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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 291 357
Rank change year-on-year -37 +66 -72
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 309 226 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.85% 0.55%
As % of the Applications category 12.63% 9.83% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 159 117
10th Percentile £354 £350 £323
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +0.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £709 £675 £667
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.45
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £34.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £48.15 £51.15
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 2,446 2,298 2,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.51% 8.65% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 1,315 1,388
10th Percentile £213 £200 £165
25th Percentile £325 £280 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £639
UK median daily rate £445 £423 £400
% change year-on-year +5.20% +5.75% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 293 583
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.20 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.84 £14.13
Median hourly rate £22.68 £25.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +54.04% -36.87%
75th Percentile £34.46 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.17 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.59 £17.39
% change year-on-year -7.95% +41.35% -32.35%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -59 124 £575 +8.49% 43
South East -21 69 £510 +2.00% 38
Midlands -56 40 £450 -16.67% 9
North of England -60 40 £450 -2.70% 20
West Midlands -64 29 £463 -14.35% 5
South West -29 24 £410 -8.89% 13
North West -30 21 £492 +9.22% 11
Yorkshire -52 16 £430 -7.28% 5
East Midlands -10 11 £402 -10.67% 4
East of England -28 6 £613 +44.12% 7
North East -36 3 £450 +36.36% 4
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 56 (18.12%) Confluence
2 45 (14.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 108 (34.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (17.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (13.59%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.88%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.97%) Trello
6 3 (0.97%) Windchill
7 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (7.77%) Primavera
2 15 (4.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.91%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.94%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.94%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.97%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.65%) BASE24
6 2 (0.65%) Changepoint
6 2 (0.65%) Endur
6 2 (0.65%) Findur
6 2 (0.65%) Maximo
6 2 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.32%) Actimize
7 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.32%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 63 (20.39%) Azure
2 58 (18.77%) Power Platform
3 49 (15.86%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.80%) Smartsheet
5 17 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.88%) AWS
7 9 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.94%) Asana
9 5 (1.62%) GCP
9 5 (1.62%) SaaS
10 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.97%) GitHub
11 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.97%) OCI
12 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.65%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.65%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.32%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.27%) WAN
2 6 (1.94%) NAS
2 6 (1.94%) SAN
3 5 (1.62%) Firewall
3 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.65%) FTP
4 2 (0.65%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) DHCP
5 1 (0.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) Internet
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (18.77%) Power BI
2 5 (1.62%) Power Query
3 3 (0.97%) Tableau
4 2 (0.65%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.65%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.65%) QlikView
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
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
1 146 (47.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 144 (46.60%) Finance
2 125 (40.45%) Social Skills
3 68 (22.01%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (14.56%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.80%) Banking
7 17 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.50%) Retail
8 16 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.91%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.91%) Legal
10 8 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.29%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.97%) Electronics
13 3 (0.97%) Law
13 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (34.63%) Project Manager
2 47 (15.21%) Analyst
3 40 (12.94%) Senior
4 24 (7.77%) Senior Manager
5 23 (7.44%) PMO Analyst
6 18 (5.83%) Lead
6 18 (5.83%) Project Officer
7 17 (5.50%) IT Manager
8 16 (5.18%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.85%) Programme Manager
10 14 (4.53%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (4.53%) Project Planner
11 12 (3.88%) Coordinator
11 12 (3.88%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.88%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.88%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.88%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (3.56%) Programme Planner
12 11 (3.56%) Technical Manager
13 10 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.62%) Middleware
2 4 (1.29%) ADO
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) FHIR
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.83%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.88%) Virtual Team
4 10 (3.24%) PMI
4 10 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.94%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.94%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.62%) FMCG
8 5 (1.62%) Tandem
9 3 (0.97%) Life Science
9 3 (0.97%) Replication
10 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.65%) EMV
10 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.65%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.27%) Windows
2 4 (1.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (50.16%) Agile
1 155 (50.16%) Project Management
2 142 (45.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (33.01%) Project Delivery
4 95 (30.74%) PRINCE2
5 77 (24.92%) Waterfall
6 63 (20.39%) Decision-Making
7 62 (20.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (19.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 60 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (18.12%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (18.12%) DevOps
11 53 (17.15%) Migration
12 47 (15.21%) Change Control
13 45 (14.56%) Change Management
14 42 (13.59%) Budget Management
15 36 (11.65%) Risk Management
16 35 (11.33%) Dependency Management
17 32 (10.36%) Programme Management
18 30 (9.71%) AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.29%) VBA
2 3 (0.97%) Python
2 3 (0.97%) SQL
3 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (40.13%) Degree
2 84 (27.18%) Security Cleared
3 54 (17.48%) PMI Certification
3 54 (17.48%) SC Cleared
4 50 (16.18%) PMP
5 32 (10.36%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.62%) CISA
8 5 (1.62%) CISSP
9 4 (1.29%) RIBA
10 3 (0.97%) APMP
10 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.65%) CAPM
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.65%) MBA
11 2 (0.65%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (39.16%) PMO
2 26 (8.41%) QA
3 18 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.24%) P3O
5 7 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.29%) GDPR
6 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.97%) NIST
8 2 (0.65%) GRC
8 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.65%) PSD2
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Basel III
9 1 (0.32%) GxP
9 1 (0.32%) HL7
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 130 (42.07%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.62%) SAP
3 26 (8.41%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.85%) Oracle
5 8 (2.59%) Planview
6 6 (1.94%) Adobe
6 6 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.62%) Wrike
8 4 (1.29%) Xactly
9 3 (0.97%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.97%) Google
9 3 (0.97%) IFS
9 3 (0.97%) NEC
10 2 (0.65%) Sage
10 2 (0.65%) VMware
11 1 (0.32%) BMC
11 1 (0.32%) Cerner
11 1 (0.32%) Citrix
11 1 (0.32%) EMC
11 1 (0.32%) Temenos