Microsoft Project Contracts

Microsoft Project
UK

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 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 291 247
Rank change year-on-year -39 -44 +68
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 257 519 1,018
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.91% 1.16%
As % of the Applications category 7.72% 12.26% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 355 693
10th Percentile £313 £304 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £687 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £450 £458
% change year-on-year +5.42% -1.64% +11.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 44
10th Percentile £26.66 £21.43 £20.75
25th Percentile £27.11 £32.98 £39.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £48.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +8.27% +128.21%
75th Percentile £43.75 £71.88 £49.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year -19.05% +147.06% +8.97%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,330 4,233 6,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.83% 7.41% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,681 2,755 4,312
10th Percentile £163 £188 £163
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.45% +7.81%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 626 262 431
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.26 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.11 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.19% +50.70% +16.72%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.50 £46.19
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -41.60% +41.03% +8.33%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in the UK

Microsoft Project
Top 17 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 6 months to 15 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
England -50 221 £507 +1.37% 211
UK excluding London -58 150 £474 +5.42% 184
London +15 86 £525 -4.55% 39
Work from Home +8 75 £455 -9.00% 65
South West +12 40 £550 +29.41% 25
North of England +12 34 £512 +36.59% 45
South East -24 33 £460 -9.81% 35
North West +21 21 £512 +60.07% 26
Scotland +11 18 £420 -1.18% 14
Midlands -4 16 £425 - 43
West Midlands -10 15 £450 +14.29% 33
Yorkshire +13 11 £500 +14.29% 14
East of England -9 8 £438 -23.91% 20
North East +8 2 £488 +26.62% 5
Wales +23 1 - - 6
East Midlands +8 1 £270 -43.16% 10
Northern Ireland - 1 £210 - 2

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (8.17%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.39%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 112 (43.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (33.85%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (22.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (15.56%) MS Visio
5 25 (9.73%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.78%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.78%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.78%) Lectora
7 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.56%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.78%) Primavera
3 2 (0.78%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (3.89%) Azure
2 10 (3.89%) Power Platform
3 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.33%) Collibra
4 4 (1.56%) Asana
4 4 (1.56%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.17%) OCI
6 2 (0.78%) Akamai
6 2 (0.78%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.78%) PaaS
6 2 (0.78%) SaaS
6 2 (0.78%) Slack
7 1 (0.39%) IaaS
7 1 (0.39%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.17%) 5G
1 3 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.78%) LAN
2 2 (0.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.78%) Skype
2 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.78%) VPN
2 2 (0.78%) WAN
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) IPsec
3 1 (0.39%) RTP
3 1 (0.39%) SAN
3 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.39%) SNMP
3 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.89%) Power BI
2 6 (2.33%) Metadata
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.78%) MS Access
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 64 (24.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
General
1 138 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 115 (44.75%) Finance
3 60 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (15.95%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (15.56%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.61%) Banking
6 17 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.89%) Marketing
9 9 (3.50%) Local Government
9 9 (3.50%) Retail
10 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.11%) Law
10 8 (3.11%) Police
11 7 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.72%) Legal
11 7 (2.72%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.56%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (33.85%) Project Manager
2 44 (17.12%) Lead
3 26 (10.12%) Analyst
4 25 (9.73%) Project Leader
5 10 (3.89%) SAP Manager
5 10 (3.89%) Security Manager
5 10 (3.89%) Security Project Manager
5 10 (3.89%) Technical Manager
6 9 (3.50%) IT Manager
6 9 (3.50%) Senior
6 9 (3.50%) Technical Project Manager
7 8 (3.11%) Coordinator
7 8 (3.11%) Programme Manager
7 8 (3.11%) Support Engineer
7 8 (3.11%) Workstream Lead
8 7 (2.72%) Business Analyst
8 7 (2.72%) Data Manager
8 7 (2.72%) IT Support
8 7 (2.72%) Project Coordinator
8 7 (2.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.56%) ADO
2 2 (0.78%) Flash
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.39%) EDI
3 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.11%) Derivative
2 8 (3.11%) PMI
3 7 (2.72%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.95%) iPhone
4 5 (1.95%) Life Science
5 4 (1.56%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.17%) NHS
6 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.78%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.78%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.78%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.78%) SCADA
7 2 (0.78%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.33%) Windows
2 5 (1.95%) Android
3 4 (1.56%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (59.53%) Project Management
2 104 (40.47%) Agile
2 104 (40.47%) PRINCE2
3 84 (32.68%) Project Delivery
4 74 (28.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (20.62%) Project Planning
7 34 (13.23%) Waterfall
8 33 (12.84%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (11.67%) Data Management
10 29 (11.28%) Change Management
11 26 (10.12%) Migration
11 26 (10.12%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 24 (9.34%) Commercial Awareness
12 24 (9.34%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 22 (8.56%) Change Control
14 21 (8.17%) Business Case
14 21 (8.17%) Programme Management
14 21 (8.17%) Risk Management
15 20 (7.78%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.33%) SQL
2 2 (0.78%) Java
2 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 82 (31.91%) Degree
2 75 (29.18%) Security Cleared
3 42 (16.34%) APMP
4 39 (15.18%) DV Cleared
4 39 (15.18%) SC Cleared
5 20 (7.78%) PMI Certification
5 20 (7.78%) PMP
6 15 (5.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (3.50%) ISEB
8 7 (2.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.56%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (1.17%) APMG
10 3 (1.17%) CCNA
10 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.17%) RIBA
11 2 (0.78%) CAPM
11 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (32.30%) PMO
2 7 (2.72%) QA
3 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.95%) GAMP
4 5 (1.95%) GxP
5 3 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.17%) GDPR
6 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.78%) P3O
7 1 (0.39%) COREP
7 1 (0.39%) FINREP
7 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.78%) SCCM
1 2 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 151 (58.75%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.84%) SAP
3 7 (2.72%) Cisco
4 6 (2.33%) NEC
4 6 (2.33%) Oracle
5 5 (1.95%) Apple
5 5 (1.95%) Mitel
5 5 (1.95%) Progress
5 5 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.56%) IFS
7 3 (1.17%) Cadence
8 2 (0.78%) Adobe
8 2 (0.78%) Arista
8 2 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.78%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.78%) BT
8 2 (0.78%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.78%) Citrix
8 2 (0.78%) Radianz
8 2 (0.78%) Reuters