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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 295 316
Rank change year-on-year +44 +21 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 348 192 255
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.04% 0.74% 0.67%
As % of the Applications category 13.83% 9.40% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 125 178
10th Percentile £350 £300 £280
25th Percentile £425 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £604
90th Percentile £738 £729 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 11
10th Percentile £22.78 £26.25 £26.66
25th Percentile £25.47 £30.94 £28.33
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -23.53% +30.69%
75th Percentile £45.94 £34.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% -23.53% +30.69%

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 2,516 2,043 3,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.55% 7.82% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,471 1,181 1,861
10th Percentile £200 £175 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -10.11%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £668 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 185 464
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.51 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.63 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.66
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +31.32% -37.41%
75th Percentile £29.50 £43.75 £42.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.54
% change year-on-year -29.59% +32.06% -34.03%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -9 114 £550 - 30
South East +41 85 £500 +19.40% 26
South West +29 59 £725 +126.56% 11
Midlands -41 43 £475 +5.56% 10
North of England -48 35 £448 +32.99% 14
West Midlands -41 23 £500 - 9
Yorkshire -34 21 £441 +47.08% 5
East Midlands -17 20 £358 -17.70% 1
North West -33 13 £433 +19.38% 8
East of England -26 11 £475 - 7
North East -13 1 £450 - 2
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 99 (28.45%) Confluence
2 42 (12.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.86%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 102 (29.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (26.44%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (14.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (6.32%) MS Visio
5 16 (4.60%) Trello
6 4 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 21 (6.03%) Primavera
2 8 (2.30%) Loan IQ
2 8 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.57%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.29%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.37%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.06%) Azure
3 20 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.74%) Smartsheet
6 12 (3.45%) AWS
7 11 (3.16%) Asana
8 9 (2.59%) GCP
8 9 (2.59%) SaaS
9 8 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.44%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.15%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.86%) Google Ads
12 3 (0.86%) Miro
12 3 (0.86%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.86%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.57%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.57%) OCI
13 2 (0.57%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.72%) WAN
2 4 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.86%) LAN
3 3 (0.86%) Softphone
3 3 (0.86%) VPN
4 2 (0.57%) NAS
4 2 (0.57%) SAN
5 1 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.79%) Power BI
2 8 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.15%) EDMS
5 3 (0.86%) Tableau
6 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.57%) Power Query
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 189 (54.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Ant
2 1 (0.29%) JUnit
2 1 (0.29%) LSMW
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.29%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 191 (54.89%) Social Skills
2 154 (44.25%) Finance
3 108 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.92%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (9.20%) Military
6 24 (6.90%) Banking
7 22 (6.32%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.45%) Legal
8 12 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.16%) Retail
10 10 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.87%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.30%) Retail Banking
12 7 (2.01%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.15%) Billing
13 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.86%) Local Government
14 3 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 117 (33.62%) Project Manager
2 52 (14.94%) Analyst
3 32 (9.20%) Architect
4 30 (8.62%) Service Architect
5 26 (7.47%) Project Planner
6 25 (7.18%) Senior
7 24 (6.90%) PMO Analyst
8 22 (6.32%) Lead
9 16 (4.60%) Coordinator
10 15 (4.31%) PMO Lead
11 14 (4.02%) Senior Manager
12 13 (3.74%) Planning Manager
12 13 (3.74%) Technical Manager
13 12 (3.45%) Programme Manager
13 12 (3.45%) SAP Manager
14 11 (3.16%) Project Coordinator
15 10 (2.87%) IT Manager
15 10 (2.87%) IT Project Manager
15 10 (2.87%) Project Officer
16 9 (2.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.72%) ADO
2 6 (1.72%) Middleware
3 3 (0.86%) SOAP
4 2 (0.57%) React
4 2 (0.57%) REST
4 2 (0.57%) Web Services
5 1 (0.29%) EDI
5 1 (0.29%) FHIR
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.29%) Kafka
5 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.64%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.46%) PMI
4 17 (4.89%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.02%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.30%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.44%) Tandem
9 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.86%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.86%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.57%) EMV
10 2 (0.57%) Life Science
10 2 (0.57%) NHS
10 2 (0.57%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
2 2 (0.57%) Unix
3 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (54.02%) Project Management
2 182 (52.30%) Agile
3 123 (35.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 102 (29.31%) PRINCE2
5 95 (27.30%) Project Delivery
6 81 (23.28%) Change Management
7 75 (21.55%) Waterfall
8 72 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 63 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (15.80%) Risk Management
11 53 (15.23%) Decision-Making
12 49 (14.08%) Project Planning
13 48 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
14 47 (13.51%) Migration
15 45 (12.93%) Budget Management
16 40 (11.49%) Analytical Thinking
17 39 (11.21%) Critical Thinking
17 39 (11.21%) ITIL
18 37 (10.63%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.74%) SQL
2 5 (1.44%) Korn
3 3 (0.86%) Python
4 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.29%) Java
5 1 (0.29%) Perl
5 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 178 (51.15%) Degree
2 109 (31.32%) Security Cleared
3 93 (26.72%) SC Cleared
4 61 (17.53%) PMI Certification
5 58 (16.67%) PMP
6 30 (8.62%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (4.31%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.59%) APMP
9 8 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.30%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.30%) MBA
10 7 (2.01%) SAFe Agilist
11 6 (1.72%) CISSP
12 5 (1.44%) CISM
13 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.86%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.86%) MCSE
14 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (33.05%) PMO
2 28 (8.05%) QA
3 13 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.59%) P3O
5 7 (2.01%) Basel III
5 7 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.72%) GRC
7 5 (1.44%) NIST
8 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.86%) GDPR
8 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) PSD2
9 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (8.62%) OPNET
2 3 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.86%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.29%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 107 (30.75%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.52%) ServiceNow
3 37 (10.63%) SAP
4 36 (10.34%) Atlassian
5 32 (9.20%) Oracle
6 30 (8.62%) Remedy
7 7 (2.01%) Planview
8 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.15%) Arista
9 4 (1.15%) Cisco
10 2 (0.57%) Ariba
10 2 (0.57%) Workday
11 1 (0.29%) Adobe
11 1 (0.29%) BT
11 1 (0.29%) Genesys
11 1 (0.29%) IBM
11 1 (0.29%) Perforce
11 1 (0.29%) Progress
11 1 (0.29%) Siemens
11 1 (0.29%) VMware