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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 289 332
Rank change year-on-year -25 +43 -53
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 311 191 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.78% 0.59%
As % of the Applications category 12.99% 9.03% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 131 126
10th Percentile £350 £313 £343
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -3.33% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £617
90th Percentile £708 £628 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £502
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.35% +0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 14
10th Percentile £23.70 £32.10 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.00 £29.01
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £43.90 - £43.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £47.78 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -25.58%

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 2,394 2,115 2,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.64% 8.68% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,380 1,211 1,437
10th Percentile £237 £195 £165
25th Percentile £335 £263 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -8.57%
75th Percentile £551 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £448 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +8.48% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 261 586
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.30 £11.70
25th Percentile £16.46 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.15 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.02% +54.96% -40.71%
75th Percentile £33.99 £45.00 £34.32
90th Percentile £74.25 £67.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
% change year-on-year -8.23% +51.94% -40.98%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -43 119 £572 +12.68% 27
South East -5 74 £500 +4.17% 21
Midlands -55 42 £446 -8.70% 11
North of England -57 37 £450 - 14
West Midlands -59 28 £463 -14.35% 8
South West -18 22 £410 +9.33% 6
North West -28 17 £473 -0.42% 7
Yorkshire -52 17 £435 +5.45% 6
East Midlands -22 14 £393 -12.67% 3
East of England -29 9 £600 +41.18% 5
North East -24 3 £450 +36.36% 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 61 (19.61%) Confluence
2 42 (13.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 97 (31.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (13.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.89%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.25%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.93%) Trello
7 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (6.43%) Primavera
2 15 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.89%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.93%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.96%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.64%) BASE24
6 2 (0.64%) Maximo
6 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.32%) Actimize
7 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.32%) Endur
7 1 (0.32%) Findur
7 1 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (19.61%) Power Platform
2 58 (18.65%) Azure
3 45 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (6.43%) Smartsheet
6 12 (3.86%) AWS
7 9 (2.89%) Asana
8 8 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.25%) SaaS
10 5 (1.61%) GCP
11 4 (1.29%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.96%) GitHub
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.96%) OCI
13 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.64%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.64%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.32%) Azure AI
14 1 (0.32%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.57%) WAN
2 6 (1.93%) NAS
2 6 (1.93%) SAN
3 5 (1.61%) Firewall
3 5 (1.61%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.64%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) DHCP
5 1 (0.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) FTP
5 1 (0.32%) Internet
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (19.61%) Power BI
2 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.96%) Power Query
2 3 (0.96%) Tableau
3 2 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (0.64%) PowerPivot
3 2 (0.64%) QlikView
3 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.32%) EDMS
4 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 160 (51.45%) JIRA
General
1 148 (47.59%) Finance
2 121 (38.91%) Social Skills
3 70 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.22%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 25 (8.04%) Banking
7 19 (6.11%) Retail
8 15 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.86%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.89%) Legal
11 6 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.93%) Corporate Banking
11 6 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.93%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Electronics
13 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.96%) Law
13 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (37.30%) Project Manager
2 58 (18.65%) Analyst
3 36 (11.58%) Senior
4 32 (10.29%) PMO Analyst
5 20 (6.43%) Project Planner
5 20 (6.43%) Senior Manager
6 19 (6.11%) Lead
7 15 (4.82%) IT Manager
8 13 (4.18%) IT Project Manager
8 13 (4.18%) SAP Manager
8 13 (4.18%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (3.86%) PMO Manager
9 12 (3.86%) Programme Manager
9 12 (3.86%) Project Officer
9 12 (3.86%) Transformation Analyst
10 11 (3.54%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 10 (3.22%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (3.22%) Project Coordinator
11 10 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.22%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.25%) ADO
2 4 (1.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) FHIR
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.82%) PMI
3 12 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.54%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.22%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.93%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.61%) Tandem
8 4 (1.29%) FMCG
8 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.96%) Life Science
9 3 (0.96%) Replication
10 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.64%) EMV
10 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.64%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.32%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.25%) Windows
2 4 (1.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (52.73%) Project Management
2 154 (49.52%) Agile
3 132 (42.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (31.19%) Project Delivery
5 92 (29.58%) PRINCE2
6 86 (27.65%) Waterfall
7 64 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (19.29%) Business Intelligence
9 58 (18.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (18.33%) Decision-Making
11 55 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (16.72%) DevOps
13 51 (16.40%) Migration
14 50 (16.08%) Change Management
15 43 (13.83%) Budget Management
16 40 (12.86%) Risk Management
17 34 (10.93%) Change Control
18 31 (9.97%) Project Planning
18 31 (9.97%) Roadmaps
19 30 (9.65%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.93%) SQL
2 4 (1.29%) Python
3 3 (0.96%) VBA
4 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 121 (38.91%) Degree
2 69 (22.19%) Security Cleared
3 57 (18.33%) PMI Certification
4 55 (17.68%) SC Cleared
5 52 (16.72%) PMP
6 15 (4.82%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.93%) MBA
8 6 (1.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.61%) CISSP
9 5 (1.61%) SAFe Agilist
10 4 (1.29%) RIBA
11 3 (0.96%) CISA
11 3 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.64%) APMP
12 2 (0.64%) CAPM
12 2 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.64%) PgMP
13 1 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (39.23%) PMO
2 25 (8.04%) QA
3 19 (6.11%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.57%) P3O
5 7 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.61%) Basel III
7 4 (1.29%) GDPR
7 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.96%) NIST
9 2 (0.64%) GRC
9 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.64%) PSD2
9 2 (0.64%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.32%) HL7
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.32%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 111 (35.69%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.22%) SAP
3 23 (7.40%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.86%) Oracle
5 7 (2.25%) Planview
6 5 (1.61%) Adobe
6 5 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.29%) Wrike
8 3 (0.96%) NEC
8 3 (0.96%) Xactly
9 2 (0.64%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.64%) Google
9 2 (0.64%) IFS
9 2 (0.64%) Sage
9 2 (0.64%) VMware
10 1 (0.32%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.32%) Siebel
10 1 (0.32%) Snow
10 1 (0.32%) Workday