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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 281 341
Rank change year-on-year -57 +60 -62
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Project 315 234 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.86% 0.56%
As % of the Applications category 12.78% 9.94% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 165 117
10th Percentile £352 £350 £323
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +0.40% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £584
90th Percentile £708 £675 £657
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 12
10th Percentile - £31.13 £26.35
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.58 £32.50
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 £52.08
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 2,464 2,355 2,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 5.50% 8.63% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,376 1,345 1,369
10th Percentile £213 £200 £165
25th Percentile £325 £281 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -8.99%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £445 £420 £400
% change year-on-year +5.95% +5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 302 556
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.20 £11.73
25th Percentile £16.70 £15.84 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.79 £25.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +54.04% -36.87%
75th Percentile £34.48 £42.24 £35.00
90th Percentile £74.25 £63.29 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.22 £17.50
% change year-on-year -6.56% +38.40% -31.93%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -45 129 £575 +8.49% 45
South East -30 69 £511 +2.25% 31
Midlands -50 40 £450 -16.67% 12
North of England -69 39 £450 -2.96% 12
West Midlands -72 29 £463 -14.35% 8
South West -26 26 £410 -8.89% 11
North West -42 20 £492 +6.27% 8
Yorkshire -56 16 £430 -7.28% 3
East Midlands -8 11 £402 -19.60% 4
East of England -21 6 £613 +44.12% 1
North East -33 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 56 (17.78%) Confluence
2 48 (15.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.32%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 115 (36.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (18.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (13.65%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (4.13%) MS Visio
5 10 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.95%) Trello
6 3 (0.95%) Windchill
7 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (7.62%) Primavera
2 15 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.86%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.90%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.90%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.95%) Changepoint
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.63%) BASE24
6 2 (0.63%) Endur
6 2 (0.63%) Findur
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.32%) Actimize
7 1 (0.32%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.32%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.95%) Azure
2 61 (19.37%) Power Platform
3 52 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.67%) Smartsheet
5 17 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.81%) AWS
7 9 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.90%) Asana
8 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.59%) GCP
9 5 (1.59%) SaaS
10 3 (0.95%) GitHub
10 3 (0.95%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.95%) OCI
10 3 (0.95%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.63%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.90%) NAS
1 6 (1.90%) SAN
1 6 (1.90%) WAN
2 5 (1.59%) Firewall
2 5 (1.59%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.63%) FTP
3 2 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.32%) Broadband
4 1 (0.32%) DHCP
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) Internet
4 1 (0.32%) MPLS
4 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (19.37%) Power BI
2 7 (2.22%) Power Query
3 4 (1.27%) Tableau
4 2 (0.63%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.63%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.63%) QlikView
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.32%) DataStage
5 1 (0.32%) EDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 148 (46.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
General
1 144 (45.71%) Finance
2 124 (39.37%) Social Skills
3 68 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.97%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.67%) Banking
7 17 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.40%) Retail
8 16 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.86%) Aerospace
10 8 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.54%) Legal
11 5 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.27%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.95%) Electronics
13 3 (0.95%) Law
13 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 107 (33.97%) Project Manager
2 47 (14.92%) Analyst
3 40 (12.70%) Senior
4 24 (7.62%) PMO Analyst
4 24 (7.62%) Senior Manager
5 18 (5.71%) Lead
5 18 (5.71%) Project Officer
6 17 (5.40%) IT Manager
7 16 (5.08%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (4.76%) Programme Manager
9 14 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
9 14 (4.44%) Project Planner
10 13 (4.13%) Coordinator
11 12 (3.81%) PMO Manager
11 12 (3.81%) Project Coordinator
11 12 (3.81%) SAP Manager
11 12 (3.81%) Transformation Analyst
12 11 (3.49%) Programme Planner
12 11 (3.49%) Senior PMO
12 11 (3.49%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.59%) Middleware
2 4 (1.27%) ADO
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) FHIR
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.71%) Management Information System
1 18 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.13%) Virtual Team
3 12 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.17%) PMI
5 8 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.90%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.59%) FMCG
8 5 (1.59%) Tandem
9 3 (0.95%) Life Science
9 3 (0.95%) Replication
10 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.63%) EMV
10 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.22%) Windows
2 4 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (49.84%) Agile
2 156 (49.52%) Project Management
3 147 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 104 (33.02%) Project Delivery
5 97 (30.79%) PRINCE2
6 78 (24.76%) Waterfall
7 66 (20.95%) Decision-Making
8 65 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (19.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 60 (19.05%) DevOps
11 59 (18.73%) Business Intelligence
11 59 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (16.83%) Migration
13 47 (14.92%) Change Control
13 47 (14.92%) Change Management
14 42 (13.33%) Budget Management
15 36 (11.43%) Dependency Management
15 36 (11.43%) Risk Management
16 33 (10.48%) Programme Management
17 32 (10.16%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.27%) VBA
2 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.63%) Python
3 2 (0.63%) SQL
4 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (39.37%) Degree
2 85 (26.98%) Security Cleared
3 54 (17.14%) PMI Certification
4 53 (16.83%) SC Cleared
5 50 (15.87%) PMP
6 33 (10.48%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.59%) CISA
9 5 (1.59%) CISSP
10 4 (1.27%) RIBA
11 3 (0.95%) APMP
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CAPM
12 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.63%) MBA
12 2 (0.63%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (40.32%) PMO
2 26 (8.25%) QA
3 19 (6.03%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.81%) P3O
5 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.27%) GDPR
6 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.95%) NIST
8 2 (0.63%) GRC
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.63%) PSD2
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.32%) GxP
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 137 (43.49%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.06%) SAP
3 26 (8.25%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.08%) Oracle
5 9 (2.86%) Planview
6 6 (1.90%) Adobe
6 6 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.59%) Wrike
8 4 (1.27%) Xactly
9 3 (0.95%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.95%) Google
9 3 (0.95%) IFS
9 3 (0.95%) NEC
10 2 (0.63%) Sage
10 2 (0.63%) VMware
10 2 (0.63%) Workday
11 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.32%) Progress
11 1 (0.32%) Siebel
11 1 (0.32%) Tanium