Microsoft Project Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Project
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 112 117
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 13 56 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.61% 2.08% 1.73%
As % of the Applications category 5.46% 22.31% 19.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 48 51
10th Percentile £145 £269 £225
25th Percentile £308 £304 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £438 £435
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +0.57% +39.20%
75th Percentile £446 £525 £480
90th Percentile £488 £550 £550
UK median daily rate £504 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +0.74% +2.56% +11.43%

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 238 251 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.10% 9.31% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 195 217
10th Percentile £156 £164 £153
25th Percentile £200 £250 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £431 £463 £450
90th Percentile £539 £538 £516
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £440
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.51 £15.28
25th Percentile £12.15 £16.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £15.75 £18.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -28.85% +48.57%
75th Percentile £19.75 £43.38 £40.75
90th Percentile £19.94 £63.00 £52.59
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £27.83 £21.50
% change year-on-year -41.68% +29.44% +21.13%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in Scotland

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Glasgow +2 6 £400 -8.57% 2
Edinburgh +6 5 £445 +6.84% 8
Aberdeen +1 1 - - 2
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) MS Visio
3 2 (15.38%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (15.38%) Camtasia
3 2 (15.38%) Lectora
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (15.38%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Learning Technologist
2 2 (15.38%) PMO Planner
2 2 (15.38%) Technologist
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) Project Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Flash
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) e-Learning
1 2 (15.38%) Learning Management System
1 2 (15.38%) Video Editing
2 1 (7.69%) iPhone
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Content Development
4 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 2 (15.38%) Pedagogy
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Web Development
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) People Management
5 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) APMG
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Mitel
3 1 (7.69%) Progress
3 1 (7.69%) SAP