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 26 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 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	212	204	142
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-62
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project	556	688	913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.18%	1.30%	1.63%
As % of the Applications category	13.77%	14.33%	15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	364	461	599
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	£264
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£525	£532
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£330	£370
% change year-on-year	+13.63%	-10.81%
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	4038	4801	6008
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	8.59%	9.04%	10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	2314	2888	3399
Median daily rate	£365	£330	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+10.60%	-2.22%
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	310	426	575
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£16.97	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+3.12%	+9.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.50	£10.89	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£43.25	£36.00	£36.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.78	£16.50	£14.50
% change year-on-year	-4.39%	+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 26 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 26 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 26 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	0	531	£400	+12.51%	85
London	-29	215	£438	+6.44%	22
South East	+39	137	£350	+5.10%	21
South West	+35	64	£405	+17.81%	9
Berkshire	+27	49	£315	-23.17%	2
City of London	+6	41	£438	+12.90%	10
Hampshire	0	35	£350	+7.69%	6
Wiltshire	+33	32	£400	+9.58%	2
East of England	-9	27	£370	-1.33%	12
Yorkshire	+29	26	£320	+9.87%	4
West Midlands	-14	25	£323	-1.67%	2
West Yorkshire	+22	23	£320	+11.79%	2
West Sussex	+35	18	£390	+15.12%	2
Scotland	-2	18	£400	+23.07%	2
Surrey	+13	17	£260	-22.96%	1
North West	-6	17	£390	+13.45%	6
Leeds	+32	16	£320	-24.70%	1
Bristol	-4	14	£405	+27.55%	4
Corsham	-	14	£419	-
North East	+58	10	£384	+23.79%	4
Warwickshire	+8	10	£325	-10.95%
Maidenhead	+6	10	£310	-
Hertfordshire	-5	9	£350	-3.44%	1
East Midlands	-23	9	£375	+7.14%	3
Newcastle upon Tyne	+68	8	£384	+23.79%	2
Tyne and Wear	+63	8	£384	+23.79%	2
Winchester	+15	8	£413	+37.50%	3
Reading	+8	8	£350	-22.22%	1
Manchester	-5	8	£265	-24.28%	6
Edinburgh	-9	8	£400	+21.21%

Microsoft Project
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 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 (56.58%)	Project Management
2	515 (43.42%)	Microsoft
3	458 (38.62%)	Finance
4	435 (36.68%)	PRINCE2
5	386 (32.55%)	Microsoft Excel
6	337 (28.41%)	Microsoft Office
7	336 (28.33%)	PMO
8	330 (27.82%)	Agile Software Development
9	253 (21.33%)	MS Visio
10	251 (21.16%)	Security Cleared
11	234 (19.73%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
12	224 (18.89%)	Stakeholder Management
13	218 (18.38%)	SC Cleared
14	204 (17.20%)	Project Planning
15	190 (16.02%)	SharePoint

16	161 (13.58%)	Programme Management
17	144 (12.14%)	Analytical Skills
18	134 (11.30%)	ITIL
19	127 (10.71%)	Change Management
20	120 (10.12%)	PMI Certification
21	114 (9.61%)	Degree
22	108 (9.11%)	Risk Management
22	108 (9.11%)	Change Control
23	101 (8.52%)	Management Information System
24	90 (7.59%)	Telecoms
25	89 (7.50%)	Business Analysis
26	84 (7.08%)	Banking
27	80 (6.75%)	Migration
27	80 (6.75%)	PMP
28	79 (6.66%)	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	190 (16.02%)	SharePoint
2	58 (4.89%)	MS Project Server
3	33 (2.78%)	SharePoint Server
4	21 (1.77%)	Confluence
5	13 (1.10%)	Documentum
6	10 (0.84%)	CMS
7	7 (0.59%)	BizTalk Server
7	7 (0.59%)	WebSphere
8	5 (0.42%)	SharePoint 2013
9	4 (0.34%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	3 (0.25%)	SharePoint 2010
10	3 (0.25%)	Sitecore CMS
10	3 (0.25%)	Skype for Business
11	2 (0.17%)	Drupal
11	2 (0.17%)	IBM Notes
11	2 (0.17%)	IIS
11	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Workflow
11	2 (0.17%)	WebSphere Application Server
12	1 (0.084%)	Smallworld
12	1 (0.084%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	386 (32.55%)	Microsoft Excel
2	337 (28.41%)	Microsoft Office
3	253 (21.33%)	MS Visio
4	234 (19.73%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	12 (1.01%)	Spreadsheet
6	8 (0.67%)	AutoCAD
7	1 (0.084%)	Maya
7	1 (0.084%)	Open Workbench

Business Applications
1	33 (2.78%)	Primavera
2	28 (2.36%)	Dynamics CRM
3	16 (1.35%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	10 (0.84%)	Maximo
4	10 (0.84%)	Oracle EBS
5	9 (0.76%)	CA PPM
6	8 (0.67%)	SAP ERP
7	7 (0.59%)	Dynamics AX
8	3 (0.25%)	Dynamics NAV
8	3 (0.25%)	thinkFolio
9	2 (0.17%)	iTrent
9	2 (0.17%)	SAP S/4HANA
9	2 (0.17%)	Unit4 Business World
9	2 (0.17%)	WebTrends
9	2 (0.17%)	Workfront
10	1 (0.084%)	Bloomberg AIM
10	1 (0.084%)	Oracle CRM
10	1 (0.084%)	SAP MM
10	1 (0.084%)	SAP QM
10	1 (0.084%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	49 (4.13%)	Office 365
2	13 (1.10%)	Microsoft Azure
3	7 (0.59%)	SaaS
4	6 (0.51%)	Amazon AWS
4	6 (0.51%)	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 (1.77%)	Wi-Fi
2	10 (0.84%)	LTE
2	10 (0.84%)	VoLTE
3	8 (0.67%)	Firewall
4	6 (0.51%)	Intranet
5	5 (0.42%)	WAN
6	4 (0.34%)	Internet
6	4 (0.34%)	LAN
6	4 (0.34%)	MGW
6	4 (0.34%)	SAN
6	4 (0.34%)	Unified Communications
7	3 (0.25%)	SSL
8	2 (0.17%)	Remote Desktop
8	2 (0.17%)	Skype
8	2 (0.17%)	VoIP
8	2 (0.17%)	WLAN
9	1 (0.084%)	FCoE
9	1 (0.084%)	iSCSI
9	1 (0.084%)	NAS
9	1 (0.084%)	WebEx

Database & Business Intelligence
1	20 (1.69%)	Data Warehouse
2	15 (1.26%)	BusinessObjects
3	13 (1.10%)	Oracle Reports
4	12 (1.01%)	SQL Server
5	11 (0.93%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	9 (0.76%)	Power BI
6	9 (0.76%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	8 (0.67%)	SAP Data Services
7	8 (0.67%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	6 (0.51%)	QlikView
8	6 (0.51%)	SQL Server 2008
9	5 (0.42%)	DB2
10	4 (0.34%)	MS Access
11	3 (0.25%)	Big Data
11	3 (0.25%)	Blockchain
11	3 (0.25%)	SQL Server 2012
12	2 (0.17%)	SAP HANA
13	1 (0.084%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
13	1 (0.084%)	MongoDB
13	1 (0.084%)	Pentaho

Development Applications
1	45 (3.79%)	JIRA
2	8 (0.67%)	Team Foundation Server
3	4 (0.34%)	Appcelerator Titanium
3	4 (0.34%)	HP UFT
4	3 (0.25%)	Rational DOORS
5	2 (0.17%)	NUnit
5	2 (0.17%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.084%)	JIRA Agile
6	1 (0.084%)	LSMW
6	1 (0.084%)	Talend Open Studio
6	1 (0.084%)	VersionOne

General
1	458 (38.62%)	Finance
2	90 (7.59%)	Telecoms
3	84 (7.08%)	Banking
4	48 (4.05%)	Legal
5	47 (3.96%)	Retail
6	39 (3.29%)	Marketing
7	34 (2.87%)	Manufacturing
8	25 (2.11%)	Investment Banking
9	22 (1.85%)	Law
10	17 (1.43%)	Electronics
11	15 (1.26%)	Back Office
12	12 (1.01%)	Front Office
13	11 (0.93%)	Pharmaceutical
14	10 (0.84%)	Advertising
15	8 (0.67%)	Automotive
16	6 (0.51%)	Financial Institution
17	5 (0.42%)	Aerospace
17	5 (0.42%)	Retail Banking
18	4 (0.34%)	Billing
18	4 (0.34%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	425 (35.83%)	Project Manager
2	193 (16.27%)	Analyst
3	96 (8.09%)	Project Planner
4	89 (7.50%)	Business Analyst
5	71 (5.99%)	PMO Analyst
6	58 (4.89%)	Coordinator
7	56 (4.72%)	IT Manager
8	50 (4.22%)	IT Project Manager
8	50 (4.22%)	Programme Planner
9	47 (3.96%)	Project Coordinator
10	45 (3.79%)	Senior Manager
11	43 (3.63%)	Infrastructure Manager
11	43 (3.63%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
12	40 (3.37%)	Senior Project Manager
13	38 (3.20%)	Project Officer
14	36 (3.04%)	Support Officer
15	33 (2.78%)	PMO Planner
16	32 (2.70%)	Programme Manager
16	32 (2.70%)	Project Support Officer
17	31 (2.61%)	Project Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	14 (1.18%)	Web Services
2	11 (0.93%)	.NET
3	6 (0.51%)	J2EE
3	6 (0.51%)	Middleware
4	5 (0.42%)	COM
4	5 (0.42%)	WebSphere MQ
4	5 (0.42%)	XML
5	4 (0.34%)	HTML
5	4 (0.34%)	MDX
6	3 (0.25%)	.NET Framework
6	3 (0.25%)	AngularJS
6	3 (0.25%)	ASP.NET
6	3 (0.25%)	ASP.NET Web API
6	3 (0.25%)	Entity Framework
6	3 (0.25%)	KnockoutJS
6	3 (0.25%)	Ninject
6	3 (0.25%)	REST
6	3 (0.25%)	WCF
7	2 (0.17%)	Node.js
7	2 (0.17%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	144 (12.14%)	Analytical Skills
2	101 (8.52%)	Management Information System
3	70 (5.90%)	PMI
4	38 (3.20%)	Data Centre
5	25 (2.11%)	Virtual Team
6	18 (1.52%)	User Experience
7	12 (1.01%)	Equities
7	12 (1.01%)	Public Cloud
8	10 (0.84%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	9 (0.76%)	Computer Science
10	8 (0.67%)	Video Conferencing
11	7 (0.59%)	Cybercrime
11	7 (0.59%)	Derivative
11	7 (0.59%)	Digital Signage
11	7 (0.59%)	FMCG
12	6 (0.51%)	Digital Media
12	6 (0.51%)	Enterprise Software
12	6 (0.51%)	Greenfield Project
12	6 (0.51%)	Smart Meter
12	6 (0.51%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	34 (2.87%)	Windows
2	12 (1.01%)	Unix
3	8 (0.67%)	Linux
3	8 (0.67%)	Windows 10
4	5 (0.42%)	pSOS
4	5 (0.42%)	Windows 7
4	5 (0.42%)	Windows Server
5	3 (0.25%)	AIX
5	3 (0.25%)	Solaris
5	3 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2003
6	2 (0.17%)	Android
6	2 (0.17%)	VMS
6	2 (0.17%)	Windows Server 2008
6	2 (0.17%)	Windows Server 2012
7	1 (0.084%)	HPUX
7	1 (0.084%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	1 (0.084%)	SUSE
7	1 (0.084%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	671 (56.58%)	Project Management
2	435 (36.68%)	PRINCE2
3	330 (27.82%)	Agile Software Development
4	224 (18.89%)	Stakeholder Management
5	204 (17.20%)	Project Planning
6	161 (13.58%)	Programme Management
7	134 (11.30%)	ITIL
8	127 (10.71%)	Change Management
9	108 (9.11%)	Change Control
9	108 (9.11%)	Risk Management
10	89 (7.50%)	Business Analysis
11	80 (6.75%)	Migration
12	79 (6.66%)	Waterfall
13	63 (5.31%)	Critical Path Analysis
14	62 (5.23%)	Project Governance
15	59 (4.97%)	Resource Management
15	59 (4.97%)	Scrum
16	55 (4.64%)	Dependency Management
16	55 (4.64%)	Matrix Organization
17	52 (4.38%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	33 (2.78%)	SQL
2	20 (1.69%)	C
3	15 (1.26%)	VBA
4	9 (0.76%)	Java
5	6 (0.51%)	C++
6	4 (0.34%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
6	4 (0.34%)	PowerShell
7	3 (0.25%)	C#
7	3 (0.25%)	JavaScript
7	3 (0.25%)	R
7	3 (0.25%)	T-SQL
7	3 (0.25%)	VB
8	2 (0.17%)	PHP
8	2 (0.17%)	VBScript
9	1 (0.084%)	Bash Shell
9	1 (0.084%)	C-shell
9	1 (0.084%)	Korn
9	1 (0.084%)	Pascal
9	1 (0.084%)	Perl
9	1 (0.084%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	251 (21.16%)	Security Cleared
2	218 (18.38%)	SC Cleared
3	120 (10.12%)	PMI Certification
4	114 (9.61%)	Degree
5	80 (6.75%)	PMP
6	53 (4.47%)	PRINCE2 Certification
7	48 (4.05%)	DV Cleared
8	44 (3.71%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
9	31 (2.61%)	APMP
10	15 (1.26%)	BPSS Clearance
11	11 (0.93%)	ISEB
12	8 (0.67%)	CTC Cleared
13	6 (0.51%)	Master's Degree
14	4 (0.34%)	CSQA
14	4 (0.34%)	ITIL Certification
14	4 (0.34%)	MAPM
15	3 (0.25%)	CISSP
15	3 (0.25%)	ISTQB
15	3 (0.25%)	MCP
15	3 (0.25%)	Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	336 (28.33%)	PMO
2	66 (5.56%)	QA
3	18 (1.52%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	16 (1.35%)	P3O
5	14 (1.18%)	GDPR
6	9 (0.76%)	MiFID
6	9 (0.76%)	SLA
7	7 (0.59%)	ISO/IEC 27001
8	5 (0.42%)	PMBOK
9	4 (0.34%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9	4 (0.34%)	PCI DSS
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%)	ISO 22301
12	1 (0.084%)	SEPA

System Software
1	11 (0.93%)	Active Directory
2	6 (0.51%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (0.17%)	Hyper-V
3	2 (0.17%)	Virtual Machines
3	2 (0.17%)	VMware ESXi
4	1 (0.084%)	KVM
4	1 (0.084%)	Oracle RAC
4	1 (0.084%)	Samba
4	1 (0.084%)	Veritas Volume Manager

Systems Management
1	14 (1.18%)	HP Quality Center
2	3 (0.25%)	MOM
2	3 (0.25%)	WSUS
3	2 (0.17%)	SCCM
4	1 (0.084%)	Backup Exec
4	1 (0.084%)	BladeLogic
4	1 (0.084%)	Cisco IPCC
4	1 (0.084%)	IBM BigFix
4	1 (0.084%)	OpenView

Vendors
1	515 (43.42%)	Microsoft
2	61 (5.14%)	SAP
3	34 (2.87%)	Oracle
4	31 (2.61%)	Remedy
5	20 (1.69%)	HP
6	18 (1.52%)	IBM
7	13 (1.10%)	Salesforce.com
8	11 (0.93%)	IFS
9	10 (0.84%)	Ericsson
10	8 (0.67%)	Adobe
10	8 (0.67%)	CA
10	8 (0.67%)	Google
11	7 (0.59%)	Atlassian
11	7 (0.59%)	Cisco
11	7 (0.59%)	Citrix
11	7 (0.59%)	OpenText
11	7 (0.59%)	Progress
12	6 (0.51%)	iManage
12	6 (0.51%)	ServiceNow
12	6 (0.51%)	VMware