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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 299 311
Rank change year-on-year +52 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 344 205 264
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.72% 0.71%
As % of the Applications category 13.50% 9.67% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 135 189
10th Percentile £368 £312 £280
25th Percentile £450 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £668 £600 £600
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 7
10th Percentile £24.20 £20.75 £28.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -9.72% +12.91%
75th Percentile £67.13 £33.75 £43.81
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £49.32
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% +12.91%

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 2,548 2,121 3,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.02% 7.41% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 1,243 1,850
10th Percentile £200 £176 £163
25th Percentile £311 £255 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% +2.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £438 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +9.38% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 196 254
10th Percentile £13.03 - £14.04
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.14
Median hourly rate £20.33 £25.34 £27.90
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -9.18% +3.33%
75th Percentile £29.61 £44.63 £46.75
90th Percentile £64.65 £75.00 £53.38
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £25.09 £26.78
% change year-on-year -18.89% -6.31% +7.12%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +24 119 £550 - 56
South East +33 69 £500 +9.59% 85
South West +35 60 £725 +126.56% 29
Midlands -25 52 £510 +13.97% 51
North of England -44 38 £463 +31.67% 51
West Midlands -18 37 £540 +8.00% 29
Yorkshire -21 24 £475 +58.33% 21
East Midlands -12 15 £424 -0.35% 20
North West -30 14 £458 +30.25% 26
East of England -25 8 £479 +8.68% 46
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 92 (26.74%) Confluence
2 42 (12.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.87%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.29%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 96 (27.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (26.74%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (14.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (6.98%) MS Visio
5 20 (5.81%) Trello
6 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (4.94%) Primavera
2 8 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.45%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.16%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.87%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.58%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.92%) Power Platform
2 33 (9.59%) Azure
3 21 (6.10%) Smartsheet
4 18 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.07%) Asana
6 13 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.49%) AWS
8 10 (2.91%) SaaS
9 9 (2.62%) GCP
10 7 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.16%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.87%) Miro
12 3 (0.87%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.87%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.58%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.58%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.58%) OCI
13 2 (0.58%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.45%) WAN
2 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.16%) VPN
3 3 (0.87%) Firewall
3 3 (0.87%) LAN
3 3 (0.87%) Softphone
4 2 (0.58%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) Broadband
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.34%) Power BI
2 7 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.03%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.16%) EDMS
3 4 (1.16%) Tableau
4 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.87%) Power Query
5 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.29%) DTS
6 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 177 (51.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.29%) Ant
3 1 (0.29%) JUnit
3 1 (0.29%) LSMW
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.29%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 186 (54.07%) Social Skills
2 143 (41.57%) Finance
3 101 (29.36%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.30%) Military
4 32 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (6.10%) Banking
6 17 (4.94%) Legal
7 16 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.36%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.49%) Telecoms
11 11 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.74%) Marketing
13 6 (1.74%) Retail
13 6 (1.74%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (1.16%) Billing
16 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (35.17%) Project Manager
2 35 (10.17%) Analyst
3 33 (9.59%) Architect
4 30 (8.72%) Senior
4 30 (8.72%) Service Architect
5 20 (5.81%) Lead
5 20 (5.81%) Project Planner
6 19 (5.52%) Senior Manager
7 14 (4.07%) Coordinator
7 14 (4.07%) IT Manager
7 14 (4.07%) PMO Analyst
8 13 (3.78%) Programme Manager
8 13 (3.78%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (3.78%) Technical Manager
9 12 (3.49%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (3.49%) Planning Manager
9 12 (3.49%) Project Officer
10 11 (3.20%) PMO Lead
11 10 (2.91%) Programme Planner
12 9 (2.62%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.74%) Middleware
3 4 (1.16%) SOAP
4 2 (0.58%) React
4 2 (0.58%) REST
4 2 (0.58%) Web Services
4 2 (0.58%) XML
5 1 (0.29%) .NET
5 1 (0.29%) ADO
5 1 (0.29%) EDI
5 1 (0.29%) FHIR
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.29%) Kafka
5 1 (0.29%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.21%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.52%) PMI
3 19 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.20%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.74%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.16%) SCADA
9 3 (0.87%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.87%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.58%) Life Science
10 2 (0.58%) NHS
10 2 (0.58%) Tandem
11 1 (0.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Unix
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (52.33%) Project Management
2 173 (50.29%) Agile
3 115 (33.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 102 (29.65%) PRINCE2
5 83 (24.13%) Project Delivery
6 79 (22.97%) Change Management
7 74 (21.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 65 (18.90%) Waterfall
9 63 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (14.53%) Project Planning
12 46 (13.37%) Decision-Making
13 43 (12.50%) Budget Management
13 43 (12.50%) Risk Management
14 40 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (11.63%) Migration
15 38 (11.05%) Analytical Thinking
15 38 (11.05%) ITIL
16 37 (10.76%) Critical Thinking
17 36 (10.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.20%) SQL
2 5 (1.45%) Korn
3 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.29%) Java
4 1 (0.29%) Perl
4 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 174 (50.58%) Degree
2 96 (27.91%) Security Cleared
3 81 (23.55%) SC Cleared
4 67 (19.48%) PMI Certification
5 64 (18.60%) PMP
6 30 (8.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.91%) APMP
9 7 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.74%) CISM
10 6 (1.74%) CISSP
10 6 (1.74%) MBA
11 5 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.45%) SAFe Agilist
12 4 (1.16%) HNC
12 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.87%) ISEB
13 3 (0.87%) MCP
13 3 (0.87%) MCSE
13 3 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (29.36%) PMO
2 25 (7.27%) QA
3 11 (3.20%) P3O
4 8 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.74%) NIST
6 5 (1.45%) Basel III
7 4 (1.16%) GRC
7 4 (1.16%) SLA
8 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.87%) GDPR
9 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) GMP
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (8.72%) OPNET
2 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.87%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.29%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 111 (32.27%) Microsoft
2 55 (15.99%) ServiceNow
3 41 (11.92%) SAP
4 36 (10.47%) Atlassian
5 30 (8.72%) Remedy
6 28 (8.14%) Oracle
7 9 (2.62%) Planview
8 7 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.74%) Workday
10 4 (1.16%) Arista
10 4 (1.16%) Cisco
10 4 (1.16%) Progress
11 3 (0.87%) Google
12 2 (0.58%) Adobe
12 2 (0.58%) Databricks
12 2 (0.58%) HP
12 2 (0.58%) Siemens
12 2 (0.58%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.29%) Terracotta
13 1 (0.29%) Zoho