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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 292 351
Rank change year-on-year -38 +59 -67
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 303 213 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.84% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 12.44% 9.64% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 150 118
10th Percentile £350 £350 £332
25th Percentile £401 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.35% +1.37%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £600
90th Percentile £715 £652 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +1.99% -1.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.33
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £27.26
Median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £48.15 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £46.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.21% +15.75% -27.27%

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 2,435 2,210 2,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.56% 8.67% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,383 1,260 1,386
10th Percentile £213 £195 £165
25th Percentile £325 £275 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £421 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +5.19% -11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £447 £415 £400
% change year-on-year +7.69% +3.77% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 283 593
10th Percentile £13.47 £14.20 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.51 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.68 £25.15 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +54.96% -36.87%
75th Percentile £33.99 £43.75 £34.32
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.40 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
% change year-on-year -8.22% +51.94% -36.87%

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 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 30 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 30 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 -61 123 £575 +9.52% 19
South East -21 68 £510 +2.00% 23
Midlands -56 40 £449 -12.49% 6
North of England -67 37 £450 -2.17% 7
West Midlands -57 28 £463 -12.11% 5
South West -27 21 £410 -8.89% 7
North West -36 19 £478 +6.22% 5
Yorkshire -54 15 £425 -7.86% 2
East Midlands -10 12 £402 -10.67% 1
East of England -25 7 £606 +42.65% 2
North East -33 3 £450 +36.36%
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 57 (18.81%) Confluence
2 42 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 102 (33.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (16.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (13.20%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.96%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.64%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.32%) Trello
7 3 (0.99%) Windchill
8 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 25 (8.25%) Primavera
2 15 (4.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.97%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.98%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.98%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.99%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.66%) BASE24
6 2 (0.66%) Endur
6 2 (0.66%) Findur
6 2 (0.66%) Maximo
6 2 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.33%) Actimize
7 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.33%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 62 (20.46%) Power Platform
2 60 (19.80%) Azure
3 46 (15.18%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.60%) Smartsheet
5 18 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.96%) AWS
7 9 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.31%) Asana
9 5 (1.65%) GCP
9 5 (1.65%) SaaS
10 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.99%) GitHub
11 3 (0.99%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.99%) OCI
12 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.66%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.66%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.33%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.31%) WAN
2 6 (1.98%) NAS
2 6 (1.98%) SAN
3 5 (1.65%) Firewall
3 5 (1.65%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.66%) FTP
4 2 (0.66%) LAN
5 1 (0.33%) Broadband
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) DNS
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) MPLS
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (20.46%) Power BI
2 5 (1.65%) Power Query
3 3 (0.99%) Tableau
4 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.66%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.66%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.66%) QlikView
4 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.33%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.33%) DataStage
5 1 (0.33%) EDMS
5 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 147 (48.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
General
1 142 (46.86%) Finance
2 121 (39.93%) Social Skills
3 66 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.53%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.59%) Banking
7 17 (5.61%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (5.28%) Retail
9 9 (2.97%) Legal
10 7 (2.31%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.65%) Corporate Banking
11 5 (1.65%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.32%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.32%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.99%) Electronics
13 3 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (36.30%) Project Manager
2 51 (16.83%) Analyst
3 38 (12.54%) Senior
4 26 (8.58%) PMO Analyst
5 23 (7.59%) Senior Manager
6 18 (5.94%) Lead
7 16 (5.28%) IT Manager
7 16 (5.28%) Project Officer
7 16 (5.28%) Project Planner
8 15 (4.95%) Senior Project Manager
9 14 (4.62%) IT Project Manager
9 14 (4.62%) Programme Manager
10 13 (4.29%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.96%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.96%) Technical Manager
11 12 (3.96%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (3.63%) Coordinator
12 11 (3.63%) Project Coordinator
13 10 (3.30%) Programme Planner
13 10 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.98%) ADO
2 5 (1.65%) Middleware
3 1 (0.33%) .NET
3 1 (0.33%) FHIR
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.61%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.96%) PMI
4 10 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.30%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.97%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.98%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.65%) FMCG
8 5 (1.65%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.65%) Tandem
9 3 (0.99%) Life Science
9 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) Replication
10 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.66%) EMV
10 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.31%) Windows
2 4 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (52.48%) Project Management
2 151 (49.83%) Agile
3 139 (45.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 96 (31.68%) Project Delivery
5 92 (30.36%) PRINCE2
6 79 (26.07%) Waterfall
7 60 (19.80%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (19.47%) Decision-Making
9 58 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (18.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 54 (17.82%) Migration
12 53 (17.49%) DevOps
13 47 (15.51%) Change Management
14 42 (13.86%) Budget Management
14 42 (13.86%) Change Control
15 35 (11.55%) Risk Management
16 32 (10.56%) Programme Management
17 30 (9.90%) AI
18 29 (9.57%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.65%) SQL
2 4 (1.32%) Python
2 4 (1.32%) VBA
3 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 121 (39.93%) Degree
2 75 (24.75%) Security Cleared
3 54 (17.82%) PMI Certification
4 53 (17.49%) SC Cleared
5 49 (16.17%) PMP
6 24 (7.92%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.65%) CISSP
10 4 (1.32%) CISA
10 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.32%) MBA
10 4 (1.32%) RIBA
11 3 (0.99%) APMP
11 3 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.99%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.66%) CAPM
12 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.66%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (37.29%) PMO
2 26 (8.58%) QA
3 19 (6.27%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.64%) P3O
5 7 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.32%) GDPR
6 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) Basel III
7 3 (0.99%) NIST
8 2 (0.66%) GRC
8 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.66%) PSD2
8 2 (0.66%) SLA
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) GxP
9 1 (0.33%) HL7
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 117 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.20%) SAP
3 25 (8.25%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.29%) Oracle
5 6 (1.98%) Adobe
5 6 (1.98%) Planview
5 6 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.65%) Wrike
7 4 (1.32%) Xactly
8 3 (0.99%) CheckPoint
8 3 (0.99%) IFS
8 3 (0.99%) NEC
9 2 (0.66%) Google
9 2 (0.66%) Sage
9 2 (0.66%) VMware
10 1 (0.33%) BMC
10 1 (0.33%) Cerner
10 1 (0.33%) Citrix
10 1 (0.33%) Commvault
10 1 (0.33%) EMC