Microsoft Project Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 71 97 92
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 26 14 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.93% 0.72% 1.97%
As % of the Applications category 20.31% 8.59% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 25
10th Percentile £215 £200 £211
25th Percentile £413 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.88% +6.25% -20.32%
75th Percentile £541 £581 £525
90th Percentile £592 £650 £558
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -7.50% -8.80% -1.44%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 128 163 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.52% 8.37% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 84 159
10th Percentile £200 £156 £162
25th Percentile £235 £205 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £329 £422
Median % change year-on-year +29.28% -22.10% +5.50%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £528
90th Percentile £598 £650 £540
England median daily rate £423 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 13
10th Percentile £12.25 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.38 £12.59 £14.36
Median hourly rate £18.74 £26.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +20.93% +39.88%
75th Percentile £33.91 £39.04 £25.88
90th Percentile - £58.75 £52.50
England median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +23 9 £500 +17.65% 7
Warwickshire +6 9 £425 -30.61% 3
Shropshire - 7 £541 - 3
Coventry +8 1 £400 -20.00% 2
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Trello
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (11.54%) Asana
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Storage
4 1 (3.85%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Law
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Engagement Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Coordinator
4 3 (11.54%) PMO Planner
4 3 (11.54%) Programme Planner
4 3 (11.54%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (7.69%) Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Project Implementation Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Project Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) ADO
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) Project Delivery
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 10 (38.46%) Project Planning
3 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 6 (23.08%) Budget Management
5 6 (23.08%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 6 (23.08%) Resource Management
6 5 (19.23%) Change Control
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
7 3 (11.54%) Project Governance
7 3 (11.54%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (11.54%) Workshop Facilitation
8 2 (7.69%) Business Case
8 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
8 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (7.69%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 4 (15.38%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (50.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) SAP
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Planview
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow