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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 278 351
Rank change year-on-year -49 +73 -81
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 333 244 198
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.89% 0.58%
As % of the Applications category 13.65% 10.18% 8.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 169 113
10th Percentile £350 £350 £327
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £705 £703 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 10
10th Percentile - £24.75 £25.63
25th Percentile £28.50 £26.44 £29.01
Median hourly rate £37.02 £46.30 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.04% +19.48% -26.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £47.23 £42.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £52.48 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £46.30 £38.75
% change year-on-year -20.04% +19.48% -26.19%

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 2,439 2,396 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.41% 8.73% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,367 1,263
10th Percentile £213 £200 £169
25th Percentile £325 £294 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 318 420
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £11.71
25th Percentile £17.20 £15.84 £14.48
Median hourly rate £24.50 £23.82 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +36.93% -30.43%
75th Percentile £38.75 £40.32 £40.00
90th Percentile £74.70 £61.55 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year +0.22% +27.13% -28.80%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -45 130 £564 +6.49% 33
South East -16 80 £520 +4.00% 28
Midlands -58 39 £463 -14.59% 10
North of England -68 38 £450 -3.23% 9
South West -26 31 £410 -8.89% 7
West Midlands -64 30 £469 -13.31% 6
North West -40 18 £492 +3.47% 7
Yorkshire -45 16 £430 -7.28% 2
East Midlands -7 9 £425 -22.73% 4
East of England -18 7 £566 +37.27% 4
North East -39 4 £450 +36.36%
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 (16.52%) Confluence
2 50 (15.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 132 (39.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (18.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.50%) MS Visio
5 12 (3.60%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.90%) Trello
6 3 (0.90%) Windchill
7 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (7.81%) Primavera
2 15 (4.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.80%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.50%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.50%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.90%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.60%) BASE24
6 2 (0.60%) Endur
6 2 (0.60%) Findur
6 2 (0.60%) Maximo
6 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.02%) Azure
2 61 (18.32%) Power Platform
3 53 (15.92%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.41%) Smartsheet
5 22 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.60%) AWS
7 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.80%) Asana
8 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.50%) GCP
10 4 (1.20%) SaaS
11 3 (0.90%) GitHub
11 3 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.90%) IaaS
11 3 (0.90%) OCI
11 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.60%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) NAS
1 6 (1.80%) SAN
1 6 (1.80%) WAN
2 5 (1.50%) Firewall
2 5 (1.50%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.60%) FTP
3 2 (0.60%) LAN
3 2 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.60%) Wireless
4 1 (0.30%) Broadband
4 1 (0.30%) DHCP
4 1 (0.30%) DNS
4 1 (0.30%) Internet
4 1 (0.30%) MPLS
4 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (18.32%) Power BI
2 7 (2.10%) Power Query
3 5 (1.50%) Tableau
4 2 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.60%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.60%) QlikView
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) EDMS
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 147 (44.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 150 (45.05%) Finance
2 140 (42.04%) Social Skills
3 73 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (15.62%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.31%) Banking
7 17 (5.11%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.11%) Retail
8 15 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.40%) Legal
12 6 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.90%) Electronics
15 3 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 115 (34.53%) Project Manager
2 41 (12.31%) Analyst
2 41 (12.31%) Senior
3 26 (7.81%) Senior Manager
4 23 (6.91%) PMO Analyst
5 22 (6.61%) Project Officer
6 20 (6.01%) IT Manager
6 20 (6.01%) Lead
7 19 (5.71%) Senior Project Manager
8 18 (5.41%) Coordinator
9 17 (5.11%) IT Project Manager
10 16 (4.80%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (4.50%) Programme Manager
11 15 (4.50%) Project Control Officer
12 13 (3.90%) PMO Manager
13 12 (3.60%) Programme Planner
13 12 (3.60%) Project Planner
13 12 (3.60%) SAP Manager
13 12 (3.60%) Technical Manager
14 10 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.80%) Middleware
2 3 (0.90%) ADO
3 2 (0.60%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.80%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.50%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.60%) PMI
5 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.80%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.80%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.50%) FMCG
9 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.90%) Life Science
9 3 (0.90%) Replication
9 3 (0.90%) Tandem
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.60%) CCTV
10 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.10%) Windows
2 4 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (50.45%) Project Management
2 161 (48.35%) Agile
3 154 (46.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 110 (33.03%) PRINCE2
5 109 (32.73%) Project Delivery
6 78 (23.42%) Waterfall
7 72 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (20.12%) Decision-Making
9 65 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (18.02%) DevOps
10 60 (18.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (17.72%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (15.32%) Change Management
13 47 (14.11%) Change Control
13 47 (14.11%) Migration
14 44 (13.21%) Budget Management
15 38 (11.41%) Dependency Management
16 36 (10.81%) Project Planning
17 33 (9.91%) Programme Governance
18 32 (9.61%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.90%) Python
1 3 (0.90%) SQL
1 3 (0.90%) VBA
2 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 131 (39.34%) Degree
2 99 (29.73%) Security Cleared
3 56 (16.82%) PMI Certification
3 56 (16.82%) SC Cleared
4 49 (14.71%) PMP
5 45 (13.51%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.50%) CISA
8 5 (1.50%) CISSP
9 4 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.20%) RIBA
10 3 (0.90%) APMP
10 3 (0.90%) CAPM
10 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.60%) MBA
11 2 (0.60%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (40.24%) PMO
2 25 (7.51%) QA
3 18 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.30%) P3O
5 7 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.90%) GDPR
6 3 (0.90%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Basel III
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) HL7
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 154 (46.25%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.71%) SAP
3 29 (8.71%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.80%) Oracle
5 11 (3.30%) Planview
6 6 (1.80%) Adobe
6 6 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.50%) Wrike
8 4 (1.20%) Google
8 4 (1.20%) Xactly
9 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.90%) IFS
9 3 (0.90%) NEC
10 2 (0.60%) Progress
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
10 2 (0.60%) VMware
10 2 (0.60%) Workday
11 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.30%) Tanium
11 1 (0.30%) Veeam
79 Microsoft Project jobs in England