Microsoft Project Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 301 333
Rank change year-on-year +47 +32 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 362 195 234
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.76% 0.62%
As % of the Applications category 13.94% 9.51% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 127 160
10th Percentile £350 £304 £330
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £634 £597 £625
90th Percentile £738 £710 £681
UK median daily rate £500 £497 £475
% change year-on-year +0.70% +4.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 12
10th Percentile £22.78 £27.75 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -10.34% +11.40%
75th Percentile £45.94 £35.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -7.69% -10.34% +11.40%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,596 2,050 3,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.51% 7.94% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,196 1,800
10th Percentile £203 £181 £161
25th Percentile £319 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +1.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £668 £643 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 173 487
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.30 £12.08
25th Percentile £15.53 £15.84 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +31.80% -41.20%
75th Percentile £29.58 £42.50 £42.64
90th Percentile £61.79 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.71% +35.63% -38.46%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft Project job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
London -7 118 £550 +2.80% 28
South East +49 92 £500 +5.26% 21
South West +26 61 £725 +126.56% 10
Midlands -44 46 £463 +2.78% 8
North of England -45 37 £448 +32.99% 15
West Midlands -47 26 £500 - 7
Yorkshire -36 21 £441 +47.08% 4
East Midlands -13 20 £358 -17.70% 1
North West -34 14 £418 +15.31% 11
East of England -26 10 £538 +13.16% 6
North East -11 2 £450 - 1
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 102 (28.18%) Confluence
2 40 (11.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.83%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 108 (29.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (24.59%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (12.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (5.80%) MS Visio
5 14 (3.87%) Trello
6 6 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 21 (5.80%) Primavera
2 9 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.21%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.47%) Power Platform
2 38 (10.50%) Azure
3 21 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.14%) AWS
6 14 (3.87%) Smartsheet
7 13 (3.59%) GCP
8 11 (3.04%) Asana
9 7 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.93%) SaaS
10 5 (1.38%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.83%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.83%) Miro
12 3 (0.83%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.55%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.55%) OCI
13 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.66%) WAN
2 4 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.83%) LAN
3 3 (0.83%) Softphone
3 3 (0.83%) VPN
4 2 (0.55%) NAS
4 2 (0.55%) SAN
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.92%) Power BI
2 8 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.38%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.10%) EDMS
4 4 (1.10%) Tableau
5 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.55%) Power Query
6 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.28%) QlikView
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 199 (54.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) Ant
2 1 (0.28%) JUnit
2 1 (0.28%) LSMW
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 192 (53.04%) Social Skills
2 165 (45.58%) Finance
3 115 (31.77%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.50%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (8.84%) Military
6 23 (6.35%) Banking
6 23 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.59%) Legal
8 12 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.31%) Retail
9 11 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.49%) Retail Banking
12 8 (2.21%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.10%) Billing
15 3 (0.83%) Local Government
15 3 (0.83%) Publishing
16 2 (0.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (33.43%) Project Manager
2 55 (15.19%) Analyst
3 32 (8.84%) Architect
4 30 (8.29%) Service Architect
5 26 (7.18%) PMO Analyst
5 26 (7.18%) Project Planner
6 24 (6.63%) Senior
7 22 (6.08%) Lead
8 17 (4.70%) Coordinator
9 16 (4.42%) SAP Manager
10 15 (4.14%) PMO Lead
10 15 (4.14%) Senior Manager
11 13 (3.59%) Planning Manager
11 13 (3.59%) Technical Manager
12 12 (3.31%) Engagement Manager
12 12 (3.31%) Project Coordinator
12 12 (3.31%) Project Officer
13 10 (2.76%) IT Manager
13 10 (2.76%) IT Project Manager
13 10 (2.76%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.66%) Middleware
3 5 (1.38%) ADO
4 3 (0.83%) SOAP
5 2 (0.55%) React
5 2 (0.55%) REST
5 2 (0.55%) Web Services
6 1 (0.28%) EDI
6 1 (0.28%) FHIR
6 1 (0.28%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.28%) Kafka
6 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.15%) Product Ownership
2 31 (8.56%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.52%) PMI
4 16 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.87%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.38%) Tandem
8 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.83%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.55%) EMV
9 2 (0.55%) Life Science
9 2 (0.55%) NHS
9 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.10%) Windows
2 2 (0.55%) Linux
2 2 (0.55%) Unix
3 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (54.42%) Project Management
2 192 (53.04%) Agile
3 130 (35.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (28.45%) PRINCE2
5 98 (27.07%) Project Delivery
6 84 (23.20%) Change Management
7 78 (21.55%) Waterfall
8 74 (20.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 66 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (16.02%) Decision-Making
12 55 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
13 54 (14.92%) Budget Management
13 54 (14.92%) Risk Management
14 52 (14.36%) Project Planning
15 50 (13.81%) Migration
16 43 (11.88%) Analytical Thinking
17 40 (11.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 39 (10.77%) Critical Thinking
18 39 (10.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.31%) SQL
2 5 (1.38%) Korn
3 3 (0.83%) Python
4 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.28%) Java
5 1 (0.28%) Perl
5 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 183 (50.55%) Degree
2 115 (31.77%) Security Cleared
3 97 (26.80%) SC Cleared
4 61 (16.85%) PMI Certification
5 58 (16.02%) PMP
6 30 (8.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 17 (4.70%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.76%) APMP
9 9 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.49%) MBA
10 8 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.21%) SAFe Agilist
11 7 (1.93%) CISSP
12 5 (1.38%) CISM
13 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.83%) MCSE
14 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.55%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (33.70%) PMO
2 32 (8.84%) QA
3 13 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.49%) P3O
5 8 (2.21%) Basel III
6 7 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.66%) GRC
8 5 (1.38%) NIST
9 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.55%) GDPR
10 2 (0.55%) PSD2
11 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.28%) HL7
11 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (8.29%) OPNET
2 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.83%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 115 (31.77%) Microsoft
2 57 (15.75%) ServiceNow
3 42 (11.60%) SAP
4 36 (9.94%) Atlassian
5 31 (8.56%) Oracle
6 30 (8.29%) Remedy
7 8 (2.21%) Planview
8 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.10%) Arista
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco
10 2 (0.55%) Ariba
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe
11 1 (0.28%) BT
11 1 (0.28%) Genesys
11 1 (0.28%) Google
11 1 (0.28%) IBM
11 1 (0.28%) Perforce
11 1 (0.28%) Siemens
11 1 (0.28%) TSYS
11 1 (0.28%) VMware