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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 284 330
Rank change year-on-year -57 +46 -56
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 316 240 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.87% 0.63%
As % of the Applications category 12.67% 9.95% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 171 115
10th Percentile £340 £350 £339
25th Percentile £400 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £710 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 10
10th Percentile £28.80 £22.83 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £25.19 £22.13
Median hourly rate £39.04 £39.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +25.40% -34.62%
75th Percentile £48.75 £52.06 £40.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £55.78 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £38.03 £50.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -23.94% +58.73% -34.62%

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 2,494 2,412 2,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.46% 8.75% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,322 1,375 1,207
10th Percentile £213 £200 £175
25th Percentile £325 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £405
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £534
90th Percentile £650 £666 £649
UK median daily rate £443 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.15% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 314 290
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.10 £12.66
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.72 £24.31 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +49.78% -29.65%
75th Percentile £39.27 £35.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £72.85 £58.99 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £23.08 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.33% +31.86% -22.33%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -67 118 £560 -2.61% 85
South East -5 79 £520 +8.33% 42
North of England -61 41 £473 +2.83% 33
Midlands -67 33 £463 -14.59% 16
West Midlands -67 24 £469 -13.43% 8
South West -37 23 £410 -18.00% 31
Yorkshire -38 21 £550 +22.91% 12
North West -46 18 £478 -4.88% 17
East of England -17 12 £613 +47.15% 21
East Midlands -9 9 £425 -27.66% 8
North East -45 2 £413 +25.00% 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 58 (18.35%) Confluence
2 57 (18.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 129 (40.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (20.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (16.46%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.75%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.95%) Trello
6 3 (0.95%) Windchill
7 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (6.96%) Primavera
2 12 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.90%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.58%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.95%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.95%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.63%) BASE24
6 2 (0.63%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.63%) Endur
6 2 (0.63%) Findur
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.32%) Actimize
7 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.32%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (22.47%) Azure
2 59 (18.67%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (16.46%) Power Platform
4 28 (8.86%) Smartsheet
5 24 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.22%) AWS
6 7 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.27%) Asana
9 3 (0.95%) GitHub
9 3 (0.95%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.95%) IaaS
9 3 (0.95%) OCI
9 3 (0.95%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.95%) SaaS
10 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.32%) GCP
11 1 (0.32%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.22%) Firewall
1 7 (2.22%) WAN
2 5 (1.58%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.27%) NAS
3 4 (1.27%) SAN
3 4 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.95%) Internet
4 3 (0.95%) IPv4
4 3 (0.95%) IPv6
4 3 (0.95%) Network Security
4 3 (0.95%) Wireless
5 2 (0.63%) Broadband
5 2 (0.63%) DNS
5 2 (0.63%) FTP
5 2 (0.63%) LAN
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (16.14%) Power BI
2 8 (2.53%) Power Query
3 4 (1.27%) Tableau
4 2 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.63%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) DataStage
5 1 (0.32%) EDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 130 (41.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 145 (45.89%) Finance
2 139 (43.99%) Social Skills
3 75 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (18.04%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.23%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.65%) Banking
7 15 (4.75%) Manufacturing
7 15 (4.75%) Retail
8 13 (4.11%) Aerospace
8 13 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.22%) Legal
12 6 (1.90%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.95%) Aviation
14 3 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.95%) Electronics
14 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (34.81%) Project Manager
2 34 (10.76%) Senior
3 26 (8.23%) Analyst
4 22 (6.96%) IT Manager
5 21 (6.65%) Lead
5 21 (6.65%) Project Officer
5 21 (6.65%) Senior Manager
6 19 (6.01%) IT Project Manager
7 18 (5.70%) Coordinator
7 18 (5.70%) Programme Manager
8 16 (5.06%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (4.75%) PMO Analyst
9 15 (4.75%) PMO Planner
9 15 (4.75%) Project Coordinator
10 14 (4.43%) Programme Planner
10 14 (4.43%) Technical Manager
11 13 (4.11%) PMO Manager
12 12 (3.80%) Support Officer
13 11 (3.48%) Project Control Officer
14 10 (3.16%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.90%) Middleware
2 3 (0.95%) ADO
3 2 (0.63%) .NET
4 1 (0.32%) FHIR
4 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.43%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.80%) PMI
5 11 (3.48%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.58%) FMCG
9 5 (1.58%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.95%) CCTV
11 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.95%) Replication
12 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.63%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.58%) Linux
1 5 (1.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (50.63%) Project Management
2 150 (47.47%) Agile
3 147 (46.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (34.18%) PRINCE2
5 103 (32.59%) Project Delivery
6 73 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (22.78%) Waterfall
8 63 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (19.30%) DevOps
10 59 (18.67%) Decision-Making
11 55 (17.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 49 (15.51%) Business Intelligence
13 45 (14.24%) Change Control
14 40 (12.66%) Budget Management
14 40 (12.66%) Change Management
15 39 (12.34%) Project Planning
16 34 (10.76%) Dependency Management
16 34 (10.76%) Migration
16 34 (10.76%) Programme Governance
17 33 (10.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.27%) SQL
2 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (0.95%) Python
2 3 (0.95%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (38.61%) Degree
2 98 (31.01%) Security Cleared
3 58 (18.35%) PMI Certification
4 55 (17.41%) SC Cleared
5 50 (15.82%) PMP
6 45 (14.24%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (4.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.58%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.27%) CAPM
12 3 (0.95%) CISA
12 3 (0.95%) CISSP
12 3 (0.95%) MBA
13 2 (0.63%) APMP
13 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.63%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (37.66%) PMO
2 14 (4.43%) QA
3 12 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.48%) P3O
5 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.27%) NIST
7 3 (0.95%) GDPR
7 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.32%) GxP
9 1 (0.32%) HL7
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 169 (53.48%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.39%) SAP
3 27 (8.54%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.38%) Oracle
5 8 (2.53%) Planview
6 6 (1.90%) Adobe
6 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.58%) Wrike
8 4 (1.27%) Google
8 4 (1.27%) Xactly
9 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.95%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.95%) IFS
9 3 (0.95%) NEC
9 3 (0.95%) Workday
10 2 (0.63%) Ariba
10 2 (0.63%) Sage
10 2 (0.63%) VMware
11 1 (0.32%) BMC
11 1 (0.32%) Cerner