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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 332 291
Rank change year-on-year +49 -41 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 280 190 310
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.62% 0.78%
As % of the Applications category 11.07% 9.04% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 122 227
10th Percentile £363 £321 £280
25th Percentile £445 £421 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £575
90th Percentile £726 £725 £660
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 6
10th Percentile £23.78 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile - £26.25 £31.50
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £39.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -18.61% -6.09%
75th Percentile £44.88 £36.88 £52.22
90th Percentile £72.45 £40.00 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £34.22 £32.50 £39.93
% change year-on-year +5.28% -18.61% -25.71%

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 2,529 2,101 3,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.45% 6.81% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 1,230 2,049
10th Percentile £192 £173 £170
25th Percentile £297 £258 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £404 £405
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -0.25% -10.00%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 211 257
10th Percentile £12.96 £15.10 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -16.63% +4.37%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.13 £46.00
90th Percentile £53.10 £60.75 £51.90
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £22.09 £25.00
% change year-on-year +2.44% -11.64% +4.17%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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 +26 114 £598 +13.81% 78
Midlands +1 50 £540 +10.77% 20
South East +26 43 £500 +3.90% 38
West Midlands -3 42 £540 +2.86% 9
North of England -20 36 £463 +27.59% 25
South West +13 28 £600 +54.84% 26
Yorkshire -7 27 £463 -2.63% 5
East of England -20 9 £404 -21.22% 19
North West -22 9 £466 +37.13% 15
East Midlands -6 8 £525 +23.53% 11
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 55 (19.64%) Confluence
2 40 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.07%) CMS
3 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.36%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 75 (26.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (13.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (10.71%) MS Visio
5 16 (5.71%) Trello
6 3 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) Notion
Business Applications
1 21 (7.50%) Primavera
2 10 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.79%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.43%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.43%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.71%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.36%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.36%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.21%) Power Platform
2 27 (9.64%) Azure
3 20 (7.14%) Smartsheet
4 16 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.93%) SaaS
6 10 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.21%) Asana
7 9 (3.21%) AWS
8 7 (2.50%) GCP
9 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.43%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.07%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.71%) Contentstack
12 2 (0.71%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.71%) Miro
12 2 (0.71%) OCI
12 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) Firewall
2 4 (1.43%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.43%) VPN
3 3 (1.07%) LAN
3 3 (1.07%) Softphone
3 3 (1.07%) WAN
4 2 (0.71%) DNS
4 2 (0.71%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) Broadband
5 1 (0.36%) Internet
5 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.79%) Power BI
2 7 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.43%) EDMS
3 4 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.43%) Tableau
4 3 (1.07%) Power Query
5 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) DTS
6 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 113 (40.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 140 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 121 (43.21%) Finance
3 46 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.21%) Banking
4 23 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.71%) Legal
6 16 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.86%) Marketing
11 6 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.79%) Front Office
12 5 (1.79%) Law
13 4 (1.43%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.43%) Billing
14 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 114 (40.71%) Project Manager
2 36 (12.86%) Analyst
3 27 (9.64%) Senior
4 26 (9.29%) Lead
5 20 (7.14%) Project Planner
6 16 (5.71%) Senior Manager
7 14 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 13 (4.64%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.29%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (4.29%) Project Analyst
10 11 (3.93%) PMO Analyst
10 11 (3.93%) Programme Manager
10 11 (3.93%) Senior Project Manager
11 10 (3.57%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.57%) Business Project Manager
11 10 (3.57%) Technical Manager
12 8 (2.86%) Coordinator
12 8 (2.86%) Engagement Manager
12 8 (2.86%) Project Officer
13 7 (2.50%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.07%) ADO
1 3 (1.07%) Middleware
1 3 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (1.07%) REST
1 3 (1.07%) SOAP
2 2 (0.71%) React
2 2 (0.71%) Web Services
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.36%) EDI
3 1 (0.36%) FHIR
3 1 (0.36%) XML
3 1 (0.36%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.79%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.36%) PMI
4 14 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.93%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.21%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.14%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.43%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.43%) SCADA
10 3 (1.07%) Derivative
10 3 (1.07%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.07%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.07%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.71%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.71%) Life Science
11 2 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.71%) Unix
1 2 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.36%) Linux
2 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (50.71%) Project Management
2 116 (41.43%) Agile
3 96 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (31.79%) PRINCE2
5 78 (27.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 69 (24.64%) Project Delivery
7 65 (23.21%) Change Management
8 57 (20.36%) Waterfall
9 45 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (13.57%) Migration
11 37 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (13.21%) Decision-Making
12 35 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (11.43%) Risk Management
14 31 (11.07%) Project Planning
15 29 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
15 29 (10.36%) Programme Management
15 29 (10.36%) Project Governance
16 27 (9.64%) Budget Management
16 27 (9.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.50%) SQL
2 4 (1.43%) Korn
3 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 128 (45.71%) Degree
2 60 (21.43%) PMI Certification
3 59 (21.07%) Security Cleared
4 54 (19.29%) PMP
5 42 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.29%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.14%) APMP
8 5 (1.79%) CISM
8 5 (1.79%) CISSP
8 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.43%) HNC
9 4 (1.43%) ISEB
9 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.07%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.07%) MCP
10 3 (1.07%) MCSE
10 3 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.71%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (24.64%) PMO
2 19 (6.79%) QA
3 13 (4.64%) P3O
4 7 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.50%) NIST
5 5 (1.79%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.43%) SLA
7 3 (1.07%) GDPR
7 3 (1.07%) GRC
8 2 (0.71%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) Basel III
9 1 (0.36%) DO-254
9 1 (0.36%) GMP
9 1 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.71%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.36%) OPNET
3 1 (0.36%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 106 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.57%) SAP
3 22 (7.86%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.71%) Oracle
5 10 (3.57%) Planview
6 8 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.50%) Workday
8 4 (1.43%) Arista
8 4 (1.43%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.43%) Cisco
8 4 (1.43%) Google
8 4 (1.43%) Progress
9 2 (0.71%) Adobe
9 2 (0.71%) Databricks
9 2 (0.71%) HP
9 2 (0.71%) IFS
9 2 (0.71%) Siemens
9 2 (0.71%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.36%) Terracotta