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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 297 330
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 -58
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 311 197 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.80% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 13.00% 9.11% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 137 123
10th Percentile £346 £313 £327
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £607
90th Percentile £709 £643 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 15
10th Percentile £26.10 £31.13 £26.41
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £26.96
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £39.04 - £43.75
90th Percentile £57.88 £48.15 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%

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 2,393 2,162 2,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.59% 8.75% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 1,251 1,430
10th Percentile £230 £194 £167
25th Percentile £335 £263 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -7.78%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 267 594
10th Percentile £13.43 £14.26 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £25.15 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +54.96% -39.89%
75th Percentile £34.46 £44.50 £34.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £65.04 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.83 £16.23
% change year-on-year -8.86% +52.99% -40.98%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -51 118 £569 +8.33% 22
South East -6 75 £502 +2.35% 23
Midlands -54 42 £446 -8.70% 9
North of England -55 38 £450 +0.67% 14
West Midlands -61 28 £463 -9.76% 5
South West -21 22 £410 -0.61% 10
North West -30 19 £473 +5.11% 6
Yorkshire -49 16 £430 +4.24% 6
East Midlands -17 14 £393 -12.67% 4
East of England -27 9 £600 +41.18% 6
North East -32 3 £450 +36.36% 2
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 58 (18.65%) Confluence
2 40 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 101 (32.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (15.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 38 (12.22%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (3.54%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.57%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.61%) Trello
7 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (7.07%) Primavera
2 15 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.89%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.93%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.61%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.64%) BASE24
7 2 (0.64%) Maximo
7 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.32%) Actimize
8 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.32%) Endur
8 1 (0.32%) Findur
8 1 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (20.58%) Power Platform
2 59 (18.97%) Azure
3 45 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (6.11%) Smartsheet
6 12 (3.86%) AWS
7 8 (2.57%) Asana
7 8 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.61%) GCP
8 5 (1.61%) SaaS
9 4 (1.29%) Google Ads
10 3 (0.96%) GitHub
10 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.96%) OCI
11 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.64%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.64%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.32%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.57%) WAN
2 6 (1.93%) NAS
2 6 (1.93%) SAN
3 5 (1.61%) Firewall
3 5 (1.61%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.64%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) DHCP
5 1 (0.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) FTP
5 1 (0.32%) Internet
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (20.58%) Power BI
2 4 (1.29%) Power Query
3 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.96%) Tableau
4 2 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.64%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.64%) QlikView
4 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.32%) DataStage
5 1 (0.32%) EDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 153 (49.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 145 (46.62%) Finance
2 120 (38.59%) Social Skills
3 71 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (12.54%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 24 (7.72%) Banking
7 16 (5.14%) Retail
8 15 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.50%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.57%) Legal
11 6 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.93%) Corporate Banking
11 6 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.93%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Electronics
13 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.96%) Law
13 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (36.98%) Project Manager
2 57 (18.33%) Analyst
3 36 (11.58%) Senior
4 32 (10.29%) PMO Analyst
5 20 (6.43%) Project Planner
5 20 (6.43%) Senior Manager
6 19 (6.11%) Lead
7 15 (4.82%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.50%) Project Officer
9 13 (4.18%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (4.18%) SAP Manager
9 13 (4.18%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.86%) Coordinator
10 12 (3.86%) PMO Manager
10 12 (3.86%) Programme Manager
10 12 (3.86%) Project Coordinator
10 12 (3.86%) Transformation Analyst
11 11 (3.54%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 10 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.22%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.25%) ADO
2 4 (1.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) FHIR
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.43%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.82%) PMI
3 14 (4.50%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.54%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.54%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.93%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.61%) Tandem
9 4 (1.29%) FMCG
9 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.96%) Life Science
10 3 (0.96%) Replication
11 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.64%) EMV
11 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.64%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.32%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.25%) Windows
2 4 (1.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (53.05%) Project Management
2 151 (48.55%) Agile
3 135 (43.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 96 (30.87%) Project Delivery
5 94 (30.23%) PRINCE2
6 85 (27.33%) Waterfall
7 63 (20.26%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 56 (18.01%) Decision-Making
10 54 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (17.04%) Migration
12 52 (16.72%) DevOps
13 49 (15.76%) Change Management
14 44 (14.15%) Budget Management
15 38 (12.22%) Risk Management
16 35 (11.25%) Change Control
17 31 (9.97%) Programme Management
17 31 (9.97%) Project Planning
18 30 (9.65%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.61%) SQL
2 4 (1.29%) VBA
3 3 (0.96%) Python
4 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (39.55%) Degree
2 75 (24.12%) Security Cleared
3 58 (18.65%) SC Cleared
4 57 (18.33%) PMI Certification
5 52 (16.72%) PMP
6 20 (6.43%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.93%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.93%) MBA
10 5 (1.61%) CISSP
10 5 (1.61%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (1.29%) RIBA
12 3 (0.96%) APMP
12 3 (0.96%) CISA
12 3 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.64%) CAPM
13 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.64%) PgMP
14 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (38.91%) PMO
2 26 (8.36%) QA
3 19 (6.11%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.57%) P3O
5 7 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.61%) Basel III
7 4 (1.29%) GDPR
7 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
9 2 (0.64%) GRC
9 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.64%) PSD2
9 2 (0.64%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.32%) HL7
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.32%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 114 (36.66%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.86%) SAP
3 24 (7.72%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.86%) Oracle
5 7 (2.25%) Planview
6 5 (1.61%) Adobe
6 5 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.29%) Wrike
8 3 (0.96%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.96%) NEC
8 3 (0.96%) Xactly
9 2 (0.64%) Google
9 2 (0.64%) IFS
9 2 (0.64%) Sage
9 2 (0.64%) VMware
10 1 (0.32%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.32%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.32%) Snow
10 1 (0.32%) Workday