Microsoft Project Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Project UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	209	195	138
Rank change year-on-year	-14	-57
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project	566	698	910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.20%	1.29%	1.65%
As % of the Applications category	13.90%	14.27%	15.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	373	466	597
Median daily rate	£400	£350	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+14.28%	-12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£250	£250	£263
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£525	£534
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£330	£373
% change year-on-year	+13.63%	-11.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	14	21
Median hourly rate	£25.12	£22.50	£31.40
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+11.64%	-28.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£18.07	£17.67	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£44.75	£40.05	£170.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.12	£22.50	£31.40
% change year-on-year	+11.64%	-28.34%

Microsoft Project is in the software application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract Software Application Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills	4073	4892	5926
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	8.64%	9.06%	10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	2336	2939	3361
Median daily rate	£370	£336	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+10.20%	-0.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£165	£150	£160
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£500	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£338	£325	£325
% change year-on-year	+3.84%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	311	433	556
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£16.75	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+4.47%	+8.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.36	£10.96	£10.22
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.25	£36.00	£36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.50	£16.50	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-6.06%	+13.79%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 30 Contract Locations

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 over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+2	542	£400	+10.34%	84
London	-13	219	£438	+6.25%	20
South East	+25	138	£350	+4.39%	21
South West	+33	63	£410	+19.27%	11
Berkshire	+26	47	£320	-22.42%	1
City of London	+8	42	£438	+12.90%	8
Hampshire	+2	35	£350	+7.69%	7
Wiltshire	+29	32	£400	+9.58%	4
East of England	-5	28	£370	-7.50%	11
Yorkshire	+34	26	£320	+9.87%	5
West Midlands	-16	26	£325	-0.91%	3
West Yorkshire	+22	23	£320	+11.79%	3
West Sussex	+31	20	£395	+16.60%	2
Surrey	+17	18	£274	-18.81%	1
North West	-10	17	£390	+13.45%	5
Leeds	+27	16	£320	-24.70%	2
Scotland	-4	16	£400	+23.07%	2
North East	+65	14	£414	+33.46%	4
Bristol	-2	14	£405	+27.55%	4
Corsham	-	14	£419	-	1
Newcastle upon Tyne	+68	12	£414	+33.46%	2
Tyne and Wear	+66	12	£414	+33.46%	2
Warwickshire	+5	11	£325	-10.95%
Maidenhead	+6	10	£310	-
Hertfordshire	-4	10	£363	-	1
East Midlands	-19	10	£400	+14.28%	2
Crawley	+8	9	£400	-9.09%	1
Winchester	+16	8	£413	+37.50%	3
Manchester	-3	8	£265	-24.28%	5
Edinburgh	-3	8	£400	+21.21%

Microsoft Project
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Project also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Microsoft Project.

1	671 (56.10%)	Project Management
2	518 (43.31%)	Microsoft
3	458 (38.29%)	Finance
4	438 (36.62%)	PRINCE2
5	385 (32.19%)	Microsoft Excel
6	341 (28.51%)	Microsoft Office
7	336 (28.09%)	PMO
8	329 (27.51%)	Agile Software Development
9	253 (21.15%)	Security Cleared
10	251 (20.99%)	MS Visio
11	235 (19.65%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
12	226 (18.90%)	Stakeholder Management
13	220 (18.39%)	SC Cleared
14	208 (17.39%)	Project Planning
15	194 (16.22%)	SharePoint

16	161 (13.46%)	Programme Management
17	145 (12.12%)	Analytical Skills
18	138 (11.54%)	ITIL
19	126 (10.54%)	Change Management
20	122 (10.20%)	PMI Certification
21	118 (9.87%)	Degree
22	109 (9.11%)	Change Control
23	108 (9.03%)	Risk Management
24	102 (8.53%)	Management Information System
25	90 (7.53%)	Telecoms
26	89 (7.44%)	Business Analysis
27	84 (7.02%)	Banking
28	82 (6.86%)	Migration
28	82 (6.86%)	PMP
29	79 (6.61%)	Waterfall

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	194 (16.22%)	SharePoint
2	57 (4.77%)	MS Project Server
3	33 (2.76%)	SharePoint Server
4	21 (1.76%)	Confluence
5	13 (1.09%)	Documentum
6	11 (0.92%)	BizTalk Server
7	10 (0.84%)	CMS
8	7 (0.59%)	WebSphere
9	5 (0.42%)	MQSeries
9	5 (0.42%)	OpenStack
10	4 (0.33%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	4 (0.33%)	Apache
10	4 (0.33%)	iPlanet
10	4 (0.33%)	JBoss
10	4 (0.33%)	Oracle Application Server
10	4 (0.33%)	SharePoint 2013
10	4 (0.33%)	Tomcat
10	4 (0.33%)	WebLogic
10	4 (0.33%)	WebLogic Portal
11	3 (0.25%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	385 (32.19%)	Microsoft Excel
2	341 (28.51%)	Microsoft Office
3	251 (20.99%)	MS Visio
4	235 (19.65%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	12 (1.00%)	Spreadsheet
6	8 (0.67%)	AutoCAD
7	1 (0.084%)	Maya
7	1 (0.084%)	Open Workbench

Business Applications
1	33 (2.76%)	Primavera
2	28 (2.34%)	Dynamics CRM
3	16 (1.34%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	10 (0.84%)	Maximo
4	10 (0.84%)	Oracle EBS
5	9 (0.75%)	CA PPM
6	8 (0.67%)	SAP ERP
7	7 (0.59%)	Dynamics AX
8	5 (0.42%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9	3 (0.25%)	Dynamics NAV
9	3 (0.25%)	thinkFolio
10	2 (0.17%)	iTrent
10	2 (0.17%)	SAP S/4HANA
10	2 (0.17%)	Unit4 Business World
10	2 (0.17%)	WebTrends
10	2 (0.17%)	Workfront
11	1 (0.084%)	Bloomberg AIM
11	1 (0.084%)	Oracle CRM
11	1 (0.084%)	SAP MM
11	1 (0.084%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	48 (4.01%)	Office 365
2	14 (1.17%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (0.59%)	Amazon AWS
3	7 (0.59%)	SaaS
4	6 (0.50%)	G Suite
5	3 (0.25%)	Basecamp
5	3 (0.25%)	Cloud Computing
6	2 (0.17%)	IBM Blueworks
6	2 (0.17%)	IBM Cloud
6	2 (0.17%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
6	2 (0.17%)	SoftLayer
6	2 (0.17%)	Trello
6	2 (0.17%)	Yammer
7	1 (0.084%)	IaaS
7	1 (0.084%)	OneDrive
7	1 (0.084%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
7	1 (0.084%)	Slack

Communications & Networking
1	21 (1.76%)	Wi-Fi
2	11 (0.92%)	Firewall
3	10 (0.84%)	LTE
3	10 (0.84%)	VoLTE
4	8 (0.67%)	SAN
5	7 (0.59%)	WAN
6	6 (0.50%)	Intranet
7	5 (0.42%)	LDAP
7	5 (0.42%)	NAS
8	4 (0.33%)	Internet
8	4 (0.33%)	LAN
8	4 (0.33%)	MGW
8	4 (0.33%)	TCP/IP
8	4 (0.33%)	Unified Communications
9	3 (0.25%)	DNS
9	3 (0.25%)	FCoE
9	3 (0.25%)	iSCSI
9	3 (0.25%)	SSL
9	3 (0.25%)	VLAN
10	2 (0.17%)	Remote Desktop

Database & Business Intelligence
1	20 (1.67%)	Data Warehouse
2	15 (1.25%)	BusinessObjects
3	14 (1.17%)	Oracle Reports
4	11 (0.92%)	SQL Server
5	10 (0.84%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	9 (0.75%)	Power BI
7	8 (0.67%)	SAP Data Services
7	8 (0.67%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	7 (0.59%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	6 (0.50%)	QlikView
10	5 (0.42%)	DB2
10	5 (0.42%)	SQL Server 2008
11	4 (0.33%)	MS Access
12	3 (0.25%)	Big Data
12	3 (0.25%)	Blockchain
13	2 (0.17%)	SAP HANA
13	2 (0.17%)	SQL Server 2012
14	1 (0.084%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
14	1 (0.084%)	MongoDB
14	1 (0.084%)	Oracle BI EE

Development Applications
1	45 (3.76%)	JIRA
2	8 (0.67%)	Team Foundation Server
3	4 (0.33%)	Appcelerator Titanium
3	4 (0.33%)	HP UFT
4	3 (0.25%)	Rational DOORS
5	2 (0.17%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.084%)	JIRA Agile
6	1 (0.084%)	LSMW
6	1 (0.084%)	NUnit
6	1 (0.084%)	Talend Open Studio
6	1 (0.084%)	VersionOne

General
1	458 (38.29%)	Finance
2	90 (7.53%)	Telecoms
3	84 (7.02%)	Banking
4	50 (4.18%)	Retail
5	49 (4.10%)	Legal
6	39 (3.26%)	Marketing
7	34 (2.84%)	Manufacturing
8	25 (2.09%)	Investment Banking
9	22 (1.84%)	Law
10	17 (1.42%)	Electronics
11	15 (1.25%)	Back Office
12	12 (1.00%)	Front Office
13	11 (0.92%)	Pharmaceutical
14	10 (0.84%)	Advertising
15	8 (0.67%)	Automotive
16	6 (0.50%)	Financial Institution
17	5 (0.42%)	Aerospace
17	5 (0.42%)	Retail Banking
18	4 (0.33%)	Billing
18	4 (0.33%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	429 (35.87%)	Project Manager
2	194 (16.22%)	Analyst
3	99 (8.28%)	Project Planner
4	89 (7.44%)	Business Analyst
5	71 (5.94%)	PMO Analyst
6	58 (4.85%)	Coordinator
7	56 (4.68%)	IT Manager
8	50 (4.18%)	IT Project Manager
8	50 (4.18%)	Programme Planner
9	47 (3.93%)	Project Coordinator
9	47 (3.93%)	Senior Manager
10	44 (3.68%)	Infrastructure Manager
10	44 (3.68%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
11	42 (3.51%)	Senior Project Manager
12	38 (3.18%)	Project Officer
13	36 (3.01%)	Support Officer
14	33 (2.76%)	PMO Planner
14	33 (2.76%)	Programme Manager
15	32 (2.68%)	Project Support Officer
16	31 (2.59%)	Project Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	13 (1.09%)	Web Services
2	11 (0.92%)	.NET
3	9 (0.75%)	J2EE
4	6 (0.50%)	Middleware
5	5 (0.42%)	COM
5	5 (0.42%)	WebSphere MQ
6	4 (0.33%)	MDX
6	4 (0.33%)	XML
7	3 (0.25%)	HTML
8	2 (0.17%)	.NET Framework
8	2 (0.17%)	AngularJS
8	2 (0.17%)	ASP.NET
8	2 (0.17%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	2 (0.17%)	EDI
8	2 (0.17%)	Laravel
8	2 (0.17%)	Ninject
8	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Fusion
8	2 (0.17%)	SAML
8	2 (0.17%)	SOAP
8	2 (0.17%)	WCF

Miscellaneous
1	145 (12.12%)	Analytical Skills
2	102 (8.53%)	Management Information System
3	70 (5.85%)	PMI
4	41 (3.43%)	Data Centre
5	25 (2.09%)	Virtual Team
6	18 (1.51%)	User Experience
7	12 (1.00%)	Equities
7	12 (1.00%)	Public Cloud
8	10 (0.84%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	9 (0.75%)	Computer Science
10	7 (0.59%)	Cybercrime
10	7 (0.59%)	Derivative
10	7 (0.59%)	FMCG
10	7 (0.59%)	Video Conferencing
11	6 (0.50%)	Digital Media
11	6 (0.50%)	Digital Signage
11	6 (0.50%)	Enterprise Software
11	6 (0.50%)	Greenfield Project
11	6 (0.50%)	Smart Meter
11	6 (0.50%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	37 (3.09%)	Windows
2	17 (1.42%)	Unix
3	13 (1.09%)	Linux
4	8 (0.67%)	Windows 10
5	7 (0.59%)	AIX
5	7 (0.59%)	Solaris
6	5 (0.42%)	HPUX
6	5 (0.42%)	SUSE
6	5 (0.42%)	Windows 7
6	5 (0.42%)	Windows Server
7	4 (0.33%)	pSOS
8	3 (0.25%)	Android
8	3 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2003
9	2 (0.17%)	VMS
9	2 (0.17%)	Windows Server 2008
9	2 (0.17%)	Windows Server 2012
10	1 (0.084%)	Apple iOS
10	1 (0.084%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	1 (0.084%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	671 (56.10%)	Project Management
2	438 (36.62%)	PRINCE2
3	329 (27.51%)	Agile Software Development
4	226 (18.90%)	Stakeholder Management
5	208 (17.39%)	Project Planning
6	161 (13.46%)	Programme Management
7	138 (11.54%)	ITIL
8	126 (10.54%)	Change Management
9	109 (9.11%)	Change Control
10	108 (9.03%)	Risk Management
11	89 (7.44%)	Business Analysis
12	82 (6.86%)	Migration
13	79 (6.61%)	Waterfall
14	66 (5.52%)	Critical Path Analysis
15	63 (5.27%)	Project Governance
16	60 (5.02%)	Resource Management
17	59 (4.93%)	Scrum
18	55 (4.60%)	Dependency Management
18	55 (4.60%)	Matrix Organization
19	54 (4.52%)	Stakeholder Engagement

Programming Languages
1	33 (2.76%)	SQL
2	20 (1.67%)	C
3	15 (1.25%)	VBA
4	9 (0.75%)	Java
5	6 (0.50%)	C++
6	4 (0.33%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
6	4 (0.33%)	PowerShell
7	3 (0.25%)	Bash Shell
7	3 (0.25%)	C-shell
7	3 (0.25%)	Korn
7	3 (0.25%)	Perl
7	3 (0.25%)	PHP
7	3 (0.25%)	R
7	3 (0.25%)	Shell Script
7	3 (0.25%)	T-SQL
7	3 (0.25%)	VB
8	2 (0.17%)	C#
8	2 (0.17%)	JavaScript
8	2 (0.17%)	VBScript
9	1 (0.084%)	Pascal

Qualifications
1	253 (21.15%)	Security Cleared
2	220 (18.39%)	SC Cleared
3	122 (10.20%)	PMI Certification
4	118 (9.87%)	Degree
5	82 (6.86%)	PMP
6	55 (4.60%)	PRINCE2 Certification
7	48 (4.01%)	DV Cleared
8	44 (3.68%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
9	31 (2.59%)	APMP
10	15 (1.25%)	BPSS Clearance
11	11 (0.92%)	ISEB
12	8 (0.67%)	CTC Cleared
13	6 (0.50%)	Master's Degree
14	4 (0.33%)	CSQA
14	4 (0.33%)	MAPM
15	3 (0.25%)	BC Cleared
15	3 (0.25%)	CISSP
15	3 (0.25%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
15	3 (0.25%)	ITIL Certification
15	3 (0.25%)	Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	336 (28.09%)	PMO
2	68 (5.69%)	QA
3	17 (1.42%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	16 (1.34%)	P3O
5	15 (1.25%)	GDPR
6	9 (0.75%)	MiFID
6	9 (0.75%)	SLA
7	8 (0.67%)	ISO/IEC 27001
8	5 (0.42%)	PCI DSS
8	5 (0.42%)	PMBOK
9	4 (0.33%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10	3 (0.25%)	Data Quality
10	3 (0.25%)	Dodd-Frank
10	3 (0.25%)	EMIR
11	2 (0.17%)	GMP
11	2 (0.17%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
12	1 (0.084%)	BS25999
12	1 (0.084%)	COBIT
12	1 (0.084%)	COSO
12	1 (0.084%)	HMG Infosec

System Software
1	11 (0.92%)	Active Directory
2	10 (0.84%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	6 (0.50%)	Hyper-V
4	5 (0.42%)	KVM
4	5 (0.42%)	Oracle RAC
4	5 (0.42%)	Veritas Volume Manager
5	3 (0.25%)	Samba
6	2 (0.17%)	Virtual Machines
6	2 (0.17%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	14 (1.17%)	HP Quality Center
2	5 (0.42%)	OpenView
3	3 (0.25%)	MOM
3	3 (0.25%)	WSUS
4	2 (0.17%)	SCCM
5	1 (0.084%)	Backup Exec
5	1 (0.084%)	BladeLogic
5	1 (0.084%)	BMC PATROL
5	1 (0.084%)	Cisco IPCC
5	1 (0.084%)	IBM BigFix
5	1 (0.084%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	518 (43.31%)	Microsoft
2	61 (5.10%)	SAP
3	38 (3.18%)	Oracle
4	31 (2.59%)	Remedy
5	24 (2.01%)	HP
6	18 (1.51%)	IBM
7	14 (1.17%)	Salesforce.com
8	11 (0.92%)	Cisco
8	11 (0.92%)	IFS
9	10 (0.84%)	Ericsson
9	10 (0.84%)	VMware
10	8 (0.67%)	Adobe
10	8 (0.67%)	CA
10	8 (0.67%)	Google
11	7 (0.59%)	Atlassian
11	7 (0.59%)	Citrix
11	7 (0.59%)	Cognos
11	7 (0.59%)	OpenText
11	7 (0.59%)	Progress
11	7 (0.59%)	Sun