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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 297 333
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 -64
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 321 186 220
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.77% 0.60%
As % of the Applications category 13.31% 8.86% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 126 125
10th Percentile £350 £303 £329
25th Percentile £402 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £510
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £619
90th Percentile £710 £624 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £502
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.35% +0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £22.50 £32.10 £26.66
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.00 £27.26
Median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +15.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £36.78 - £43.75
90th Percentile £43.90 £47.78 -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -36.29% +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 2,412 2,099 2,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.79% 8.72% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 1,201 1,423
10th Percentile £238 £193 £165
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 253 584
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.22 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.43 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +54.04% -47.58%
75th Percentile £33.99 £44.00 £34.81
90th Percentile £74.25 £67.50 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £23.63 £16.23
% change year-on-year -4.21% +45.56% -49.15%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -34 120 £569 +13.75% 29
South East -5 75 £500 +4.17% 28
Midlands -47 44 £438 -10.44% 16
North of England -58 41 £435 -8.42% 10
West Midlands -57 29 £456 -15.51% 12
South West -17 26 £410 +9.33% 11
Yorkshire -50 20 £425 -11.69% 5
North West -33 18 £446 -6.21% 4
East Midlands -21 15 £398 -11.67% 4
East of England -32 9 £600 +41.18% 6
North East -25 3 £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 65 (20.25%) Confluence
2 40 (12.46%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.93%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 99 (30.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (14.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (11.53%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.80%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.18%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.87%) Trello
7 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (6.23%) Primavera
2 15 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.80%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.87%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.93%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.62%) BASE24
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.31%) Actimize
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) Endur
7 1 (0.31%) Findur
7 1 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.76%) Power Platform
2 55 (17.13%) Azure
3 42 (13.08%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (5.92%) Smartsheet
6 11 (3.43%) AWS
7 9 (2.80%) Asana
8 6 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.87%) SaaS
9 5 (1.56%) GCP
9 5 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.25%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.93%) GitHub
11 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.93%) OCI
12 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.62%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.31%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.49%) WAN
2 6 (1.87%) NAS
2 6 (1.87%) SAN
3 5 (1.56%) Firewall
3 5 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.62%) LAN
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) FTP
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) MPLS
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (17.76%) Power BI
2 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (0.93%) Power Query
2 3 (0.93%) Tableau
3 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (0.62%) PowerPivot
3 2 (0.62%) QlikView
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) EDMS
4 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 175 (54.52%) JIRA
General
1 148 (46.11%) Finance
2 126 (39.25%) Social Skills
3 72 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.10%) Banking
5 26 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.92%) Retail
7 15 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.74%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.80%) Legal
10 7 (2.18%) Corporate Banking
10 7 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.18%) Retail Banking
11 6 (1.87%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.25%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.93%) Electronics
13 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.93%) Law
13 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (36.14%) Project Manager
2 56 (17.45%) Analyst
3 37 (11.53%) Senior
4 31 (9.66%) PMO Analyst
5 21 (6.54%) Project Planner
6 19 (5.92%) Senior Manager
7 18 (5.61%) Lead
8 14 (4.36%) IT Manager
9 13 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (4.05%) Programme Manager
9 13 (4.05%) SAP Manager
10 12 (3.74%) PMO Manager
10 12 (3.74%) Project Officer
10 12 (3.74%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.74%) Transformation Analyst
11 11 (3.43%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (3.43%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 10 (3.12%) Programme Planner
12 10 (3.12%) Project Coordinator
12 10 (3.12%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.18%) Middleware
3 6 (1.87%) ADO
4 1 (0.31%) .NET
4 1 (0.31%) FHIR
4 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.61%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.98%) PMI
3 14 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.74%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.87%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.56%) Tandem
8 4 (1.25%) FMCG
8 4 (1.25%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.93%) Life Science
9 3 (0.93%) Replication
10 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.62%) EMV
10 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.18%) Windows
2 4 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (52.34%) Project Management
2 166 (51.71%) Agile
3 134 (41.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 95 (29.60%) PRINCE2
4 95 (29.60%) Project Delivery
5 86 (26.79%) Waterfall
6 64 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (19.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 60 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (18.07%) Decision-Making
10 56 (17.45%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (17.45%) Change Management
11 52 (16.20%) DevOps
12 51 (15.89%) Migration
13 45 (14.02%) Risk Management
14 44 (13.71%) Budget Management
15 38 (11.84%) Change Control
16 37 (11.53%) Project Planning
17 32 (9.97%) Programme Management
18 31 (9.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.87%) SQL
2 4 (1.25%) Python
3 3 (0.93%) VBA
4 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 133 (41.43%) Degree
2 73 (22.74%) Security Cleared
3 62 (19.31%) PMI Certification
4 58 (18.07%) SC Cleared
5 57 (17.76%) PMP
6 15 (4.67%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.18%) MBA
9 6 (1.87%) SAFe Agilist
10 5 (1.56%) CISSP
10 5 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.25%) RIBA
12 3 (0.93%) CISA
13 2 (0.62%) APMP
13 2 (0.62%) CAPM
13 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.62%) PgMP
13 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (39.25%) PMO
2 26 (8.10%) QA
3 18 (5.61%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.18%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.18%) P3O
5 6 (1.87%) Basel III
6 4 (1.25%) GDPR
6 4 (1.25%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.93%) NIST
8 2 (0.62%) GRC
8 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) PSD2
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.31%) GxP
9 1 (0.31%) HL7
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.62%) OPNET
Vendors
1 107 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.53%) SAP
3 25 (7.79%) ServiceNow
4 20 (6.23%) Oracle
5 7 (2.18%) Planview
6 5 (1.56%) Adobe
7 3 (0.93%) NEC
8 2 (0.62%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.62%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.62%) Google
8 2 (0.62%) Remedy
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.62%) VMware
9 1 (0.31%) Ariba
9 1 (0.31%) Cerner
9 1 (0.31%) Citrix
9 1 (0.31%) Commvault
9 1 (0.31%) EMC
9 1 (0.31%) NetApp
9 1 (0.31%) Veritas