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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 294 308
Rank change year-on-year +50 +14 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 344 201 259
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.75% 0.71%
As % of the Applications category 13.78% 9.96% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 132 184
10th Percentile £352 £306 £280
25th Percentile £447 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £738 £731 £680
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.00% +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 10
10th Percentile £24.20 £23.50 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.94 £30.00
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -17.20% +20.77%
75th Percentile £67.13 £34.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £45.22
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £39.25
% change year-on-year +21.32% -17.20% +20.77%

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 2,496 2,019 3,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.85% 7.51% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,181 1,808
10th Percentile £200 £176 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +2.50% -10.11%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £550
90th Percentile £668 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 187 336
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.19
25th Percentile £15.67 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.50 £22.14
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% +15.19% -31.93%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.70
90th Percentile £62.44 £82.25 £53.14
UK median hourly rate £19.91 £25.65 £21.64
% change year-on-year -22.36% +18.51% -20.59%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +7 110 £550 - 20
South East +41 83 £500 +11.11% 21
South West +39 58 £725 +126.56% 7
Midlands -30 47 £496 +7.24% 18
North of England -41 34 £450 +33.73% 5
West Midlands -32 28 £532 +6.19% 13
East Midlands -11 19 £376 -13.68% 5
Yorkshire -34 19 £468 +55.83% 1
North West -31 15 £450 +24.14% 4
East of England -13 11 £513 +7.89% 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 97 (28.20%) Confluence
2 44 (12.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 101 (29.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (26.74%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (14.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (6.10%) MS Visio
5 17 (4.94%) Trello
6 4 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (5.52%) Primavera
2 7 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.16%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.87%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.87%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.29%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 48 (13.95%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.17%) Azure
3 21 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.23%) Smartsheet
5 16 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.49%) Asana
6 12 (3.49%) AWS
7 9 (2.62%) GCP
7 9 (2.62%) SaaS
8 7 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.16%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.87%) Miro
10 3 (0.87%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.87%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.58%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.58%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.58%) OCI
11 2 (0.58%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.29%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.74%) WAN
2 4 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.87%) LAN
3 3 (0.87%) Softphone
3 3 (0.87%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) Broadband
4 1 (0.29%) Firewall
4 1 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.37%) Power BI
2 8 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.16%) EDMS
5 3 (0.87%) Power Query
5 3 (0.87%) Tableau
6 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) DTS
7 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 181 (52.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Ant
2 1 (0.29%) JUnit
2 1 (0.29%) LSMW
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.29%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 193 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 150 (43.60%) Finance
3 109 (31.69%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (9.30%) Military
6 25 (7.27%) Banking
7 22 (6.40%) Public Sector
8 18 (5.23%) Legal
9 13 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.33%) Retail
13 8 (2.33%) Retail Banking
14 7 (2.03%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (1.16%) Billing
15 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.16%) Local Government
16 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (33.72%) Project Manager
2 43 (12.50%) Analyst
3 32 (9.30%) Architect
4 30 (8.72%) Service Architect
5 29 (8.43%) Senior
6 26 (7.56%) Project Planner
7 22 (6.40%) Lead
8 21 (6.10%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (4.94%) Senior Manager
10 15 (4.36%) Coordinator
11 14 (4.07%) PMO Lead
12 13 (3.78%) Technical Manager
13 12 (3.49%) Planning Manager
13 12 (3.49%) Programme Manager
14 11 (3.20%) Project Officer
14 11 (3.20%) Senior Project Manager
15 10 (2.91%) IT Project Manager
15 10 (2.91%) Programme Planner
15 10 (2.91%) Project Coordinator
15 10 (2.91%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.74%) Middleware
3 5 (1.45%) ADO
4 3 (0.87%) SOAP
5 2 (0.58%) React
5 2 (0.58%) REST
5 2 (0.58%) Web Services
6 1 (0.29%) EDI
6 1 (0.29%) FHIR
6 1 (0.29%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.29%) Kafka
6 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.79%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.10%) PMI
4 19 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.65%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.07%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.62%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.74%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.16%) SCADA
11 3 (0.87%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.87%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.87%) Tandem
12 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.58%) EMV
12 2 (0.58%) NHS
12 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.58%) Linux
1 2 (0.58%) Unix
1 2 (0.58%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (54.07%) Project Management
2 181 (52.62%) Agile
3 120 (34.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 106 (30.81%) PRINCE2
5 86 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 80 (23.26%) Change Management
7 76 (22.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 75 (21.80%) Waterfall
9 66 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (15.12%) Risk Management
11 51 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (13.66%) Decision-Making
12 47 (13.66%) Project Planning
13 46 (13.37%) Business Intelligence
14 45 (13.08%) Budget Management
15 41 (11.92%) Migration
16 40 (11.63%) Analytical Thinking
17 39 (11.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 38 (11.05%) Critical Thinking
18 38 (11.05%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.78%) SQL
2 5 (1.45%) Korn
3 3 (0.87%) Python
4 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.29%) Java
5 1 (0.29%) Perl
5 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 173 (50.29%) Degree
2 103 (29.94%) Security Cleared
3 88 (25.58%) SC Cleared
4 64 (18.60%) PMI Certification
5 60 (17.44%) PMP
6 30 (8.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (4.36%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.62%) APMP
9 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.33%) MBA
10 7 (2.03%) SAFe Agilist
11 5 (1.45%) CISM
11 5 (1.45%) CISSP
12 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.87%) MCP
13 3 (0.87%) MCSE
13 3 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (32.27%) PMO
2 24 (6.98%) QA
3 12 (3.49%) P3O
4 10 (2.91%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.03%) Basel III
5 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.45%) GRC
6 5 (1.45%) NIST
7 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.87%) SLA
8 2 (0.58%) GDPR
8 2 (0.58%) PSD2
8 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.29%) HL7
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 4 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) Firmware
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 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%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 105 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 52 (15.12%) ServiceNow
3 36 (10.47%) Atlassian
4 35 (10.17%) SAP
5 31 (9.01%) Oracle
6 30 (8.72%) Remedy
7 11 (3.20%) Planview
8 6 (1.74%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.16%) Arista
9 4 (1.16%) Cisco
9 4 (1.16%) Progress
9 4 (1.16%) Workday
10 2 (0.58%) Adobe
10 2 (0.58%) Ariba
10 2 (0.58%) Siemens
11 1 (0.29%) BT
11 1 (0.29%) Genesys
11 1 (0.29%) Google
11 1 (0.29%) IBM
11 1 (0.29%) Perforce