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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 287 315
Rank change year-on-year +15 +28 -38
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 352 196 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.81% 0.61%
As % of the Applications category 14.38% 9.34% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 132 131
10th Percentile £352 £300 £325
25th Percentile £414 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £497 £504
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -1.43% +0.64%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £616
90th Percentile £738 £613 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 12
10th Percentile £22.50 - £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £31.25 £27.11
Median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% - -23.81%
75th Percentile £36.78 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.25% - -23.81%

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 2,448 2,099 2,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.96% 8.63% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,210 1,439
10th Percentile £250 £188 £165
25th Percentile £340 £259 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -9.09%
75th Percentile £565 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £650 £658
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 236 583
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.20 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.48 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +51.94% -49.75%
75th Percentile £34.23 £46.60 £35.00
90th Percentile £74.25 £73.75 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.70 £22.50 £17.11
% change year-on-year -8.02% +31.50% -47.03%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -23 125 £569 +13.75% 29
South East -3 81 £500 +2.04% 24
South West +8 48 £725 +110.91% 13
Midlands -53 43 £447 -10.60% 16
North of England -51 42 £450 - 11
West Midlands -52 28 £463 -11.23% 12
Yorkshire -41 20 £425 +41.67% 4
North West -35 19 £473 -0.42% 5
East Midlands -25 15 £376 -16.56% 4
East of England -29 8 £600 +44.40% 8
North East -20 3 £450 +36.36% 3
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 84 (23.86%) Confluence
2 41 (11.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 103 (29.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (14.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.84%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.99%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.99%) Trello
6 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (5.40%) Primavera
2 16 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (3.41%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.70%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.28%) Actimize
7 1 (0.28%) Endur
7 1 (0.28%) Findur
7 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (16.19%) Azure
1 57 (16.19%) Power Platform
2 42 (11.93%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.68%) Smartsheet
5 13 (3.69%) AWS
6 11 (3.13%) Asana
7 8 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.99%) GCP
9 6 (1.70%) SaaS
10 5 (1.42%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.85%) GitHub
11 3 (0.85%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.85%) OCI
12 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.57%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.28%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.27%) WAN
2 6 (1.70%) NAS
2 6 (1.70%) SAN
3 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.14%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) Broadband
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) FTP
5 1 (0.28%) Internet
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (16.19%) Power BI
2 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.85%) Tableau
4 2 (0.57%) Power Query
4 2 (0.57%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.57%) QlikView
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.28%) EDMS
5 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 204 (57.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 156 (44.32%) Social Skills
2 155 (44.03%) Finance
3 95 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.67%) Banking
7 21 (5.97%) Military
8 19 (5.40%) Retail
9 18 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.41%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.84%) Legal
12 8 (2.27%) Corporate Banking
12 8 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.27%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.42%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.14%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.85%) Electronics
15 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (34.38%) Project Manager
2 55 (15.63%) Analyst
3 36 (10.23%) Senior
4 30 (8.52%) PMO Analyst
5 21 (5.97%) Architect
5 21 (5.97%) Project Planner
6 20 (5.68%) Lead
6 20 (5.68%) Senior Manager
6 20 (5.68%) Service Architect
7 16 (4.55%) SAP Manager
8 15 (4.26%) Programme Manager
8 15 (4.26%) Transformation Analyst
9 14 (3.98%) PMO Manager
9 14 (3.98%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 13 (3.69%) Coordinator
10 13 (3.69%) IT Manager
10 13 (3.69%) Project Officer
11 12 (3.41%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.41%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (3.41%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.99%) Middleware
3 6 (1.70%) ADO
4 1 (0.28%) .NET
4 1 (0.28%) FHIR
4 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 22 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.83%) PMI
4 13 (3.69%) Virtual Team
5 12 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.84%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.99%) Tandem
9 6 (1.70%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.42%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.14%) FMCG
11 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.85%) Life Science
12 3 (0.85%) Replication
13 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.57%) EMV
13 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.28%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (55.40%) Agile
2 184 (52.27%) Project Management
3 140 (39.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 100 (28.41%) Project Delivery
5 96 (27.27%) PRINCE2
6 91 (25.85%) Waterfall
7 67 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (18.75%) Change Management
9 65 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 62 (17.61%) Decision-Making
11 59 (16.76%) Migration
12 56 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
13 54 (15.34%) DevOps
14 50 (14.20%) Risk Management
15 49 (13.92%) Budget Management
16 44 (12.50%) ITIL
17 40 (11.36%) Project Planning
18 37 (10.51%) Change Control
19 34 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.99%) SQL
2 4 (1.14%) Python
3 3 (0.85%) VBA
4 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 157 (44.60%) Degree
2 101 (28.69%) Security Cleared
3 87 (24.72%) SC Cleared
4 61 (17.33%) PMI Certification
5 57 (16.19%) PMP
6 20 (5.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (5.11%) DV Cleared
8 13 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.27%) MBA
10 7 (1.99%) SAFe Agilist
11 4 (1.14%) APMP
11 4 (1.14%) CISSP
11 4 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.85%) CISA
12 3 (0.85%) RIBA
13 2 (0.57%) CAPM
13 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.57%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (36.65%) PMO
2 30 (8.52%) QA
3 21 (5.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.99%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.99%) Basel III
5 6 (1.70%) P3O
6 4 (1.14%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) NIST
8 2 (0.57%) GRC
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) PSD2
8 2 (0.57%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) GxP
9 1 (0.28%) HL7
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (5.68%) OPNET
2 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 115 (32.67%) Microsoft
2 45 (12.78%) ServiceNow
3 40 (11.36%) SAP
4 22 (6.25%) Atlassian
4 22 (6.25%) Oracle
5 20 (5.68%) Remedy
6 7 (1.99%) Planview
7 5 (1.42%) Adobe
8 3 (0.85%) NEC
9 2 (0.57%) Ariba
9 2 (0.57%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.57%) Google
9 2 (0.57%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.57%) VMware
10 1 (0.28%) Cerner
10 1 (0.28%) Commvault
10 1 (0.28%) EMC
10 1 (0.28%) Genesys
10 1 (0.28%) NetApp
10 1 (0.28%) Veritas