Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 100 87 102
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 +29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 37 22 12
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.64% 1.32% 0.66%
As % of the Applications category 17.62% 14.86% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 10
10th Percentile £419 £197 £266
25th Percentile £482 £411 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £609 £561 £573
90th Percentile £627 £600 £610
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
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
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 210 148 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.29% 8.85% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 109 102
10th Percentile £196 £164 £159
25th Percentile £277 £300 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £533
90th Percentile £600 £595 £586
England median daily rate £447 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +8.36% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 9
10th Percentile £16.84 £21.00 £13.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £30.75 £17.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £47.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% +75.93% +63.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £34.50
90th Percentile - - £38.75
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 West Midlands

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the West Midlands

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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 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
Birmingham 0 12 £540 +13.68% 1
Warwickshire -6 10 £550 +4.76% 4
Shropshire - 8 £496 -
Coventry -13 6 £613 - 2
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Project
England

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (5.41%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.81%) Trello
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Primavera
2 1 (2.70%) CA PPM
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) AWS
2 7 (18.92%) GCP
3 3 (8.11%) Smartsheet
4 2 (5.41%) Asana
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.70%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.70%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 15 (40.54%) Finance
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Marketing
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.70%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Project Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Engagement Manager
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Manager
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Implementation Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Administrator
6 3 (8.11%) Implementation Project Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Integration Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Junior
6 3 (8.11%) PMO Planner
6 3 (8.11%) Scrum Master
7 2 (5.41%) Business Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Integration Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Oracle Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Middleware
2 2 (5.41%) REST
2 2 (5.41%) SOAP
2 2 (5.41%) Web Services
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.81%) SCADA
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (8.11%) Educational Technology
3 3 (8.11%) Learning Management System
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.70%) PMI
5 1 (2.70%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Agile
2 20 (54.05%) Project Management
3 19 (51.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (32.43%) Change Management
4 12 (32.43%) Waterfall
5 11 (29.73%) PRINCE2
5 11 (29.73%) Project Planning
6 10 (27.03%) Budget Management
6 10 (27.03%) Migration
6 10 (27.03%) Resource Allocation
7 9 (24.32%) Data Management
7 9 (24.32%) DevOps
8 8 (21.62%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (21.62%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (18.92%) CI/CD
9 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
9 7 (18.92%) Performance Management
9 7 (18.92%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) Degree
2 9 (24.32%) PMI Certification
2 9 (24.32%) PMP
3 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) HNC
5 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 6 (16.22%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) Firmware
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) SAP
3 8 (21.62%) ServiceNow
4 4 (10.81%) Oracle
5 3 (8.11%) Progress
6 1 (2.70%) NEC
6 1 (2.70%) Planview
6 1 (2.70%) Sitecore