Microsoft Project Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft Project skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 189 169
Rank change year-on-year -65 -20 +48
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 147 290 485
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 1.27% 1.59%
As % of the Applications category 7.60% 14.04% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 193 351
10th Percentile £313 £293 £263
25th Percentile £402 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £625 £588
UK median daily rate £502 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +0.37% +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 2
10th Percentile £26.66 £20.59 £15.21
25th Percentile £31.75 £40.00 £16.26
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £18.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +193.26% -3.82%
75th Percentile £43.75 £72.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £80.00 £23.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £53.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.58% +20.79% +117.07%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

Microsoft Project is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,935 2,066 2,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.29% 9.07% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,284 1,949
10th Percentile £156 £164 £145
25th Percentile £200 £230 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £613 £600 £563
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 538 184 305
10th Percentile £11.11 £13.94 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.55 £16.91 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £26.48 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.35% +39.37% +8.39%
75th Percentile £36.18 £49.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £30.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -45.90% +39.53% +21.13%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
South West +8 43 £569 +26.39% 30
North of England +18 32 £510 +27.50% 36
South East -40 32 £487 +4.70% 45
North West +27 20 £511 +58.48% 20
Midlands -10 15 £450 +5.88% 43
West Midlands -11 14 £475 +26.67% 31
Scotland -6 13 £420 -4.00% 17
East of England -12 12 £500 -13.04% 29
Yorkshire +12 10 £450 +1.41% 12
North East +7 2 £488 +21.88% 4
Wales +18 1 - - 7
East Midlands +4 1 £270 -44.62% 12
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.08%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 73 (49.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (36.73%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (21.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (17.01%) MS Visio
4 25 (17.01%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.36%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (1.36%) Camtasia
5 2 (1.36%) Lectora
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.04%) Primavera
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.08%) Azure
3 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.04%) OCI
5 2 (1.36%) Akamai
5 2 (1.36%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) PaaS
6 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.36%) LAN
1 2 (1.36%) Network Security
1 2 (1.36%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.36%) VPN
1 2 (1.36%) WAN
1 2 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.68%) Firewall
2 1 (0.68%) IPsec
2 1 (0.68%) RTP
2 1 (0.68%) SAN
2 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.68%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.76%) Power BI
2 2 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.36%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) MS Access
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (26.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 78 (53.06%) Social Skills
2 63 (42.86%) Finance
3 46 (31.29%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (21.09%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (12.24%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.16%) Manufacturing
7 10 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.08%) Retail
9 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.72%) Local Government
11 2 (1.36%) Banking
11 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.36%) Law
11 2 (1.36%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.68%) Automotive
12 1 (0.68%) Aviation
12 1 (0.68%) Electronics
12 1 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (28.57%) Lead
2 39 (26.53%) Project Manager
3 25 (17.01%) Project Leader
4 9 (6.12%) Analyst
4 9 (6.12%) SAP Manager
5 8 (5.44%) Workstream Lead
6 6 (4.08%) Administrator
6 6 (4.08%) Coordinator
6 6 (4.08%) Support Engineer
7 5 (3.40%) ERP Manager
7 5 (3.40%) IT Manager
7 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 5 (3.40%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (3.40%) Technical Manager
7 5 (3.40%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 4 (2.72%) Data Migration Lead
8 4 (2.72%) IT Engineer
8 4 (2.72%) Migration Manager
8 4 (2.72%) PMO Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.04%) ADO
2 2 (1.36%) Flash
2 2 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.40%) Life Science
2 5 (3.40%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.72%) PMI
4 3 (2.04%) NHS
5 2 (1.36%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.36%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.36%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.36%) SCADA
5 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.36%) Video Editing
5 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.68%) Contactless
6 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.68%) iPhone
6 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Android
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) VMS
2 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (61.90%) Project Management
2 66 (44.90%) PRINCE2
3 53 (36.05%) Agile
4 47 (31.97%) Project Delivery
5 44 (29.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (28.57%) Project Planning
7 41 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
9 26 (17.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 24 (16.33%) Commercial Awareness
10 24 (16.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (16.33%) Data Management
11 16 (10.88%) ERP
11 16 (10.88%) Risk Management
11 16 (10.88%) Waterfall
12 15 (10.20%) Migration
13 14 (9.52%) Change Control
13 14 (9.52%) Change Management
14 13 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (8.16%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.08%) SQL
2 2 (1.36%) Java
2 2 (1.36%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.68%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 49 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 38 (25.85%) Degree
3 31 (21.09%) APMP
4 29 (19.73%) DV Cleared
5 15 (10.20%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.12%) PMP
7 8 (5.44%) PMI Certification
7 8 (5.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (3.40%) ISEB
8 5 (3.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.04%) APMG
11 2 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.36%) RIBA
12 1 (0.68%) CCNA
12 1 (0.68%) CCNP
12 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.68%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (37.41%) PMO
2 6 (4.08%) QA
3 5 (3.40%) GAMP
3 5 (3.40%) GxP
4 3 (2.04%) GDPR
5 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.36%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.68%) P3O
6 1 (0.68%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (57.82%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.01%) SAP
3 5 (3.40%) Oracle
4 4 (2.72%) IFS
4 4 (2.72%) NEC
5 3 (2.04%) Cadence
6 2 (1.36%) Adobe
6 2 (1.36%) F5
7 1 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.68%) Apple
7 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco
7 1 (0.68%) JDA
7 1 (0.68%) Mitel
7 1 (0.68%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.68%) Planview
7 1 (0.68%) Progress