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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 281 339
Rank change year-on-year +24 +58 -51
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 379 207 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.85% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 14.86% 9.92% 7.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 139 127
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £415 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £575 £638
90th Percentile £738 £636 £680
UK median daily rate £510 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +7.37% -1.30% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 12
10th Percentile £22.78 - £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -7.50% -8.80%
75th Percentile £34.69 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £38.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -24.68% -3.75% -8.80%

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 2,550 2,086 2,969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.37% 8.52% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,232 1,496
10th Percentile £238 £188 £160
25th Percentile £340 £258 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £397
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +7.12% -7.73%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £650 £656
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 230 588
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.20 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.62 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% +39.43% -52.59%
75th Percentile £32.19 £44.88 £38.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £23.59 £17.80
% change year-on-year -13.73% +32.53% -50.56%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -24 138 £553 +5.29% 21
South East +5 89 £500 -1.23% 19
South West +17 60 £725 +132.00% 9
North of England -51 41 £435 -3.01% 12
Midlands -60 38 £425 -2.86% 19
West Midlands -64 23 £485 -3.00% 12
North West -33 21 £418 -6.80% 7
Yorkshire -55 17 £425 +41.67% 4
East Midlands -32 15 £356 -16.24% 7
East of England -32 9 £600 +33.33% 2
North East -18 3 £450 - 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 98 (25.86%) Confluence
2 38 (10.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 115 (30.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (21.11%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (13.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.43%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.64%) Trello
6 8 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (6.33%) Primavera
2 14 (3.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (3.17%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.06%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.79%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Actimize
7 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 56 (14.78%) Azure
1 56 (14.78%) Power Platform
2 39 (10.29%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.75%) Smartsheet
5 14 (3.69%) AWS
6 13 (3.43%) Asana
7 8 (2.11%) GCP
8 7 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.58%) SaaS
10 5 (1.32%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.79%) GitHub
12 3 (0.79%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.79%) OCI
13 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.53%) Miro
13 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.26%) Lucidchart
14 1 (0.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.85%) WAN
2 6 (1.58%) NAS
2 6 (1.58%) SAN
3 4 (1.06%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.79%) Firewall
5 2 (0.53%) Softphone
5 2 (0.53%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) FTP
6 1 (0.26%) HTTP
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.78%) Power BI
2 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.06%) Tableau
3 3 (0.79%) Power Query
4 2 (0.53%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.53%) QlikView
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.26%) EDMS
5 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 224 (59.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Ant
2 1 (0.26%) JUnit
2 1 (0.26%) LSMW
2 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 180 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 163 (43.01%) Finance
3 116 (30.61%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.61%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (8.18%) Military
6 30 (7.92%) Banking
7 28 (7.39%) Public Sector
8 19 (5.01%) Retail
9 16 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.90%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.64%) Legal
12 9 (2.37%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (2.37%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.06%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.06%) Law
15 4 (1.06%) Publishing
16 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (32.45%) Project Manager
2 57 (15.04%) Analyst
3 39 (10.29%) Senior
4 31 (8.18%) Architect
5 30 (7.92%) PMO Analyst
5 30 (7.92%) Service Architect
6 26 (6.86%) Project Planner
7 23 (6.07%) Lead
7 23 (6.07%) Senior Manager
8 17 (4.49%) Programme Manager
9 16 (4.22%) Coordinator
9 16 (4.22%) Project Officer
10 15 (3.96%) Project Coordinator
10 15 (3.96%) SAP Manager
10 15 (3.96%) Technical Manager
10 15 (3.96%) Transformation Analyst
11 13 (3.43%) PMO Manager
11 13 (3.43%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 13 (3.43%) Senior Project Manager
12 12 (3.17%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.11%) Middleware
3 6 (1.58%) ADO
4 1 (0.26%) FHIR
4 1 (0.26%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.26%) Kafka
4 1 (0.26%) SOAP
4 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.61%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.28%) PMI
4 14 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.85%) Tandem
7 6 (1.58%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.32%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.06%) FMCG
9 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.79%) Life Science
10 3 (0.79%) Replication
11 2 (0.53%) EMV
11 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.37%) Windows
2 5 (1.32%) Linux
3 2 (0.53%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (56.20%) Agile
2 202 (53.30%) Project Management
3 141 (37.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (28.76%) Project Delivery
5 108 (28.50%) PRINCE2
6 88 (23.22%) Waterfall
7 77 (20.32%) Change Management
8 72 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 68 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (17.94%) Decision-Making
11 61 (16.09%) Migration
12 54 (14.25%) Budget Management
12 54 (14.25%) Business Intelligence
13 53 (13.98%) ITIL
14 52 (13.72%) DevOps
15 51 (13.46%) Risk Management
16 50 (13.19%) Project Planning
17 44 (11.61%) Analytical Thinking
18 39 (10.29%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.64%) SQL
2 4 (1.06%) Python
3 3 (0.79%) VBA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.26%) Java
4 1 (0.26%) Korn
4 1 (0.26%) Perl
4 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 180 (47.49%) Degree
2 117 (30.87%) Security Cleared
3 99 (26.12%) SC Cleared
4 64 (16.89%) PMI Certification
5 60 (15.83%) PMP
6 30 (7.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (5.28%) DV Cleared
8 12 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.64%) APMP
10 9 (2.37%) Master's Degree
10 9 (2.37%) MBA
11 8 (2.11%) SAFe Agilist
12 6 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (1.06%) CISSP
14 3 (0.79%) CISA
15 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.53%) MCSE
15 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.53%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (37.47%) PMO
2 33 (8.71%) QA
3 18 (4.75%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.11%) Basel III
4 8 (2.11%) P3O
5 5 (1.32%) GDPR
6 4 (1.06%) GRC
7 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.79%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.53%) PSD2
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.26%) GxP
9 1 (0.26%) HL7
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.92%) OPNET
2 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.53%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 120 (31.66%) Microsoft
2 56 (14.78%) ServiceNow
3 38 (10.03%) SAP
4 35 (9.23%) Atlassian
5 30 (7.92%) Remedy
6 24 (6.33%) Oracle
7 7 (1.85%) Planview
8 4 (1.06%) Adobe
9 2 (0.53%) Ariba
9 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.53%) NEC
9 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.26%) BT
10 1 (0.26%) Cerner
10 1 (0.26%) Commvault
10 1 (0.26%) NetApp
10 1 (0.26%) Perforce
10 1 (0.26%) Veeam
10 1 (0.26%) Veritas
10 1 (0.26%) VMware