Microsoft Project Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Project
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 87 60
Rank change year-on-year -28 -27 +42
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 15 59 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.57% 2.06% 3.31%
As % of the Applications category 5.58% 21.22% 25.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 41 67
10th Percentile £363 £313 £325
25th Percentile £419 £363 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £510 £460
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +10.87% +9.79%
75th Percentile £529 £600 £530
90th Percentile £588 £650 £588
South East median daily rate £487 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +7.06% -4.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.51
South East median hourly rate - £23.54 £14.51
% change year-on-year - +62.20% -60.14%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 269 278 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.20% 9.71% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 164 271
10th Percentile £134 £185 £143
25th Percentile £200 £300 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +2.56% -2.12%
75th Percentile £449 £538 £500
90th Percentile £549 £646 £560
South East median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 26
10th Percentile £11.79 £13.70 £10.19
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £22.58 £23.00 £11.07
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +107.86% -48.53%
75th Percentile £43.75 £29.77 £13.39
90th Percentile £56.39 £32.30 £38.38
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £19.51
% change year-on-year -30.00% +28.14% -9.26%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Berkshire -30 8 £575 +43.75% 10
Buckinghamshire +9 7 £425 -16.67% 4
Microsoft Project
South East

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Construction Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
3 2 (13.33%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) PMO Lead
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Project Management
2 10 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (33.33%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) Logistics
5 3 (20.00%) Gantt Chart
5 3 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
6 2 (13.33%) Cost Accounting
6 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (13.33%) DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) Kanban
6 2 (13.33%) Lean Software Development
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
7 1 (6.67%) Change Management
7 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) APMP
2 5 (33.33%) ISEB
2 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (13.33%) PMP
5 2 (13.33%) RIBA
5 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) PMO
2 3 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) NEC
3 1 (6.67%) SAP