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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 325 298
Rank change year-on-year +45 -27 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 290 197 306
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 0.63% 0.77%
As % of the Applications category 11.40% 9.28% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 128 224
10th Percentile £366 £320 £280
25th Percentile £447 £420 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £727 £661
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 6
10th Percentile £24.20 £20.75 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.25 £31.50
Median hourly rate £27.24 £32.50 £39.93
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -18.61% +22.71%
75th Percentile £67.13 £36.88 £52.22
90th Percentile £93.75 £40.00 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £39.43 £32.50 £39.93
% change year-on-year +21.32% -18.61% -27.40%

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 2,544 2,123 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.42% 6.81% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,457 1,250 2,048
10th Percentile £192 £173 £165
25th Percentile £300 £258 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% +0.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £402
% change year-on-year +6.25% -0.50% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 207 258
10th Percentile £13.03 £15.06 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.63 £21.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £33.24 £40.00 £46.14
90th Percentile £54.89 £62.90 £51.80
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £22.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.50% -10.82% +4.17%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +17 117 £595 +11.21% 80
Midlands -1 51 £540 +20.67% 27
South East +29 47 £492 +2.23% 43
West Midlands -4 42 £540 +2.86% 13
North of England -17 37 £461 +13.54% 22
South West +14 31 £675 +74.19% 24
Yorkshire -7 27 £463 -2.63% 5
North West -20 10 £458 +34.56% 14
East Midlands -7 9 £450 +5.88% 14
East of England -28 7 £408 -20.49% 15
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 62 (21.38%) Confluence
2 42 (14.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.03%) CMS
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 77 (26.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (21.72%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (13.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (10.69%) MS Visio
5 17 (5.86%) Trello
6 3 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.34%) Notion
Business Applications
1 22 (7.59%) Primavera
2 10 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.72%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.38%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.38%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.69%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.34%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.34%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.10%) Power Platform
2 30 (10.34%) Azure
3 20 (6.90%) Smartsheet
4 16 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.79%) SaaS
7 10 (3.45%) Asana
8 9 (3.10%) AWS
9 7 (2.41%) GCP
10 6 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.38%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.38%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.03%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.03%) Miro
12 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.69%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.69%) OCI
13 2 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.07%) Firewall
2 4 (1.38%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.38%) VPN
3 3 (1.03%) LAN
3 3 (1.03%) Softphone
3 3 (1.03%) WAN
4 2 (0.69%) DNS
4 2 (0.69%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) Broadband
5 1 (0.34%) HTTP
5 1 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.72%) Power BI
2 7 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.72%) Tableau
4 4 (1.38%) EDMS
4 4 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.03%) Power Query
6 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.34%) DTS
7 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.34%) Metadata
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 123 (42.41%) JIRA
2 2 (0.69%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.34%) Ant
3 1 (0.34%) JUnit
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.34%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 143 (49.31%) Social Skills
2 129 (44.48%) Finance
3 51 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.62%) Banking
5 23 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.21%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.52%) Legal
7 16 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (4.14%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.76%) Marketing
13 6 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.72%) Front Office
14 5 (1.72%) Law
14 5 (1.72%) Military
15 4 (1.38%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.38%) Billing
16 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (41.03%) Project Manager
2 35 (12.07%) Analyst
3 28 (9.66%) Senior
4 27 (9.31%) Lead
5 18 (6.21%) Project Planner
6 17 (5.86%) Senior Manager
7 15 (5.17%) IT Manager
8 13 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 13 (4.48%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (4.14%) Project Analyst
9 12 (4.14%) Senior Project Manager
10 11 (3.79%) Programme Manager
11 10 (3.45%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.45%) Business Project Manager
11 10 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
11 10 (3.45%) Technical Manager
12 9 (3.10%) Architect
12 9 (3.10%) Coordinator
12 9 (3.10%) Programme Planner
13 8 (2.76%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.38%) SOAP
2 3 (1.03%) ADO
2 3 (1.03%) Middleware
2 3 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.03%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) React
3 2 (0.69%) Web Services
3 2 (0.69%) XML
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.34%) EDI
4 1 (0.34%) FHIR
4 1 (0.34%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.34%) Kafka
4 1 (0.34%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.55%) Onboarding
1 19 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.17%) PMI
3 14 (4.83%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.79%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.10%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.07%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.38%) SCADA
9 3 (1.03%) Derivative
9 3 (1.03%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.03%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.69%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.69%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.03%) Unix
1 3 (1.03%) Windows
2 2 (0.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.34%) AIX
3 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (50.00%) Project Management
2 121 (41.72%) Agile
3 98 (33.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (31.03%) PRINCE2
5 80 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 71 (24.48%) Project Delivery
7 68 (23.45%) Change Management
8 57 (19.66%) Waterfall
9 46 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (13.10%) Decision-Making
11 38 (13.10%) Migration
12 37 (12.76%) Business Intelligence
13 35 (12.07%) Risk Management
14 33 (11.38%) Project Planning
15 30 (10.34%) Budget Management
15 30 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
15 30 (10.34%) Programme Management
15 30 (10.34%) Project Governance
16 29 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.76%) SQL
2 5 (1.72%) Korn
3 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.34%) Java
4 1 (0.34%) Perl
4 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (46.55%) Degree
2 62 (21.38%) Security Cleared
3 61 (21.03%) PMI Certification
4 56 (19.31%) PMP
5 45 (15.52%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.14%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.41%) APMP
8 5 (1.72%) CISM
8 5 (1.72%) CISSP
8 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.38%) HNC
9 4 (1.38%) ISEB
9 4 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.03%) MCP
10 3 (1.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (25.17%) PMO
2 20 (6.90%) QA
3 14 (4.83%) P3O
4 7 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.41%) NIST
5 5 (1.72%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.38%) GRC
6 4 (1.38%) SLA
7 3 (1.03%) GDPR
8 2 (0.69%) Basel III
8 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) DO-254
9 1 (0.34%) GMP
9 1 (0.34%) HL7
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.38%) OPNET
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.03%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.34%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 106 (36.55%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.10%) SAP
3 26 (8.97%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.86%) Oracle
5 10 (3.45%) Planview
6 8 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.41%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.41%) Workday
8 4 (1.38%) Arista
8 4 (1.38%) Cisco
8 4 (1.38%) Google
8 4 (1.38%) Progress
8 4 (1.38%) Remedy
9 2 (0.69%) Adobe
9 2 (0.69%) Databricks
9 2 (0.69%) HP
9 2 (0.69%) IFS
9 2 (0.69%) Siemens
9 2 (0.69%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.34%) Terracotta