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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 290 339
Rank change year-on-year +31 +49 -27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 362 198 233
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.04% 0.77% 0.61%
As % of the Applications category 14.04% 9.62% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 131 159
10th Percentile £351 £319 £329
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% - -
75th Percentile £630 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £682
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 12
10th Percentile £22.78 £27.75 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -10.34% +11.40%
75th Percentile £45.94 £35.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -7.69% -10.34% +11.40%

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 2,578 2,059 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.38% 7.96% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 1,218 1,808
10th Percentile £203 £181 £160
25th Percentile £322 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -10.71%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £668 £647 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 177 501
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.13 £12.13
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.84 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +31.01% -40.84%
75th Percentile £29.19 £43.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.44 £83.35 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.54
% change year-on-year -26.60% +32.06% -36.80%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -13 119 £550 +2.80% 30
South East +46 92 £500 -1.23% 21
South West +28 63 £725 +126.56% 8
Midlands -41 46 £463 +2.78% 8
North of England -56 34 £448 +27.40% 13
West Midlands -50 27 £500 - 7
East Midlands -15 19 £356 -18.16% 1
Yorkshire -52 17 £435 +45.00% 2
North West -38 15 £433 +19.38% 12
East of England -22 10 £538 +13.16% 7
North East -18 2 £450 - 1
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
1 105 (29.01%) Confluence
2 41 (11.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.83%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 111 (30.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (24.59%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (13.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (5.80%) MS Visio
5 14 (3.87%) Trello
6 7 (1.93%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (5.80%) Primavera
2 10 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.49%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.47%) Power Platform
2 37 (10.22%) Azure
3 21 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.14%) AWS
6 14 (3.87%) Smartsheet
7 13 (3.59%) GCP
8 12 (3.31%) Asana
9 7 (1.93%) SaaS
10 6 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.38%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.83%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.83%) Miro
13 3 (0.83%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.55%) Contentstack
14 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.55%) OCI
14 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.66%) WAN
2 3 (0.83%) LAN
2 3 (0.83%) Softphone
2 3 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (0.83%) VPN
3 2 (0.55%) NAS
3 2 (0.55%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.92%) Power BI
2 8 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.38%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.10%) EDMS
4 4 (1.10%) Tableau
5 2 (0.55%) Power Query
6 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.28%) QlikView
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 205 (56.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) Ant
2 1 (0.28%) JUnit
2 1 (0.28%) LSMW
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 193 (53.31%) Social Skills
2 166 (45.86%) Finance
3 115 (31.77%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.77%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (8.84%) Military
6 23 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.08%) Banking
8 14 (3.87%) Retail
9 13 (3.59%) Legal
9 13 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.21%) Corporate Banking
13 8 (2.21%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.83%) Billing
14 3 (0.83%) Local Government
14 3 (0.83%) Publishing
15 2 (0.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (33.43%) Project Manager
2 58 (16.02%) Analyst
3 32 (8.84%) Architect
4 30 (8.29%) Service Architect
5 28 (7.73%) PMO Analyst
6 27 (7.46%) Senior
7 26 (7.18%) Project Planner
8 22 (6.08%) Lead
9 17 (4.70%) SAP Manager
10 16 (4.42%) Coordinator
10 16 (4.42%) Senior Manager
11 15 (4.14%) PMO Lead
12 13 (3.59%) Project Officer
13 12 (3.31%) Engagement Manager
14 11 (3.04%) Project Coordinator
14 11 (3.04%) Technical Manager
15 10 (2.76%) IT Manager
15 10 (2.76%) IT Project Manager
15 10 (2.76%) Programme Manager
15 10 (2.76%) Programme Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.66%) Middleware
3 5 (1.38%) ADO
4 3 (0.83%) SOAP
5 2 (0.55%) React
5 2 (0.55%) REST
5 2 (0.55%) Web Services
6 1 (0.28%) EDI
6 1 (0.28%) FHIR
6 1 (0.28%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.28%) Kafka
6 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.15%) Product Ownership
2 31 (8.56%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.52%) PMI
4 17 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.87%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.49%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.66%) Tandem
8 5 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.83%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.55%) EMV
11 2 (0.55%) Life Science
11 2 (0.55%) NHS
11 2 (0.55%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.10%) Windows
2 2 (0.55%) Linux
2 2 (0.55%) Unix
3 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (54.70%) Project Management
2 191 (52.76%) Agile
3 134 (37.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (28.45%) PRINCE2
5 100 (27.62%) Project Delivery
6 85 (23.48%) Change Management
7 78 (21.55%) Waterfall
8 72 (19.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 68 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (16.30%) Decision-Making
12 55 (15.19%) Business Intelligence
12 55 (15.19%) Risk Management
13 53 (14.64%) Budget Management
14 52 (14.36%) Project Planning
15 50 (13.81%) Migration
16 43 (11.88%) Analytical Thinking
17 40 (11.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 39 (10.77%) Critical Thinking
18 39 (10.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.31%) SQL
2 4 (1.10%) Korn
3 3 (0.83%) Python
4 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.28%) Java
5 1 (0.28%) Perl
5 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 181 (50.00%) Degree
2 115 (31.77%) Security Cleared
3 96 (26.52%) SC Cleared
4 60 (16.57%) PMI Certification
5 57 (15.75%) PMP
6 30 (8.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (4.97%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.76%) APMP
9 9 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.49%) MBA
10 8 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.21%) SAFe Agilist
11 7 (1.93%) CISSP
12 5 (1.38%) CISM
13 4 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.83%) MCSE
14 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.55%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (35.08%) PMO
2 32 (8.84%) QA
3 13 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.49%) P3O
5 8 (2.21%) Basel III
6 7 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.66%) GRC
8 5 (1.38%) NIST
9 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.55%) GDPR
10 2 (0.55%) PSD2
11 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.28%) HL7
11 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (8.29%) OPNET
2 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.83%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 113 (31.22%) Microsoft
2 57 (15.75%) ServiceNow
3 42 (11.60%) SAP
4 36 (9.94%) Atlassian
5 31 (8.56%) Oracle
6 30 (8.29%) Remedy
7 8 (2.21%) Planview
8 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.10%) Arista
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco
10 2 (0.55%) Ariba
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe
11 1 (0.28%) BT
11 1 (0.28%) Genesys
11 1 (0.28%) Google
11 1 (0.28%) IBM
11 1 (0.28%) Perforce
11 1 (0.28%) Siemens
11 1 (0.28%) TSYS
11 1 (0.28%) VMware