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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 292 362
Rank change year-on-year +45 +70 -65
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 382 200 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.04% 0.81% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 14.57% 9.94% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 134 138
10th Percentile £350 £300 £329
25th Percentile £425 £377 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -0.75% +0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £573 £638
90th Percentile £738 £668 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £490
% change year-on-year +3.09% -1.02% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 14
10th Percentile £23.68 - £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £27.94
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -10.96% -26.16%
75th Percentile £30.00 £40.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £46.30 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £34.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year -16.55% -4.79% -26.16%

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 2,622 2,013 3,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.12% 8.15% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 1,205 1,694
10th Percentile £207 £182 £158
25th Percentile £325 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +2.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £538
90th Percentile £654 £650 £661
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 195 585
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.84 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.30 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +42.76% -52.50%
75th Percentile £27.50 £46.90 £42.88
90th Percentile £60.47 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.91 £26.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -24.87% +35.90% -48.00%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -11 131 £550 +4.76% 26
South East +30 99 £500 -1.23% 23
South West +20 60 £725 +126.56% 5
Midlands -44 45 £463 +8.82% 16
North of England -65 36 £473 +17.22% 16
West Midlands -58 27 £500 +17.65% 9
East Midlands -23 18 £354 -18.62% 7
North West -38 18 £460 +14.06% 9
Yorkshire -49 16 £488 +62.50% 4
East of England -26 11 £520 +15.56% 6
North East -14 2 £450 - 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
1 111 (29.06%) Confluence
2 44 (11.52%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 118 (30.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (23.30%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (12.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (5.24%) MS Visio
5 12 (3.14%) Trello
6 9 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (7.07%) Primavera
2 12 (3.14%) Loan IQ
3 9 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.79%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.18%) Power Platform
2 44 (11.52%) Azure
3 23 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.19%) AWS
5 16 (4.19%) Smartsheet
6 13 (3.40%) Asana
7 12 (3.14%) GCP
8 8 (2.09%) SaaS
9 6 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.31%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.79%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.79%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.52%) Miro
13 2 (0.52%) OCI
13 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.26%) IaaS
14 1 (0.26%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.83%) WAN
2 5 (1.31%) NAS
2 5 (1.31%) SAN
3 4 (1.05%) LAN
4 3 (0.79%) Firewall
4 3 (0.79%) Softphone
4 3 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.79%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) HTTP
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.66%) Power BI
2 8 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.05%) EDMS
4 4 (1.05%) Tableau
5 2 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.52%) Power Query
6 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.26%) QlikView
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 222 (58.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Ant
2 1 (0.26%) JUnit
2 1 (0.26%) LSMW
2 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 199 (52.09%) Social Skills
2 173 (45.29%) Finance
3 119 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.21%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (8.38%) Military
6 27 (7.07%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.54%) Banking
8 16 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (4.19%) Retail
9 13 (3.40%) Legal
10 11 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.36%) Corporate Banking
12 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.36%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.05%) Law
13 4 (1.05%) Publishing
14 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (32.46%) Project Manager
2 61 (15.97%) Analyst
3 31 (8.12%) Architect
4 30 (7.85%) Senior
4 30 (7.85%) Service Architect
5 29 (7.59%) PMO Analyst
6 28 (7.33%) Project Planner
7 27 (7.07%) Lead
8 18 (4.71%) SAP Manager
8 18 (4.71%) Senior Manager
9 15 (3.93%) Coordinator
9 15 (3.93%) Engagement Manager
9 15 (3.93%) PMO Lead
9 15 (3.93%) Programme Manager
9 15 (3.93%) Project Officer
10 13 (3.40%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.14%) Migration Analyst
11 12 (3.14%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (2.88%) Programme Planner
12 11 (2.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.57%) ADO
2 6 (1.57%) Middleware
3 2 (0.52%) FHIR
3 2 (0.52%) SOAP
4 1 (0.26%) EDI
4 1 (0.26%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.26%) Kafka
4 1 (0.26%) REST
4 1 (0.26%) Web Services
4 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.99%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.85%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.50%) PMI
4 20 (5.24%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.93%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.88%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.83%) Tandem
9 5 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.31%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.79%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) Life Science
10 3 (0.79%) NHS
11 2 (0.52%) EMV
11 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.52%) FMCG
11 2 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.57%) Windows
2 4 (1.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (55.24%) Agile
1 211 (55.24%) Project Management
2 147 (38.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (30.10%) PRINCE2
4 110 (28.80%) Project Delivery
5 92 (24.08%) Waterfall
6 90 (23.56%) Change Management
7 72 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 71 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (18.06%) Decision-Making
10 60 (15.71%) Migration
11 59 (15.45%) Budget Management
11 59 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (14.66%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (13.61%) Project Planning
14 49 (12.83%) Risk Management
15 46 (12.04%) ITIL
16 43 (11.26%) Analytical Thinking
16 43 (11.26%) DevOps
17 41 (10.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.14%) SQL
2 4 (1.05%) Korn
2 4 (1.05%) Python
3 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.26%) Java
4 1 (0.26%) Perl
4 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.26%) Ruby
4 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (48.43%) Degree
2 121 (31.68%) Security Cleared
3 98 (25.65%) SC Cleared
4 65 (17.02%) PMI Certification
5 59 (15.45%) PMP
6 30 (7.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (5.24%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.62%) APMP
8 10 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.36%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.36%) MBA
10 8 (2.09%) SAFe Agilist
11 7 (1.83%) CISSP
12 5 (1.31%) CISM
13 4 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.79%) MCSE
14 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.52%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (35.86%) PMO
2 35 (9.16%) QA
3 17 (4.45%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.36%) P3O
5 8 (2.09%) Basel III
5 8 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.57%) GRC
6 6 (1.57%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) PSD2
9 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (7.85%) OPNET
2 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.79%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 116 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 60 (15.71%) ServiceNow
3 39 (10.21%) SAP
4 36 (9.42%) Atlassian
5 31 (8.12%) Oracle
6 30 (7.85%) Remedy
7 11 (2.88%) Planview
8 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.05%) Arista
9 4 (1.05%) Cisco
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe
10 2 (0.52%) Ariba
11 1 (0.26%) Cerner
11 1 (0.26%) Commvault
11 1 (0.26%) EMC
11 1 (0.26%) Genesys
11 1 (0.26%) iManage
11 1 (0.26%) NetApp
11 1 (0.26%) Progress
11 1 (0.26%) Veritas