead
7 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow Manager
7 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 30 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.67%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (78.33%) Agile
2 36 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
3 35 (58.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 31 (51.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 31 (51.67%) ITIL
4 31 (51.67%) Service Management
5 30 (50.00%) Business Continuity
5 30 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 30 (50.00%) Security Patching
5 30 (50.00%) Service Design
5 30 (50.00%) TOGAF
6 17 (28.33%) Project Management
7 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (18.33%) Resource Management
9 10 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 9 (15.00%) PRINCE2
10 9 (15.00%) Waterfall
11 8 (13.33%) Project Planning
11 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 47 (78.33%) Security Cleared
2 44 (73.33%) Degree
3 43 (71.67%) SC Cleared
4 30 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 8 (13.33%) APMP
6 3 (5.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.33%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.33%) PMP
8 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (1.67%) P3O
2 1 (1.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 30 (50.00%) OPNET
2 1 (1.67%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 36 (60.00%) Atlassian
2 31 (51.67%) ServiceNow
3 30 (50.00%) Remedy
4 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.67%) SAP
6 2 (3.33%) Oracle