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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 285 344
Rank change year-on-year -29 +59 -74
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 318 203 214
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.81% 0.57%
As % of the Applications category 13.10% 9.37% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 141 121
10th Percentile £340 £350 £336
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £590 £594 £600
90th Percentile £701 £669 £658
UK median daily rate £498 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 14
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.37
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £26.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +19.48% -29.55%
75th Percentile £43.90 - £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £48.15 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £38.75
% change year-on-year -35.21% +19.48% -29.55%

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 2,427 2,167 2,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.60% 8.68% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,252 1,407
10th Percentile £223 £194 £165
25th Percentile £331 £268 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £553 £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 275 273 602
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.20 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.53 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £25.15 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +54.96% -38.71%
75th Percentile £33.99 £44.00 £34.64
90th Percentile £68.45 £63.40 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.66 £24.83 £16.23
% change year-on-year -8.75% +52.99% -38.75%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -42 125 £569 +7.31% 15
South East -3 78 £503 +0.60% 19
Midlands -46 42 £446 -12.07% 4
North of England -61 36 £450 +0.33% 10
West Midlands -60 28 £463 -9.76% 4
South West -30 21 £410 -8.89% 4
North West -32 18 £473 +5.11% 5
Yorkshire -49 15 £425 +3.03% 5
East Midlands -9 14 £393 -12.67%
East of England -24 9 £600 +41.18% 2
North East -34 3 £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 61 (19.18%) Confluence
2 40 (12.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 109 (34.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (16.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (12.58%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (3.46%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.52%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.57%) Trello
7 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.63%) Windchill
8 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (7.55%) Primavera
2 16 (5.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.83%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.89%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.89%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.63%) BASE24
6 2 (0.63%) Endur
6 2 (0.63%) Findur
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.31%) Actimize
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 70 (22.01%) Power Platform
2 59 (18.55%) Azure
3 45 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.29%) Smartsheet
5 12 (3.77%) AWS
6 8 (2.52%) Asana
6 8 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.57%) GCP
7 5 (1.57%) SaaS
8 4 (1.26%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.94%) GitHub
9 3 (0.94%) OCI
10 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.31%) dbt
11 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.20%) WAN
2 6 (1.89%) NAS
2 6 (1.89%) SAN
3 5 (1.57%) Firewall
3 5 (1.57%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.63%) LAN
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) FTP
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) MPLS
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (22.01%) Power BI
2 5 (1.57%) Power Query
3 3 (0.94%) Tableau
4 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.63%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.63%) QlikView
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.31%) DataStage
5 1 (0.31%) EDMS
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 157 (49.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 147 (46.23%) Finance
2 126 (39.62%) Social Skills
3 71 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (13.21%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 24 (7.55%) Banking
7 18 (5.66%) Retail
8 16 (5.03%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.52%) Legal
10 6 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
10 6 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.89%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.26%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.26%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.94%) Electronics
12 3 (0.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 115 (36.16%) Project Manager
2 58 (18.24%) Analyst
3 36 (11.32%) Senior
4 33 (10.38%) PMO Analyst
5 21 (6.60%) Senior Manager
6 19 (5.97%) Lead
6 19 (5.97%) Project Planner
7 17 (5.35%) Project Officer
8 15 (4.72%) IT Manager
9 14 (4.40%) Programme Manager
9 14 (4.40%) SAP Manager
10 13 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
10 13 (4.09%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (3.77%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.77%) Technical Manager
11 12 (3.77%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (3.46%) Coordinator
12 11 (3.46%) Project Coordinator
13 10 (3.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 10 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.20%) ADO
2 5 (1.57%) Middleware
3 1 (0.31%) .NET
3 1 (0.31%) FHIR
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.72%) PMI
4 11 (3.46%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.46%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.89%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.57%) FMCG
7 5 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.57%) Tandem
8 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.94%) Life Science
9 3 (0.94%) Replication
10 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.63%) EMV
10 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.20%) Windows
2 4 (1.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (53.14%) Project Management
2 154 (48.43%) Agile
3 140 (44.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 99 (31.13%) PRINCE2
5 95 (29.87%) Project Delivery
6 81 (25.47%) Waterfall
7 68 (21.38%) Business Intelligence
8 63 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (19.18%) Decision-Making
10 59 (18.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 57 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (16.98%) Migration
13 52 (16.35%) DevOps
14 51 (16.04%) Change Management
15 44 (13.84%) Budget Management
16 40 (12.58%) Change Control
17 39 (12.26%) Risk Management
18 34 (10.69%) Programme Management
19 31 (9.75%) Dependency Management
20 29 (9.12%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.57%) SQL
2 4 (1.26%) Python
2 4 (1.26%) VBA
3 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 126 (39.62%) Degree
2 76 (23.90%) Security Cleared
3 57 (17.92%) PMI Certification
4 55 (17.30%) SC Cleared
5 51 (16.04%) PMP
6 24 (7.55%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.89%) MBA
10 5 (1.57%) CISSP
10 5 (1.57%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (1.26%) CISA
11 4 (1.26%) RIBA
12 3 (0.94%) APMP
12 3 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.63%) CAPM
13 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.63%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (39.31%) PMO
2 27 (8.49%) QA
3 19 (5.97%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.52%) P3O
5 7 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.57%) Basel III
7 4 (1.26%) GDPR
7 4 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.94%) NIST
9 2 (0.63%) GRC
9 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.63%) PSD2
9 2 (0.63%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.31%) GxP
10 1 (0.31%) HL7
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 120 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.89%) SAP
3 25 (7.86%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.40%) Oracle
5 7 (2.20%) Planview
6 6 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.57%) Adobe
7 5 (1.57%) Wrike
8 4 (1.26%) Xactly
9 3 (0.94%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.94%) NEC
10 2 (0.63%) Google
10 2 (0.63%) IFS
10 2 (0.63%) Sage
10 2 (0.63%) VMware
11 1 (0.31%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.31%) BT
11 1 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.31%) Snow
11 1 (0.31%) Workday