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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 290 344
Rank change year-on-year -19 +54 -61
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 323 232 207
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.85% 0.59%
As % of the Applications category 13.24% 9.82% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 162 118
10th Percentile £350 £350 £323
25th Percentile £400 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -1.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £710 £698 £652
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 11
10th Percentile - £24.25 £26.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £26.38 £30.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £47.78 £53.00
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 2,439 2,363 2,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.44% 8.67% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 1,344 1,318
10th Percentile £213 £200 £165
25th Percentile £325 £285 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -6.54%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £630
UK median daily rate £446 £419 £400
% change year-on-year +6.28% +4.81% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 310 459
10th Percentile £13.67 £14.20 £11.77
25th Percentile £16.78 £15.84 £14.27
Median hourly rate £23.06 £24.83 £16.65
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% +49.13% -34.65%
75th Percentile £37.41 £40.96 £38.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £62.37 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £23.05 £17.72
% change year-on-year -1.61% +30.08% -29.12%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -37 132 £569 +7.31% 36
South East -24 74 £515 +2.99% 27
North of England -66 38 £450 -2.70% 13
Midlands -52 37 £456 -15.51% 14
West Midlands -62 29 £463 -14.35% 9
South West -30 28 £410 -8.89% 13
North West -38 18 £492 +9.22% 9
Yorkshire -57 16 £430 -7.28% 3
East Midlands -8 8 £425 -22.73% 5
East of England -21 6 £613 +48.48% 3
North East -40 4 £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 54 (16.72%) Confluence
2 48 (14.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.31%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 124 (38.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (19.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (4.64%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.41%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.93%) Trello
6 3 (0.93%) Windchill
7 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (7.74%) Primavera
2 15 (4.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.17%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.86%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.86%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.93%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.93%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.62%) BASE24
6 2 (0.62%) Endur
6 2 (0.62%) Findur
6 2 (0.62%) Maximo
6 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.31%) Actimize
7 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.31%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 69 (21.36%) Azure
2 59 (18.27%) Power Platform
3 52 (16.10%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (8.36%) Smartsheet
5 21 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.72%) AWS
7 8 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.86%) Asana
8 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.55%) GCP
9 5 (1.55%) SaaS
10 3 (0.93%) GitHub
10 3 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
10 3 (0.93%) OCI
10 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.62%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.62%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.86%) NAS
1 6 (1.86%) SAN
1 6 (1.86%) WAN
2 5 (1.55%) Firewall
2 5 (1.55%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.62%) FTP
3 2 (0.62%) LAN
4 1 (0.31%) Broadband
4 1 (0.31%) DHCP
4 1 (0.31%) DNS
4 1 (0.31%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) MPLS
4 1 (0.31%) Network Security
4 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (18.27%) Power BI
2 7 (2.17%) Power Query
3 4 (1.24%) Tableau
4 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.62%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.62%) QlikView
4 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) DataStage
5 1 (0.31%) EDMS
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 149 (46.13%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 144 (44.58%) Finance
2 130 (40.25%) Social Skills
3 72 (22.29%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.62%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.50%) Banking
7 19 (5.88%) Retail
8 17 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 15 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.79%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.48%) Legal
13 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.55%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.93%) Electronics
15 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (34.06%) Project Manager
2 45 (13.93%) Analyst
3 43 (13.31%) Senior
4 27 (8.36%) Senior Manager
5 25 (7.74%) PMO Analyst
6 20 (6.19%) IT Manager
7 19 (5.88%) Lead
7 19 (5.88%) Project Officer
7 19 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
8 17 (5.26%) Coordinator
8 17 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
9 15 (4.64%) Programme Manager
9 15 (4.64%) Project Coordinator
10 13 (4.02%) Project Planner
11 12 (3.72%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.72%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.72%) Technical Manager
12 11 (3.41%) Programme Planner
12 11 (3.41%) Project Control Officer
12 11 (3.41%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.55%) Middleware
2 3 (0.93%) ADO
3 1 (0.31%) .NET
3 1 (0.31%) FHIR
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.33%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.41%) PMI
6 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.86%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.86%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.55%) FMCG
10 4 (1.24%) Tandem
11 3 (0.93%) Life Science
11 3 (0.93%) Replication
12 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.17%) Windows
2 4 (1.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (50.15%) Agile
2 161 (49.85%) Project Management
3 149 (46.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 106 (32.82%) Project Delivery
5 102 (31.58%) PRINCE2
6 82 (25.39%) Waterfall
7 71 (21.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (19.81%) Decision-Making
8 64 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (18.58%) DevOps
9 60 (18.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
11 50 (15.48%) Change Management
11 50 (15.48%) Migration
12 46 (14.24%) Change Control
13 42 (13.00%) Budget Management
14 36 (11.15%) Dependency Management
14 36 (11.15%) Project Planning
15 32 (9.91%) Programme Management
15 32 (9.91%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (0.93%) VBA
2 2 (0.62%) Python
2 2 (0.62%) SQL
3 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 126 (39.01%) Degree
2 87 (26.93%) Security Cleared
3 57 (17.65%) PMI Certification
4 52 (16.10%) SC Cleared
5 50 (15.48%) PMP
6 35 (10.84%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (3.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.55%) CISA
9 5 (1.55%) CISSP
10 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.24%) RIBA
11 3 (0.93%) APMP
11 3 (0.93%) CAPM
11 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.62%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (40.56%) PMO
2 26 (8.05%) QA
3 18 (5.57%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.41%) P3O
5 7 (2.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Basel III
8 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.31%) GxP
8 1 (0.31%) HL7
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 152 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.76%) SAP
3 28 (8.67%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.33%) Oracle
5 11 (3.41%) Planview
6 6 (1.86%) Adobe
6 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.55%) Wrike
8 4 (1.24%) Google
8 4 (1.24%) Xactly
9 3 (0.93%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.93%) IFS
9 3 (0.93%) NEC
10 2 (0.62%) Progress
10 2 (0.62%) Sage
10 2 (0.62%) VMware
10 2 (0.62%) Workday
11 1 (0.31%) EMC
11 1 (0.31%) Siebel
11 1 (0.31%) Temenos