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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 308 316
Rank change year-on-year +53 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 327 209 280
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 0.68% 0.72%
As % of the Applications category 12.86% 9.49% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 139 209
10th Percentile £371 £320 £280
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £678 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £732 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 5
10th Percentile £24.20 £20.75 -
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.19 £30.00
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -9.72% +10.63%
75th Percentile £67.13 £33.75 £43.86
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £52.04
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year +21.32% -9.72% -34.55%

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 2,542 2,202 3,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.32% 7.14% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,477 1,273 1,967
10th Percentile £195 £171 £164
25th Percentile £300 £256 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.09% +2.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £550
90th Percentile £668 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £429 £403 £400
% change year-on-year +6.45% +0.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 221 252
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £27.90
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -13.33% +10.45%
75th Percentile £31.43 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £57.05 £65.00 £51.35
UK median hourly rate £22.32 £23.83 £26.64
% change year-on-year -6.36% -10.55% +8.20%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +33 122 £584 +6.23% 25
South West +47 58 £725 +104.95% 13
South East +23 52 £500 +9.59% 38
Midlands -4 51 £527 +17.11% 15
West Midlands -2 40 £540 +8.00% 9
North of England -31 36 £464 +32.03% 13
Yorkshire -11 25 £464 +19.68% 8
East Midlands -11 11 £480 +12.94% 6
North West -24 11 £466 +37.13% 4
East of England -17 7 £408 -7.49% 12
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 83 (25.38%) Confluence
2 41 (12.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.92%) CMS
4 2 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 90 (27.52%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (26.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (14.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (8.26%) MS Visio
5 18 (5.50%) Trello
6 3 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Notion
Business Applications
1 22 (6.73%) Primavera
2 9 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.53%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.92%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.92%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.31%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.31%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.70%) Power Platform
2 31 (9.48%) Azure
3 21 (6.42%) Smartsheet
4 13 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.67%) Asana
6 11 (3.36%) AWS
6 11 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.36%) SaaS
7 9 (2.75%) GCP
8 7 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.92%) Miro
10 3 (0.92%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.61%) Contentstack
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.61%) OCI
11 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.83%) Firewall
2 4 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.22%) VPN
3 3 (0.92%) LAN
3 3 (0.92%) Softphone
3 3 (0.92%) WAN
4 2 (0.61%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.09%) Power BI
2 7 (2.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.53%) Tableau
4 4 (1.22%) EDMS
5 3 (0.92%) Power Query
6 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.31%) DTS
7 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 155 (47.40%) JIRA
2 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.31%) Ant
3 1 (0.31%) JUnit
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.31%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 178 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 135 (41.28%) Finance
3 83 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.40%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.95%) Military
6 22 (6.73%) Banking
7 19 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.89%) Legal
8 16 (4.89%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.98%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.45%) Marketing
12 6 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.22%) Billing
13 4 (1.22%) Front Office
13 4 (1.22%) Law
14 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 119 (36.39%) Project Manager
2 35 (10.70%) Analyst
3 29 (8.87%) Senior
4 28 (8.56%) Architect
4 28 (8.56%) Lead
5 24 (7.34%) Service Architect
6 18 (5.50%) Project Planner
6 18 (5.50%) Senior Manager
7 16 (4.89%) IT Manager
8 14 (4.28%) Coordinator
8 14 (4.28%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (3.98%) Programme Manager
9 13 (3.98%) Technical Manager
10 12 (3.67%) Senior Project Manager
11 11 (3.36%) PMO Lead
12 10 (3.06%) Business Analyst
12 10 (3.06%) Engagement Manager
12 10 (3.06%) PMO Analyst
12 10 (3.06%) Project Officer
13 9 (2.75%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.22%) SOAP
3 3 (0.92%) Middleware
3 3 (0.92%) REST
4 2 (0.61%) ADO
4 2 (0.61%) React
4 2 (0.61%) Web Services
4 2 (0.61%) XML
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) EDI
5 1 (0.31%) FHIR
5 1 (0.31%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (0.31%) Kafka
5 1 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.87%) Product Ownership
2 23 (7.03%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.59%) PMI
5 14 (4.28%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.83%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.22%) SCADA
11 3 (0.92%) Derivative
11 3 (0.92%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.92%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.61%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.61%) Life Science
12 2 (0.61%) NHS
12 2 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.92%) Unix
1 3 (0.92%) Windows
2 2 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) AIX
3 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (49.85%) Project Management
2 152 (46.48%) Agile
3 108 (33.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 94 (28.75%) PRINCE2
5 85 (25.99%) Project Delivery
6 79 (24.16%) Change Management
7 77 (23.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (18.96%) Waterfall
9 54 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (14.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (12.84%) Decision-Making
12 40 (12.23%) Migration
12 40 (12.23%) Project Planning
12 40 (12.23%) Risk Management
13 36 (11.01%) Budget Management
13 36 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (10.09%) Project Governance
15 32 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (9.79%) ITIL
15 32 (9.79%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.75%) SQL
2 5 (1.53%) Korn
3 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.31%) Java
4 1 (0.31%) Perl
4 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (49.85%) Degree
2 90 (27.52%) Security Cleared
3 73 (22.32%) SC Cleared
4 65 (19.88%) PMI Certification
5 60 (18.35%) PMP
6 24 (7.34%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (4.28%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.06%) APMP
9 5 (1.53%) CISM
9 5 (1.53%) CISSP
9 5 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.22%) HNC
10 4 (1.22%) ISEB
10 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.92%) MCP
11 3 (0.92%) MCSE
11 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (25.38%) PMO
2 23 (7.03%) QA
3 14 (4.28%) P3O
4 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.14%) NIST
6 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.22%) GDPR
6 4 (1.22%) GRC
6 4 (1.22%) SLA
7 2 (0.61%) Basel III
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.31%) DO-254
8 1 (0.31%) GMP
8 1 (0.31%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.31%) Firmware
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (7.34%) OPNET
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.92%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.31%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 114 (34.86%) Microsoft
2 49 (14.98%) ServiceNow
3 40 (12.23%) SAP
4 30 (9.17%) Atlassian
5 24 (7.34%) Remedy
6 19 (5.81%) Oracle
7 9 (2.75%) Planview
8 8 (2.45%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.14%) Workday
10 4 (1.22%) Arista
10 4 (1.22%) Cisco
10 4 (1.22%) Google
10 4 (1.22%) Progress
11 2 (0.61%) Adobe
11 2 (0.61%) Databricks
11 2 (0.61%) HP
11 2 (0.61%) IFS
11 2 (0.61%) Siemens
11 2 (0.61%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.31%) UiPath