Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in East London

Microsoft Project
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 5 1 14
As % of all contract jobs in East London 5.15% 0.97% 5.58%
As % of the Applications category 55.56% 6.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 14
10th Percentile £472 - -
25th Percentile - £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -31.72% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £738 -
90th Percentile £568 - -
London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +2.44%

All Software Application Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9 15 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 9.28% 14.56% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 26
10th Percentile £183 £171 £400
25th Percentile £190 £227 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -38.46% +62.50%
75th Percentile - £638 -
90th Percentile £548 - £775
London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.45
25th Percentile - - £14.85
Median hourly rate - - £15.52
75th Percentile - - £16.18
90th Percentile - - £16.58
London median hourly rate £25.15 £25.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -0.40% +5.21% +6.05%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in East London

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets - 3 £495 - 1
Docklands, London 0 1 £575 -20.69%
Microsoft Project
London

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) PMO Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Procurement Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Ariba
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce