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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 295 323
Rank change year-on-year +4 +28 -53
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 343 186 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 14.02% 9.06% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 125 125
10th Percentile £350 £300 £329
25th Percentile £405 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £510
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £619
90th Percentile £738 £622 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 13
10th Percentile £22.50 £33.08 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £39.00 £27.26
Median hourly rate £29.50 £43.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% +7.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £36.78 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £47.41 -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £43.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.63% +7.88% -23.81%

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 2,052 2,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.89% 8.62% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,180 1,425
10th Percentile £250 £188 £165
25th Percentile £340 £260 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 237 585
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.20 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.55 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +51.94% -49.15%
75th Percentile £33.99 £46.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £74.25 £67.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £16.66
% change year-on-year -2.22% +35.05% -47.81%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -29 123 £569 +13.75% 29
South East -5 80 £500 +4.17% 23
Midlands -49 47 £438 -12.85% 18
North of England -51 43 £443 -6.84% 12
South West -7 37 £550 +46.67% 8
West Midlands -55 31 £463 -14.47% 10
Yorkshire -43 21 £425 - 5
North West -28 19 £473 -0.42% 6
East Midlands -22 16 £393 -12.67% 8
East of England -36 8 £600 +41.18% 7
North East -21 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 76 (22.16%) Confluence
2 41 (11.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.87%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 101 (29.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (13.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.62%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.04%) Trello
6 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (5.83%) Primavera
2 16 (4.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.62%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.75%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.87%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.58%) BASE24
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.29%) Actimize
7 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.29%) Endur
7 1 (0.29%) Findur
7 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 58 (16.91%) Power Platform
2 56 (16.33%) Azure
3 41 (11.95%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.83%) Smartsheet
6 13 (3.79%) AWS
7 11 (3.21%) Asana
8 7 (2.04%) GCP
9 6 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.75%) SaaS
10 5 (1.46%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.17%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.87%) GitHub
12 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.87%) OCI
13 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.58%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.29%) Azure AI
14 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.29%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.62%) WAN
2 6 (1.75%) NAS
2 6 (1.75%) SAN
3 5 (1.46%) Firewall
3 5 (1.46%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.58%) LAN
5 1 (0.29%) Broadband
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) FTP
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.91%) Power BI
2 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.87%) Power Query
3 3 (0.87%) Tableau
4 2 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.58%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.58%) QlikView
4 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.29%) EDMS
5 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 192 (55.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) LSMW
General
1 159 (46.36%) Finance
2 142 (41.40%) Social Skills
3 86 (25.07%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.37%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.87%) Banking
7 19 (5.54%) Retail
8 15 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.50%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.21%) Military
11 10 (2.92%) Legal
12 8 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.33%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.17%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.87%) Electronics
17 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.87%) Law
Job Titles
1 124 (36.15%) Project Manager
2 56 (16.33%) Analyst
3 40 (11.66%) Senior
4 32 (9.33%) PMO Analyst
5 22 (6.41%) Senior Manager
6 21 (6.12%) Project Planner
7 18 (5.25%) Lead
8 16 (4.66%) SAP Manager
9 14 (4.08%) Programme Manager
9 14 (4.08%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 14 (4.08%) Senior Project Manager
10 13 (3.79%) Coordinator
10 13 (3.79%) IT Manager
10 13 (3.79%) Project Officer
11 12 (3.50%) IT Project Manager
11 12 (3.50%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.50%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.50%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (3.21%) Architect
12 11 (3.21%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.04%) Middleware
3 6 (1.75%) ADO
4 1 (0.29%) .NET
4 1 (0.29%) FHIR
4 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 22 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.96%) PMI
4 13 (3.79%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.21%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.75%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.46%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.46%) Tandem
9 4 (1.17%) FMCG
9 4 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.87%) Life Science
10 3 (0.87%) Replication
11 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.58%) EMV
11 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.04%) Windows
2 4 (1.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (53.94%) Agile
2 179 (52.19%) Project Management
3 142 (41.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 98 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 97 (28.28%) PRINCE2
6 91 (26.53%) Waterfall
7 68 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (18.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 64 (18.66%) Change Management
10 61 (17.78%) Decision-Making
11 57 (16.62%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (16.33%) Migration
13 53 (15.45%) DevOps
14 49 (14.29%) Budget Management
15 47 (13.70%) Risk Management
16 42 (12.24%) Project Planning
17 40 (11.66%) Change Control
18 36 (10.50%) ITIL
19 33 (9.62%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.04%) SQL
2 4 (1.17%) Python
3 3 (0.87%) VBA
4 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 148 (43.15%) Degree
2 90 (26.24%) Security Cleared
3 75 (21.87%) SC Cleared
4 61 (17.78%) PMI Certification
5 57 (16.62%) PMP
6 17 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.33%) MBA
10 7 (2.04%) SAFe Agilist
11 5 (1.46%) CISSP
11 5 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (1.17%) RIBA
13 3 (0.87%) APMP
13 3 (0.87%) CISA
14 2 (0.58%) CAPM
14 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.58%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (38.19%) PMO
2 30 (8.75%) QA
3 20 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.04%) Basel III
4 7 (2.04%) P3O
5 4 (1.17%) GDPR
5 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.87%) NIST
7 2 (0.58%) GRC
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.58%) PSD2
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.29%) GxP
8 1 (0.29%) HL7
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (2.92%) OPNET
2 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 113 (32.94%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.95%) SAP
3 36 (10.50%) ServiceNow
4 21 (6.12%) Oracle
5 11 (3.21%) Atlassian
6 10 (2.92%) Remedy
7 7 (2.04%) Planview
8 5 (1.46%) Adobe
9 3 (0.87%) NEC
10 2 (0.58%) Ariba
10 2 (0.58%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.58%) Google
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.58%) VMware
11 1 (0.29%) Cerner
11 1 (0.29%) Commvault
11 1 (0.29%) EMC
11 1 (0.29%) Genesys
11 1 (0.29%) NetApp
11 1 (0.29%) Veritas