Microsoft Project Contracts in England

Microsoft Project
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Microsoft Project skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Project over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 351 278
Rank change year-on-year +63 -73 -32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 216 208 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.84% 0.56% 0.90%
As % of the Applications category 9.68% 7.57% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 118 299
10th Percentile £350 £332 £320
25th Percentile £411 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.37% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £598
90th Percentile £667 £680 £677
UK median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.95% - +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 13
10th Percentile £31.13 £26.33 £40.25
25th Percentile £38.58 £27.26 £43.86
Median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% -27.27% +23.60%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £48.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +15.75% -27.27% +23.60%

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 2,231 2,749 3,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.63% 7.36% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,396 2,363
10th Percentile £197 £165 £194
25th Percentile £279 £230 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £536 £576
90th Percentile £650 £650 £685
UK median daily rate £418 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +4.38% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 588 221
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.71 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £17.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.23 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +54.96% -36.87% +14.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £34.43 £47.50
90th Percentile £63.40 £57.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £16.94 £25.71
% change year-on-year +45.57% -34.11% +14.78%

Microsoft Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Project in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Project in England

Microsoft Project
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Project in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 +57 99 £525 +2.94% 318
Midlands +30 36 £513 +7.89% 62
West Midlands +29 30 £526 +7.95% 33
North of England +15 29 £460 -8.91% 75
South East +45 24 £500 +8.25% 141
South West +13 19 £450 -23.40% 45
Yorkshire +8 18 £461 +2.50% 28
North West +6 9 £450 -11.96% 41
East of England +13 6 £425 -15.00% 57
East Midlands +8 6 £450 +66.67% 29
North East -1 2 £330 -32.31% 6
Microsoft Project
UK

Microsoft Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.19%) Confluence
2 17 (7.87%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.39%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.93%) CMS
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 37 (17.13%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (16.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (12.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (8.80%) MS Visio
5 16 (7.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (6.02%) Primavera
2 10 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (3.70%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.46%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.04%) Azure
2 20 (9.26%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.09%) Asana
5 10 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.24%) SaaS
7 6 (2.78%) AWS
7 6 (2.78%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.31%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.31%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.85%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.39%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.39%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.39%) GCP
11 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.85%) Firewall
2 3 (1.39%) HTTP
2 3 (1.39%) Internet
2 3 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.93%) DNS
3 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.93%) WAN
4 1 (0.46%) ATM
4 1 (0.46%) LAN
4 1 (0.46%) MPLS
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
4 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.46%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.46%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.87%) Power BI
2 4 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.85%) Tableau
3 3 (1.39%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.39%) Metadata
3 3 (1.39%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.93%) Big Data
4 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.93%) Looker
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database 10g
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.46%) QlikView
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 72 (33.33%) JIRA
2 4 (1.85%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.39%) Ant
3 3 (1.39%) Toad
4 2 (0.93%) JUnit
5 1 (0.46%) Git
5 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 102 (47.22%) Finance
2 94 (43.52%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.72%) Banking
5 20 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.94%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.63%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.24%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.24%) Law
9 7 (3.24%) Legal
10 4 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.39%) Back Office
11 3 (1.39%) Front Office
11 3 (1.39%) Marketing
12 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.93%) Retail
12 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (42.13%) Project Manager
2 25 (11.57%) Lead
3 20 (9.26%) Senior
4 18 (8.33%) Analyst
4 18 (8.33%) Project Planner
5 14 (6.48%) IT Manager
5 14 (6.48%) Senior Manager
6 13 (6.02%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (4.63%) Delivery Manager
9 9 (4.17%) Business Manager
9 9 (4.17%) Business Project Manager
9 9 (4.17%) PMO Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) Programme Planner
10 8 (3.70%) Engagement Manager
11 7 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.24%) Consultant
11 7 (3.24%) Lead Project Manager
11 7 (3.24%) Project Analyst
12 6 (2.78%) Data Centre Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.24%) ADO
2 4 (1.85%) Middleware
2 4 (1.85%) SOAP
2 4 (1.85%) XML
3 3 (1.39%) EDI
3 3 (1.39%) IBM Integration Bus
3 3 (1.39%) Kafka
4 2 (0.93%) HTML
4 2 (0.93%) REST
5 1 (0.46%) .NET
5 1 (0.46%) ActiveX
5 1 (0.46%) CSS
5 1 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.46%) VML
5 1 (0.46%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.87%) PMI
2 10 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.85%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.85%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.85%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.39%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.39%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.39%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.39%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.93%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.93%) Derivative
7 2 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.93%) IoT
7 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.17%) Windows
2 4 (1.85%) Unix
3 3 (1.39%) AIX
3 3 (1.39%) Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (55.56%) Project Management
2 82 (37.96%) Agile
3 63 (29.17%) Project Delivery
4 60 (27.78%) PRINCE2
5 56 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (21.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (19.91%) Waterfall
8 39 (18.06%) Change Management
9 33 (15.28%) Project Planning
9 33 (15.28%) Risk Management
10 26 (12.04%) Resource Management
11 25 (11.57%) Change Control
11 25 (11.57%) Project Governance
12 24 (11.11%) Migration
13 21 (9.72%) Scrum
14 19 (8.80%) Decision-Making
15 18 (8.33%) Budget Management
15 18 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (7.87%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.24%) SQL
2 4 (1.85%) Java
3 3 (1.39%) Korn
3 3 (1.39%) Perl
3 3 (1.39%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.46%) Python
5 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (38.43%) Degree
2 49 (22.69%) PMI Certification
3 47 (21.76%) Security Cleared
4 40 (18.52%) PMP
5 33 (15.28%) SC Cleared
6 14 (6.48%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (2.78%) ISEB
8 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.31%) APMP
9 5 (2.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.93%) APMG
11 2 (0.93%) MRICS
12 1 (0.46%) CBAP
12 1 (0.46%) CFA
12 1 (0.46%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.46%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (18.98%) PMO
2 9 (4.17%) QA
3 4 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.39%) NIST
4 3 (1.39%) P3O
4 3 (1.39%) SEPA
4 3 (1.39%) SLA
5 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) Basel III
6 1 (0.46%) DO-254
6 1 (0.46%) EMIR
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.46%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.39%) SCCM
2 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.65%) SAP
3 6 (2.78%) Google
3 6 (2.78%) Oracle
4 5 (2.31%) Citrix
4 5 (2.31%) VMware
5 3 (1.39%) Adobe
5 3 (1.39%) Bloomberg
5 3 (1.39%) HP
5 3 (1.39%) IBM
5 3 (1.39%) Perforce
5 3 (1.39%) Planview
5 3 (1.39%) Reuters
6 2 (0.93%) IFS
6 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.93%) Wrike
7 1 (0.46%) Databricks
7 1 (0.46%) UiPath
7 1 (0.46%) Workday