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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 276 338
Rank change year-on-year -48 +62 -58
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 329 247 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.89% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 13.25% 10.27% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 176 112
10th Percentile £350 £350 £351
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £530 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +3.92% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £588
90th Percentile £715 £713 £711
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 11
10th Percentile £28.50 £24.40 £20.75
25th Percentile £30.00 £36.40 £23.50
Median hourly rate £39.04 £46.30 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% +30.42% -32.38%
75th Percentile £54.38 £48.15 £40.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £53.30 £53.00
UK median hourly rate £38.03 £46.30 £35.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +30.42% -32.38%

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 2,483 2,406 2,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.45% 8.71% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 1,376 1,196
10th Percentile £213 £195 £170
25th Percentile £325 £293 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.15% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 324 356
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.06 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.33 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £23.05 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +37.00% -32.70%
75th Percentile £39.39 £36.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £61.95 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £22.63 £17.80
% change year-on-year - +27.13% -24.64%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -60 134 £558 +0.04% 43
South East -26 75 £525 +5.00% 32
North of England -71 37 £492 +5.70% 24
Midlands -65 35 £463 -14.59% 22
South West -27 30 £410 -8.89% 12
West Midlands -72 26 £469 -13.31% 15
Yorkshire -46 18 £538 +15.90% 8
North West -34 16 £500 +5.26% 14
East Midlands -4 9 £425 -22.73% 7
East of England -19 8 £566 +36.04% 9
North East -41 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 59 (17.93%) Confluence
2 55 (16.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 132 (40.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (19.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.56%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.34%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.91%) Trello
6 3 (0.91%) Windchill
7 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (7.90%) Primavera
2 13 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.82%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.22%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.22%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.91%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.91%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.61%) BASE24
6 2 (0.61%) Endur
6 2 (0.61%) Findur
6 2 (0.61%) Maximo
6 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.58%) Azure
2 58 (17.63%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (17.02%) Power Platform
4 29 (8.81%) Smartsheet
5 24 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.43%) AWS
7 7 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.52%) Asana
10 3 (0.91%) GitHub
10 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.91%) IaaS
10 3 (0.91%) OCI
10 3 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.91%) SaaS
11 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.30%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.30%) GCP
12 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.82%) WAN
2 5 (1.52%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.22%) NAS
3 4 (1.22%) SAN
4 3 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.61%) DNS
5 2 (0.61%) FTP
5 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 2 (0.61%) IPv4
5 2 (0.61%) IPv6
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.61%) Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (17.02%) Power BI
2 7 (2.13%) Power Query
3 5 (1.52%) Tableau
4 2 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.61%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.61%) QlikView
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) EDMS
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 145 (44.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 147 (44.68%) Finance
2 144 (43.77%) Social Skills
3 75 (22.80%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (16.72%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.69%) Banking
7 16 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.56%) Retail
9 14 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.34%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.74%) Legal
13 8 (2.43%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.82%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
17 3 (0.91%) Law
17 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (33.43%) Project Manager
2 39 (11.85%) Senior
3 32 (9.73%) Analyst
4 24 (7.29%) Senior Manager
5 23 (6.99%) Project Officer
6 22 (6.69%) Lead
7 21 (6.38%) IT Manager
8 18 (5.47%) Coordinator
8 18 (5.47%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (5.47%) Senior Project Manager
9 17 (5.17%) PMO Analyst
9 17 (5.17%) Programme Manager
10 16 (4.86%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (4.56%) PMO Manager
12 14 (4.26%) Project Control Officer
13 13 (3.95%) Programme Planner
13 13 (3.95%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.65%) Project Planner
15 11 (3.34%) PMO Planner
15 11 (3.34%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.82%) Middleware
2 3 (0.91%) ADO
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 13 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.65%) PMI
6 8 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.52%) FMCG
9 5 (1.52%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.91%) Replication
11 2 (0.61%) CCTV
11 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.61%) Life Science
11 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.52%) Linux
1 5 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (49.24%) Agile
1 162 (49.24%) Project Management
2 154 (46.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (34.95%) PRINCE2
4 111 (33.74%) Project Delivery
5 76 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 76 (23.10%) Waterfall
6 65 (19.76%) Decision-Making
7 62 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (18.54%) DevOps
9 59 (17.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 54 (16.41%) Business Intelligence
11 46 (13.98%) Change Control
12 43 (13.07%) Change Management
13 40 (12.16%) Migration
14 39 (11.85%) Budget Management
15 36 (10.94%) Dependency Management
16 35 (10.64%) Project Planning
17 34 (10.33%) Programme Management
17 34 (10.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.91%) Python
1 3 (0.91%) SQL
1 3 (0.91%) VBA
2 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 129 (39.21%) Degree
2 96 (29.18%) Security Cleared
3 58 (17.63%) PMI Certification
4 53 (16.11%) SC Cleared
5 50 (15.20%) PMP
6 46 (13.98%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.22%) CISA
11 4 (1.22%) CISSP
11 4 (1.22%) RIBA
12 3 (0.91%) APMP
12 3 (0.91%) CAPM
12 3 (0.91%) MBA
13 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.61%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (40.12%) PMO
2 17 (5.17%) QA
3 16 (4.86%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.65%) P3O
5 7 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.91%) GDPR
6 3 (0.91%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) HL7
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 162 (49.24%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.03%) SAP
3 25 (7.60%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.86%) Oracle
5 11 (3.34%) Planview
6 6 (1.82%) Adobe
6 6 (1.82%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.52%) Wrike
8 4 (1.22%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) Xactly
9 3 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.91%) IFS
9 3 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.61%) Progress
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) VMware
10 2 (0.61%) Workday
11 1 (0.30%) BMC
11 1 (0.30%) Siebel
137 Microsoft Project jobs in England