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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 266 339
Rank change year-on-year -68 +73 -80
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 328 248 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.90% 0.59%
As % of the Applications category 13.16% 10.24% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 178 107
10th Percentile £350 £350 £329
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £530 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +3.92% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £611 £588
90th Percentile £713 £713 £705
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £510
% change year-on-year -3.61% +1.72% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 10
10th Percentile £28.65 £24.40 £20.68
25th Percentile £30.00 £36.40 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.77 £46.30 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% +26.85% -24.24%
75th Percentile £51.56 £48.15 £40.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £53.30 £53.96
UK median hourly rate £39.04 £46.30 £36.50
% change year-on-year -15.68% +26.85% -24.24%

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 2,493 2,423 2,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.45% 8.78% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,375 1,176
10th Percentile £213 £195 £170
25th Percentile £325 £294 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £439 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +3.24% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 329 350
10th Percentile £13.52 £14.04 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.20 £15.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £23.63 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +40.45% -28.77%
75th Percentile £39.50 £36.00 £41.88
90th Percentile £74.25 £61.45 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.84 £17.80
% change year-on-year -3.68% +28.31% -22.27%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -53 129 £558 +0.04% 56
South East -25 78 £525 +3.70% 32
North of England -74 38 £483 +3.87% 24
Midlands -63 34 £469 -13.43% 17
South West -34 29 £410 -8.89% 26
West Midlands -63 25 £475 -12.16% 13
North West -41 18 £483 +1.68% 13
Yorkshire -45 18 £538 +15.90% 11
East of England -20 10 £566 +36.04% 12
East Midlands -12 9 £425 -22.73% 4
North East -39 2 £413 +25.00%
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 (17.68%) Confluence
2 56 (17.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 131 (39.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (19.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 48 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.27%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.05%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.91%) Trello
6 3 (0.91%) Windchill
7 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (7.93%) Primavera
2 14 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.83%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.22%) Loan IQ
4 4 (1.22%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.91%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.91%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.91%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.61%) BASE24
6 2 (0.61%) Endur
6 2 (0.61%) Findur
6 2 (0.61%) Maximo
6 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.30%) Actimize
7 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.65%) Azure
2 58 (17.68%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (16.16%) Power Platform
4 28 (8.54%) Smartsheet
5 23 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.44%) AWS
7 7 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.52%) Asana
10 3 (0.91%) GitHub
10 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.91%) IaaS
10 3 (0.91%) OCI
10 3 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.91%) SaaS
11 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.30%) GCP
12 1 (0.30%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.83%) WAN
2 5 (1.52%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.22%) NAS
3 4 (1.22%) SAN
4 3 (0.91%) IPv4
4 3 (0.91%) IPv6
4 3 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.61%) Broadband
5 2 (0.61%) DNS
5 2 (0.61%) FTP
5 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.61%) Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (16.16%) Power BI
2 7 (2.13%) Power Query
3 4 (1.22%) Tableau
4 2 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.61%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) DataStage
5 1 (0.30%) EDMS
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 140 (42.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 145 (44.21%) Finance
2 144 (43.90%) Social Skills
3 72 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (17.07%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.71%) Banking
7 17 (5.18%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.57%) Retail
9 14 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (3.96%) Aerospace
11 12 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.74%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.44%) Legal
14 6 (1.83%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
17 3 (0.91%) Law
17 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (33.54%) Project Manager
2 39 (11.89%) Senior
3 31 (9.45%) Analyst
4 24 (7.32%) Senior Manager
5 23 (7.01%) IT Manager
5 23 (7.01%) Project Officer
6 21 (6.40%) Lead
7 20 (6.10%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (5.49%) Programme Manager
8 18 (5.49%) Senior Project Manager
9 17 (5.18%) Coordinator
9 17 (5.18%) PMO Analyst
10 15 (4.57%) Project Coordinator
11 14 (4.27%) PMO Manager
11 14 (4.27%) Programme Planner
11 14 (4.27%) Technical Manager
12 13 (3.96%) Project Control Officer
13 12 (3.66%) PMO Planner
13 12 (3.66%) Project Planner
13 12 (3.66%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.83%) Middleware
2 3 (0.91%) ADO
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) FHIR
4 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.88%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.96%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.96%) Onboarding
2 13 (3.96%) Virtual Team
3 12 (3.66%) PMI
4 8 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.83%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.52%) FMCG
7 5 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.91%) Replication
10 2 (0.61%) CCTV
10 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.61%) Life Science
10 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.52%) Linux
1 5 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (48.78%) Project Management
2 159 (48.48%) Agile
3 153 (46.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (34.15%) PRINCE2
5 110 (33.54%) Project Delivery
6 76 (23.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 76 (23.17%) Waterfall
7 62 (18.90%) Decision-Making
7 62 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (18.60%) DevOps
9 58 (17.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 51 (15.55%) Business Intelligence
11 45 (13.72%) Change Control
12 42 (12.80%) Change Management
13 40 (12.20%) Budget Management
13 40 (12.20%) Migration
14 37 (11.28%) Project Planning
15 35 (10.67%) Dependency Management
16 33 (10.06%) Programme Governance
16 33 (10.06%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.91%) Python
1 3 (0.91%) SQL
1 3 (0.91%) VBA
2 1 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 122 (37.20%) Degree
2 98 (29.88%) Security Cleared
3 58 (17.68%) PMI Certification
4 55 (16.77%) SC Cleared
5 50 (15.24%) PMP
6 46 (14.02%) DV Cleared
7 15 (4.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (4.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.91%) CAPM
10 3 (0.91%) CISA
10 3 (0.91%) CISSP
10 3 (0.91%) MBA
11 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (38.11%) PMO
2 16 (4.88%) QA
3 15 (4.57%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.66%) P3O
5 7 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.91%) GDPR
6 3 (0.91%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) HL7
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 168 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.98%) SAP
3 25 (7.62%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.88%) Oracle
5 10 (3.05%) Planview
6 6 (1.83%) Adobe
6 6 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.52%) Wrike
8 4 (1.22%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) Xactly
9 3 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.91%) IFS
9 3 (0.91%) NEC
10 2 (0.61%) Ariba
10 2 (0.61%) Progress
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) VMware
10 2 (0.61%) Workday
11 1 (0.30%) Siebel